来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第12集 第12集》

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  that we do not have here the remains of a collection of voters,
  我们并没有真正的放逐陶片
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  who voted and had their votes counted
  那些陶片由选民提交大会 并计数表决
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  and then these came,
  选举出被放逐者
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  but rather that these were votes that never were cast actually.
  我们拥有的是那些是未能进入最后计数的陶片
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  So what's going on here?
  因此 当时到底发生了什么
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  Now, I turn from my attempt at a factual account of
  现在我通过[所掌握的]信息进行猜想
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  what happened in the past to fiction.
  当时到底发生了些什么
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  The rest of this is my imagination.
  以下的都是我的设想
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  We find ourselves down the middle of Athens,
  假设我们现在就在雅典中心
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  the day before the ostracism.
  明天贝壳放逐就要开始
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  We are in the home of John the potter
  我们在陶工约翰的家
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  who is a charter member of the Aristides political club,
  他碰巧也是阿里斯提得斯一派的