even if he lives in a

哪怕他住在六十英里外的一个小村庄
village or a good size town sixty miles away;

或者相对较大的城镇中
he is still an Athenian.

他仍是雅典人
He can be a citizen of his community, he can be a Marathonian,

他可以是自己社区的公民可以是马拉松人
but he is also and more primarily,he is an Athenian.

但他首先也是雅典人
Now Attica is, in fact, approximately 1,000 square miles,

阿提卡事实上大约一千平方英里
which I am told is about the size of Rhode Island,

我听说大概和罗德岛差不多大
and that's the biggest polis of which we know.

而这就是我们所知的最大的城邦
There are well over a thousand poleis.

当时大约有一千个城邦
Some people want to push

有人说还多一些
the number at its height up to maybe 1,500,

大概一千五百个城邦
but it doesn't matter.

那无所谓