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
He was an orphan, he had no family, and he was on his first long voyage at sea.
他是孤儿,没有家人,这是他首次出海远航。
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
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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