that you almost want to spell it in capital letters

恨不得用大写字母来拼写它的名字
with stars between them.

并且还想在其中加星标的城邦
It's like the polis lifted to a new level

从各种理论和心理因素上说
in the sense of all the sort of theoretical elements

这犹如把城邦抬高到了一个新的层次
and psychological elements that go into creating a polis

而这些形成城邦的因素
is intensified in Sparta to such a degree

在斯巴达被升华至一个
that it seems to be almost a different thing.

不同以往的层次
And it's important to

极为重要的一点是
remember that the other Greeks felt that way too.

其他希腊人民也有同样的感受
Sparta had a special place in their minds, in their imaginations.

斯巴达在他们的思想中有特殊的地位
They admired the Spartans very, very much,

希腊人民非常非常敬佩斯巴达人
because the Spartans carried to this extreme degree

因为斯巴达人将城邦是希腊人的生活中心