The Greeks were, even though they went to sea plenty, they were terrified of the sea for very good reason.

那时的古希腊人,虽然时常出海,但他们也是非常惧怕大海的

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Their ships, their boats were not very seaworthy; storms come up in the Mediterranean very suddenly and terribly; you take your life in your hands when you travel.

他们航海的工具,船只,还非常脆弱,地中海可怕的风暴神出鬼没,当时出海就意味着,你把自己交给命运处置

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We'll see more about that in a minute, in part because of its overwhelming religious influence and that's one reason, besides the quest for a port on the sea, why he builds St. Petersburg.

稍后,我们会再次谈到这一点,他之所以建造圣彼得堡,除了要建立一个出海口这个原因,还因为莫斯科的宗教势力根深蒂固

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