来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第4集第4集》

Remember there is that citadel standing on a high hill;

要记得在高地上会有一个据点
the acropolis as it is called, the polis up high.

叫做卫城城邦的位置更高一些
There is surrounding farmland going as far,typically,

周围环绕着农田
as there is either a natural

这些农田一般会延伸至一个自然边界
or an artificial frontier.

或者一个人工边界为止
Typically, a mountain range will be the boundary

比如一座山脉
between the area of two poleis or a stretch of water,

就能成为一种典型的城邦之间边界
because Greece has the sea winding through it everywhere.

由于希腊四处邻海一段水域也可以成为边界
But when that's not true,

但还不止这些天然边界
then there is a typical sort of modern frontier,

另外还有种边界形式和现代国境线很类似
a land bridge which there a line is-a theoretical line is

是由一座陆桥分割出一条界线…假象的界线
drawn through it, and on one side is one city,

界线的一边是一个城邦