来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第22集 第22集》

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  Let's go back to 401 and there we see this expedition of
  回到公元前401年那次远征
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  10,000 Greeks accomplishing what I mentioned to you.
  我们看到一万名希腊人完成了我所提之事
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  That there could be 10,000 Greek hoplites available for such a purpose
  能有一万名希腊重装步兵为这种目的效命
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  I think is a consequence of the Peloponnesian War.
  我认为是伯罗奔尼撒战争的恶果
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  It shows us how much that war
  这让我们看到那场战争
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  had helped to uproot people and to impoverish many of them,
  如何让人们流离失所 家破人亡
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  so that the idea of becoming a mercenary soldier for a Persian prince
  因此做波斯王子的雇佣兵就非常有吸引力
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  was attractive enough to take them away from home,
  好让他们远离困苦的故乡
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  something that would have been less likely
  这种事在伯罗奔尼撒战争前的
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  in the prosperous years before the Peloponnesian War.
  富裕年代是不太可能发生
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  Well, of course, that aside, that is a kind of a side show,
  当然 除此之外 这也从侧面表明
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  it doesn't very much affect what is happening to the Greek cities
  此次战争对小亚细亚沿岸的希腊城市