The greatest names in european philosophy are socrates , plato and aristotle , who were active in athens in the 5th and 4th centruy b . c 苏格拉底、柏拉图和亚里士多德是于公元前5世纪至公元前4世纪活跃于雅典的三大欧洲哲学巨匠。
“ kratos , as athena herself has fore told . but you ' re late , perhaps too late to save athens . or is it athens ( that ) you have come to save 就和雅典娜说的一样。但是你已经晚了，也许太晚了而无法成就雅典，或者，你真的是来拯救雅典的么？ ”
Just after the sunset on thursday , the olympic flame finally reached the acropolis has been passed to the athens street by succession of atheletes 在星期四日落之前，奥运火炬终于来到了雅典，火炬将在雅典的接到由一系列的知名运动员进行传递。
Falling so narrowly short of the final in athens was one of the few disappointments for united in an enjoyable campaign that yielded a ninth domestic title 距离雅典的决赛仅仅一步之遥是这个赢得第九个国内冠军的令人快乐赛季中的少数失意之一。
Whatever the eventual medal haul ， iraq ' s olympic bosses tuesday ( 17 / 8 ) declared themselves happy with the way things were going in athens 尽管目前还不知道伊拉克是否能在雅典奥运会上取得佳绩，周二伊拉克奥委会仍表示他们对运动员在雅典的表现非常满意。
Beijing will be the most deeply affected region as academy of social sciences estimates costs related to olympics will amount to 38 billion , quadruple as many as those of athens 中国社会科学院预计，北京与奥运相关的支出将会达到380亿美元，这是雅典的4倍。
A strong earthquake shook central athens at 1130 gmt 6 : 30 a . m . edt on sunday , witnesses said , but there were no immediate reports of damages or casualties 据目击者表示，格林尼治标准时间1月8日11点30分，希腊首都雅典的中部地区发生了一起里氏6 . 4级的强烈地震。
" apollo , sun god and god of the idea of light , send us your rays to light the torch for athens , " she as the torch burst into flame after just a few moments 几秒钟后，当火炬喷射出火焰时她会咏唱： “阿波罗，太阳之神，光明之神，用你的光芒点燃雅典的火炬吧。 ”
In 490bc a persian army landed on the plain of marathon in greece , about 25 miles ( 40 . 2 km ) from athens , with the intention of seizing the city 在公元前490年，希腊人在邻近雅典的一个名为马拉松的平原对抗入侵的波斯军，结果，希腊人奋勇抗敌，打败了强大的波斯军队。
