is the notion that the city of Syracuse was sent out to be a colony,

作为殖民地的锡拉库萨
that Corinth controlled,

由科林斯控制
owned the city of Syracuse which it has sent out.

且完全属于科林斯
This is not the case--well,

这和Apoikia不是一回事
before the British gave Hong Kong back,

例如英国归还香港之前
Hong Kong was a crown colony, it was British territory.

香港是英国的殖民地是它的领土
It was ruled by Britain and so on.

它被英国统治等等
No, this is not what an apoikia is.

希腊语Apoikia不同于殖民地一词
From the first, Syracuse is an independent polis, autonomous, self-

首先锡拉库萨是一个独立自治的城邦
whatever regime it wants, etc.

如可以独立地决定政体
It is not a subject of anybody, not Corinth or anybody else.

它不是科林斯或任何人的臣民
That's not the end of the story. The question really is,

这不是重点真正的问题是