来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第9集 第9集》
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It looks like from a very early time--这似乎是很早前了 -
you hear about people called helots你可能听说过被称为农奴的人 -
and how to define a helot is not simple.如何定义农奴并不简单 -
Helots in a certain sense are slaves,从某种意义上讲农奴是奴隶 -
but they are not the kind但是他们不是 -
of slaves we are accustomed to think about我们一贯认为的 -
who belong to a particular master.专属于某个主人的那种奴隶 -
They are slaves who belong to the state,他们整体上是属于城邦的 -
to the polis as a whole属于城邦的奴隶 -
and then to further complicate matters于是我们想要 -
when we come upon them functioning,为其定义时遇上了难题 -
although they work and they belong to the state虽然他们为城邦工作并属于城邦