The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called mnemonics.
古希腊人发明了一种叫做助记术的基本记忆系统。
Why did the ancient Greeks believe that the Earth was the center of the universe?
为什么古希腊人坚信地球是宇宙的中心呢？
This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially aggressive.
这种态度会让古希腊人感到惊讶，他们认为幽默本质上是具有攻击性的。
Second, the idea of an Earth that moved didn't fit in with the ancient Greeks' understanding of gravity.
第二，地球会运动的观点不符合古希腊人对万有引力的理解。
The ancient Greeks believed that what we called the solar system was in fact the entire universe, and that the universe was geocentric.
古希腊人坚信，我们所谓的太阳系实际上就是整个宇宙，并且宇宙以地球为中心。
There are superstitions attached to numbers; even those ancient Greeks believed that all numbers and their multiples had some mystical significance.
迷信与数字有关；甚至那些古希腊人也相信所有的数字及其倍数都具有神秘的意义。
The ancient Greeks first had the idea of putting vegetables on pieces of bread, and "Pizza ovens" have been found in Roman cities.
古希腊人首先有了把蔬菜放在面包片上的想法，罗马城里也发现了“比萨饼烤箱”。
Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world's population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
然而，这种情况也有其黑暗的一面：尽管我们取得了进步，世界上仍有一半的人口在受苦，供水服务还不如古希腊和古罗马人。
First employed by the ancient Greeks, trompe l'oeil was also popular with Roman muralists.
错视画最初在古希腊得到使用，后在罗马壁画家中也很流行。
It certainly goes back to the ancient Greeks.
当然，这要追溯到古代的希腊。
Which rule did the ancient Greeks strictly adhere to?
古希腊人严格坚持什么规则？
The ancient Greeks wore white to bed to ensure pleasant dreams.
古希腊人穿着白衣上床睡觉，以确保做个好梦。
The ancient Greeks are rightly admired for their beautiful pottery.
由于古希腊的陶器十分精美，现代人对它们可以说是推崇备至。
The ancient Greeks invented Western philosophy... and the wheelbarrow.
古希腊人开创了西方哲学——也发明了手推车。
The modern Olympics have many events the ancient Greeks would not recognize.
现代奥林匹克的许多项目不为古希腊所承认。
The Ancient Greeks considered pale skin to be a sign of prestige and beauty.
古希腊人认为，洁净的肌肤就是威望和美丽的象征。
Cosmetics were an important part of the life and culture of the Ancient Greeks.
化妆品是古希腊人生活和文化中不可或缺的一部分。
The ancient Greeks were aware of other acoustical principles, at least empirically.
至少在实践上，古希腊人也知道其他的声学原理。
Life and technology was not very different from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
当时的生活和技术与古时候的希腊罗马没有多少不同。
Like the ancient Greeks, these artists tried to create an ideal form of beauty based on nature.
就像古希腊人一样，这些艺术家设法创造一种基于自然的美学理想形式。
To the ancient Greeks and Persians, the lake’s immense size suggested it was an ocean, hence its name.
巨大的湖面让古希腊人和波斯人误以为它是海，里海也因此得名。
Sikania to its most ancient peoples, Sicily was Sikelia, Plato's utopian society, to the ancient Greeks.
Sikania其最古老的民族，对古希腊人来说，西西里就是Sikelia，柏拉图的乌托邦社会。
The Games have many of the qualitiesthat the ancient Greeks were trying to encourage, all thosecenturies ago.
奥运会展示了多个世纪之前的古希腊人试图提倡的许多品质。
Ancient Greeks believed that a stranger might be a god in disguise16.Therefore, they always treated strangers kindly.
古希腊人相信，陌生人可能就是神的化身，所以他们总是善待陌生人。
Ancient Greeks believed that a stranger might be a god in disguise16. Therefore, they always treated strangers kindly.
古希腊人相信，陌生人可能就是神的化身，所以他们总是善待陌生人。
The collection was an ode to the goddess, and there was more than one outfit that borrowed from the ideas of ancient Greeks.
主题来自对女神的赞美，那里不止一个灵感来自于古希腊女神的传说。
The ancient Greeks had their list of the seven wonders, dotted in and around the Mediterranean, to aid and entertain travellers.
古希腊人曾列举出散布在地中海周围的七大奇迹，为旅人提供帮助和娱乐。
The ancient Greeks had their list of the seven wonders, dotted in and around the Mediterranean, to aid and entertain travellers.
古希腊人曾列举出散布在地中海周围的七大奇迹，为旅人提供帮助和娱乐。
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