来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第9集第9集》

and that is a very tough kind of thing

对于生活在斯巴达社会的人来说
for a man to have to live in as a Spartan.

这种处境将是非常艰难的
So poverty could keep you out of the system,

所以穷困会使一个人脱离社会
and if for any reason, you had not gone through the agoge

不管怎样如果一个人没能经历完整的训练
from beginning to end, you were not a regular full Spartan.

从始至终他都不是一个真正的斯巴达人
Also, if anybody had been declared to be cowardly

如果一个人胆小如鼠不敢上阵杀敌
in fighting in the war, that person could be stricken

公之于众后他就会被视为
from the roles of Spartan citizens

斯巴达社会中的毒瘤
and yet they had no place else to go,

这些人会被驱逐无家可归
and so as we will see

所以说在贫富差距下
they lived a rather wretched life in Sparta after that situation.

他们在斯巴达过的非常凄惨
Similarly, if people were thought

类似的情况还有如果一个人