Now, other elements involved in this picture,

这幅图景中的另一个元素
there was as you always

就是你经常会在系统中发现
find in systems where boys are packed together,

孩子们会给归到一个小队中去
and there are older and younger boys,

小队中有年长的也有年少的
hazing is part of this game,

恃强凌弱是游戏的一部分
all part of the business of being tough and manly

所有让人变得更顽强更爷们的活动
and so on and so forth.

都如此循环往复
But for the Spartans, that wasn't enough.

但对斯巴达人而言那还不够
As we will see, what they are shooting for

正如我们所见他们的目的
is not merely developing individuals who have the qualities that are desired.

不仅仅只是培养拥有一切必须品质的个人
They are interested in developing people, young men

他们更注重在人们
who are so closely intertwined with each other as to be tighter,

在整天一起厮混的年轻人之间