世界小史 第76期:希臘

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 　　But one thing united the Greeks: their religion and their sport.

　　但只有一件事情把希臘聯(lián)合在一起了：他們的信仰和體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。

　　And I say 'one thing' because, strangely enough, sport and religion weren't two separate things – they were closely connected.

　　太奇怪了，我說(shuō)“一件事情”，因?yàn)轶w育和宗教是兩件密不可分的事情——他們緊密相連。

　　For instance, in honor of Zeus, the Father of the Gods, great sporting contests were held every four years in his sanctuary1 at Olympia.

　　例如，為了紀(jì)念眾神之父宙斯，人們每隔四年在其圣地奧林匹亞舉行一次盛大的運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。

　　As well as large temples there was a stadium at Olympia, and all the Greeks – the Dorians, Ionians, Spartans2 and Athenians,

　　奧林匹亞那里還有巨大的神廟和一座體育場(chǎng)，所有的希臘人——多里安人、伊安尼爾人、斯巴達(dá)人和雅典人,

　　came there to show how well they could run, throw the discus and the javelin3, fight hand to hand and race chariots.

　　都來(lái)到那里以顯示他們?cè)谂懿健S鐵餅、投標(biāo)槍、摔跤和賽車(chē)方面的才能。

　　To be victorious4 at Olympia was the greatest honor in a man's life.

　　在奧林匹亞獲得勝利被認(rèn)為是一個(gè)人一生中最大的榮耀。

　　The prize was no more than a simple garland made from sprigs of wild olive,

　　獎(jiǎng)賞僅僅是一個(gè)用野橄欖樹(shù)樹(shù)枝做成的花環(huán)，

　　but what fame for the winners: the greatest poets sang their praises, the greatest sculptors5 carved their statues to stand forever in Olympia.

　　但獲勝者得到很大的名望：最著名的詩(shī)人為他們唱贊美詩(shī)，最著名的雕塑家塑造他們的雕像來(lái)代表曾經(jīng)的奧林匹克。

　　They were shown in their chariots, throwing the discus, or rubbing oil into their bodies before the fight.

　　在這些雕像上，人們看到他們駕戰(zhàn)車(chē)、擲鐵餅，或也在比賽前他們用油擦身體。

　　Victory statues like these can still be seen today – there may even be one in your local museum.

　　這樣的優(yōu)勝者雕像，人們至今還可以見(jiàn)到——也許在你們當(dāng)?shù)氐牟┪镳^里也有一座這樣的雕像。