来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第18集 第18集》

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  What the priest says, you are not an Athenian colony,
  祭司们转述为'这里既不是雅典殖民地
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  you're not a Spartan colony,
  也不是斯巴达殖民地
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  you are my colony, says Apollo.
  图里归属于我 阿波罗如是说'
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  A very nice way out of the fix.
  一个两面讨好的聪明之选
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  But one thing they're not is an Athenian colony.
  但也明确了一点 它的确不是雅典殖民地
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  Now, what do those imperialist Athenians do about it?
  那么 雅典帝国如何应对呢
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  Nothing.
  无动于衷
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  To my mind that absolutely undercuts any claim
  我认为这全然否决了所有
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  that Athenian imperialism in the west
  以雅典帝国西侵论
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  explains whats going on there
  来解释当时情形的主张
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  But why--what's going on out there altogether?
  但那到底是怎么一回事
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  Why did he establish it at all?
  为何他要建立这样的殖民地