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A Greek to Remember Diogenes was a famous Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C.,who established the philosophy of cynicism.He often walked about in the daytime holding a lighted lantern,peering around as if he were looking for something.When a

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But at a cost: he lost so many of his men that he is said to have cried out, One more such victory and we are lost! 但是代价很大：他的士兵战死的有如此之多以至据说他曾说：第二个这样的胜利我再也承受不了了! Whi

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Anyone who came into his presence had to fall on their knees before him and speak to him as if he were a god. 任何人来到他的面前必须向他下跪并仿佛他真的是一个神似的同他讲话。 And in the manner of Oriental kings he had

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Since the Olympic Games took place once every four years, and were attended by all the Greeks, they provided everyone with a convenient way to measure time. 由于奥林匹克运动会每四年举行一次,而且所有的希腊人都来观看，所以运

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Whenever he felt his temper rising, he slowly recited the alphabet in his head, and by the time he had reached the end he had calmed down. 每逢他发怒时，他便总是默默诵读字母顺序，这会花去他的一些时间，然后他又头脑清

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Voters in Greece have overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a new international bailout in a referendum. With almost all the votes counted, official figures show 61 percent of Greeks rejected the bailout offer. The astonishingly strong victory by the

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That is all very well, you will say, and no doubt it is a great virtue to care so much for moderation and perfection, but why should the Greeks have been the only people to develop this quality in olden times? For an answer I shall point to the way i

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But here and there, on the tops of high rocks, they saw the castles of the Aegeans and those they did not attack for they feared the metal swords and the spears of the Aegean soldiers and knew that they could not hope to defeat them with their clumsy

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It was the small house within the high city-walls where his wife and children lived in safety. It was a complete world which covered no more than four or five acres of rocky land. Don't you see how these surroundings must have influenced a man in eve

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The Roman Gods were State Functionaries. Each one managed his own department with great prudence and a deep sense of justice, but in turn he was exact in demanding the obedience of his worshippers. This obedience the Romans rendered with scrupulous c

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In the year 203 B.C. Scipio had crossed the African Sea and had carried the war into Africa. 公元前203年，西皮奥率军渡过阿非利加海，将战火烧到非洲。 Carthage had called Hannibal back. Badly supported by his mercenaries, Hann