but if that land continues to get smaller and smaller,

但是如果人口越来越多呢
it will not sustain an additional person,

那平分的田地就不够一人所需
not to mention additional family.

更不必说整个家庭了
If you were to follow the procedure,

你们也许会采用传统做法
which the Greeks did not, of primogenitor,that is,

但是古希腊人不会
of giving the whole plot to the eldest son,

他们会将耕地全部分给长子
but what happens to the others?

但是其他人怎么过活呢
So that clearly is a problem and the notion that

这样问题就严重了
land hunger is a key explanation,

所以耕地不足是古希腊人迁徙的主要原因
I think, is supported by the fact that wherever we find a polis,

同时我认为现存城邦的遗迹表明
whatever other characteristics it has,and they vary,

不管它有怎样的特征或多样性
some of them are located at wonderful places on the sea

如有些坐落在海边