the enormously honorific activities.

对他们进行挑选
So the kings are in a position to hand out very important honors

因此国王拥有授予荣耀的重要使命
to their fellow Spartans,

对于斯巴达人民来说
and that I think is another

我认为这是他们另一个
one of the important privileges they have.

非常重要的特权
If there is an heiress who does not have a husband,

如果有一个女继承人没有丈夫
this could be typically a woman whose husband has died,

或者她的丈夫死了
and now she needs to be married to somebody else--

国王会选定另一个人
that assignment is made by the kings.

与她结婚
They tell that woman whom she's going to marry.

他们告诉她会和谁结婚
The reason behind it is that she has no brothers,

这是因为她没有兄弟
no uncles who could inherit her father's kleros and other wealth

叔舅等可以继承她父亲的家庭土地和