But it was until at least the eighteenth or nineteenth century the most famous democracy that ever existed.

但至少直到,18，19世纪之前,雅典都是史上最著名的民主圣地。

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Now, the Greeks were very much concerned individuals and this is especially true of the democrats in Athens.

虽然希腊人很关注个人,这在雅典的民主人士中非常明显

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But with the revolution of democracy in Athens, which also spread then to other Greek cities, partly because Athens did what George Bush tried to do in Iraq, they tried to force democracy on other Greek cities around the Eastern Mediterranean also.

但随着雅典民主革命的进行，这场革命随后传到了其他希腊城市，原因之一，类似小布什在伊拉克的计划，雅典企图把民主制度,推行到地中海东部的其他希腊城市。

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