This was not the best feature of the Athenians, yet it was part of their nature.

这无疑不是种雅典人的好品性，但是这是他们的种性格。

The allies panicked, and were all for taking to their ships and leaving the Athenians to their fate.

雅典人的同盟者开始害怕了，他们要乘自己的船逃离而去并丢下雅典人不管。

Well, the Athenians had very aggressive jury duty.

雅典人的陪审义务相当积极主动。

The Athenians fought back at the famous Battle of Marathon two years later.

两年后 ，雅典人在著名的马拉松战役中进行了反击。

The democracy that Athenians so cherished, it was challenged on two occasions during Socrates' later years.

雅典人所珍视的民主在苏格拉底晚年两次受到挑战。

This didn't mean that everyone who lived in Athens was entitled to vote in the Assembly.

当然并住在雅典的人都有权在大会上有表决。

He always asked challenging questions to everyone he met, upsetting many people in Athens.

凡是他遇到的人，他都会问些挑战性的问题，这让很多在雅典的人焦虑。

But knowing how to live is, perhaps, even harder. And this is what the Athenians aimed to do.

但是知道如何活着，也许更艰难。这就是雅典人力求的。

Women, slaves, and people who were  not born in Athens could not vote.

妇女、奴隶和在雅典出生的人不能投票。

Thousands of people near the Greek capital Athens are ordered to move to safer areas as wildfires rage.

由于野火肆虐, 希腊首都雅典附近的数千人被命令转移到更安全的地区。

With the aim of destroying Athens and conquering Greece, he equipped a large fleet.

这些雅典人干涉了他的事务。为了消灭雅典人并占领希腊，他装备支庞大的舰队。

And I'm really worried that the experience that we're offering as Athenians is not authentic and true.

我真的很担心，我们作为雅典人所提供的体验并不真实。

Their assemblies had taught the Athenians how to discuss all matters openly, with arguments for and against.

雅典人在他们的公民大会上学会了公开谈论切事务，发表同意或不同意的意见。

" Neither did Socrates. All he knew was that he knew nothing. And yet he was the cleverest person in Athens."

“苏格拉底也是。他只知道自己无所知，然而他却是雅典最聪明的人。”

After a while he went down through the entrance and climbed to the Areopagos hill where Paul had addressed the Athenians.

过了会儿，他从入口下去，爬上了保罗向雅典人讲话的亚略帕戈斯山。

So what did the meritocratic and democratic Athenians do when the Melians politely asked not to participate in the fight?

那么，当美丽安人礼貌地要求不要参战时，贤能民主的雅典人做了什么？

For the Athenians, it was first and foremost essential to master the art of rhetoric, which means saying things in a convincing manner.

当时的雅典人认为，最重要的事就是要精通演说术，也就是说要能够用令人信服的方式来表达自己的看法。

Even though the Athenians had no written scriptural code and no priesthood, there was a significant number of rituals, observances and offerings that were required.

尽管雅典人没有成文的圣经法典，也没有祭司制度，但仍有大量的仪式、戒律和祭品是必须的。

Second, life under the Athenians wasn’t so awesome, particularly if you were a woman or a slave, and their government was notoriously corrupt.

其次，雅典人统治下的生活并不是那么美好，尤其是如果你是女人或奴隶， 而且他们的政府是出了名的腐败。

In this, he is quoting St. Paul's speech to the Athenians on the Areopagos hill: 'In him we live and move and have our being.

在这方面，他引用了圣保罗在亚略帕戈斯山上对雅典人的讲话：“我们生活、行动和存在都在他里面。”