雅典的伟大开始于两次波斯战争,在那以前,伊奥尼亚和大希腊(意大利南部和西西里的希腊城市)产生过许多伟大的人物。马拉松之役(公元前490年)雅典对波斯王大流士的胜利,以及在雅典领导之下的希腊联合舰队对人流士之子兼继承人薛克修斯(公元前480年)的胜利,为雅典树立了威信。然而初到雅典,我所看到的城市与神话中的雅典相距甚远。我原以为希腊就是满眼金碧辉煌的古希腊 The greatness of Athens began with the Persian War twice, before which Ionian and Greater Greece (the Greek cities of southern Italy and Sicily) produced many great men. The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) Athenian victories over the Darius of Persia, as well as the victory of the Greek Union Fleet under the leadership of Athens against the son and heir of Horestus, Hsikius (480 BC), established the prestige in Athens. However, when I first arrived in Athens, the city I saw was far from the mythical city of Athens. I thought that Greece was full of magnificent ancient Greece