There is some debate.

这里有一个争议
Did Pericles ever expect that the Spartans would accept

伯里克利真的曾奢望斯巴达会接受请求吗
or was this just his way of making it clear

或是这只是以他的方式来表明
that since the Spartans and the other Greeks

既然斯巴达人和其余希腊人
would not participate in these activities

拒绝参与神庙修葺工程
Athens was right in going about it unilaterally?

那么雅典单方面着手修缮是正确的
One of the things that it would do, if the Athenians were now to say well,

其中一件雅典会做的事便是
when the Spartans didn't show up

当斯巴达人及其同盟没有露面时
and their allies didn't show up--

如果雅典人声称
and they said if they won't

'即便他们不遵守对神明的承诺
keep their promises to the gods, we will.

我们会'
That provides justification

那就为建造第一座神庙