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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  but who spent a good deal of his life in Sparta
  但他在斯巴达生活了很长一段时间
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  and knew the Spartans very well is very, very eager to tell us
  很了解斯巴达人 他非常非常想让我们明白
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  that there was no physical side to this association,
  这种关系并非指肉体层面
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  that it was purely spiritual
  而纯粹是精神层面的内容
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  and it was between teacher and pupil,
  而且这是老师和学生之间
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  between mentor and the boy that he provides mentorship for,
  就是导师和他指导的男孩之间的关系
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  but that's all. Forget it. I mean,
  但仅止于此 当我没说过 我是说
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  these were very much homosexual relationships.
  这些的确是同性关系
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  But the extraordinary thing to remember is this was a phase,
  但记住 这只是一个阶段
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  a passing phase,
  一个过渡阶段
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  that is this relationship
  这种关系开始时
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  started when one was a boy, and one was a man,
  一个是男孩 一个是男人