the few times we hear about him

为数不多的几次现身于史籍中
he's always engaged in attempting to contain Sparta's ambitions,

都是一直在试图遏制斯巴达的野心
to certainly exclude the possibility of overseas commitments

当然也包括反对斯巴达进行海外征服
and I would argue, i think most scholars would agree,

我得说大部分学者也同意以下观点
even not to be engaged outside of the Peloponnesus very far.

他甚至认为不应扩张到伯罗奔尼撒之外太远
He seems to represent a traditionalist point of view,

他似乎是传统观点的代表
which obviously comes to the fore as this war,

但是当这场因斯巴达人采纳
which the Spartans have started

阿格西莱的扩张政策而发起的战事
really as part of Agesilaus' aggressive policy,

拖延至今仍徒劳无功时
isn't working.

这个观点逐渐崭露头角
The Spartans are having to constantly fight,

斯巴达人经常打仗
they are suffering casualties, their allies are becoming

他们的伤亡惨重而他们的盟友开始变得