This is democratic Athens we're talking about.

这就是所谓的雅典的民主
Well, nobody ever told a Spartan mother to shut her mouth,

人们从来不用要求一个斯巴达母亲闭嘴
because Greek literature

因为希腊文化
is filled with quotations from Spartan mothers

充斥着斯巴达母亲们的话语
telling people stuff, like telling their son to go out to battle

告诫着人们如同告诫自己的儿子
and come back with your shield or on it.

要么带着矛和盾凯旋要么就死在疆场
You know what the shields were like?

盾是什么样子的呢?
You could use them as--what do you take bodies out with now?

它可以用来现在人用什么抬尸体
Stretchers. And so, her message was you come back,

担架她的意思是你归来后
but if I heard you threw

要是我听说
your shield away and ran, don't come home,

你做了逃兵那你干脆别回来
and there are all kinds of tales.

全是这样的故事