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马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目

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你知道吗,马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目;古代奥运会法规中规定,腐败的裁判或对手要受鞭刑;柏拉图曾是奥运会的冠军……

The famous marathon race did not exist in the ancient Games. The starting pistol of the first Olympic marathon was fired on 14 April 1896 at 2 p.m.

Famous Greeks attended, or even participated in the ancient Olympic Games: the philosopher Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and even the father of medicine, Hippocrates. The philosopher Plato (427-347) was a double winner of the pankration.

The 14 articles of the Olympic regulations included an article on corruption: any corruption of a judge or an opponent would be punished by whipping. 

whip  v. 鞭打,抽打              marathon  n. 马拉松
Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle  n. (古希腊哲学家)苏格拉底,毕达哥拉斯,柏拉图,亚里士多德

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