Ancient Pergamon帕加马古城

Perched atop a windswept mountain along the Turkish coastline and gazing proudly—almost defiantly—over the azure Aegean Sea sit the ruins of ancient Pergamon. Although the majority of its superb intact monuments now sit in Berlin’s Pergamon Museum， enough remains of the acropolis for the visitor to sense the former greatness of the city that once rivaled Alexandria1， Ephesus2 and Antioch in culture and commerce， and whose scientific advancements in the field of medicine resonate through the corridors of today’s medical treatment facilities. Juxtaposed sharply against this image of enlightened learning is that of “Satan’s Throne”， as described by the prophet John of Patmos， which some scholars interpret as referring to the Great Altar of Pergamon， one of the most magnificent surviving structures from the Greco-Roman world.

帕加马古城的遗迹耸峙在土耳其海岸边一座迎风山的山顶上，骄傲地——几乎是不可一世地——凝视着蔚蓝的爱琴海。（剩余9538字）