But Athens was also something completely unprecedented in the world it was a democracy.

但雅典也是,世界上史无前例的城邦。

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And I think this is expressed in Hobbes' novel and in many ways altogether unprecedented teaching about liberty in chapter 21, a very famous and important chapter.

霍布斯的这一思想曾出现在他的小说中,以及本书第21章记载的,他在教学时对自由的见解中，本书第21章可是很有名且很重要的一章。

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It had established Athens as a mighty and redoubtable naval power and it created an unprecedented level of artistic and cultural life even today known simply as Periclean Athens.

建立了雅典强大且令人敬畏的海军强权,而且催生了史无前例的,璀璨艺术与文化生活,甚至今日仍以伯里克利斯的雅典闻名。

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