马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目_奥运知识

　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