They always were hoping to have a rebellion

他们时时刻刻都希望有机会反叛
in which they could undue

因为他们不想承担
this extraordinarily heavy burden that they carried,

那些繁琐的重担
and somehow in spite of the hundreds of years

虽然如此这种情形还是持续了
in which this has been going on,

上百年的时间
they did not lose sight of their nationality,

但是他们并没有忘记本民族的东西
of the fact that they were Mycenaeans

他们没有忘记他们曾是迈锡尼人
and that they were a people,

曾是一个种族
and that they had to throw off

并且一旦有可能
Spartan control of them if they possible could.

他们就想要摆脱斯巴达的控制
Their feelings towards the Spartans were as you might expect.

你或许可以料想到他们对于斯巴达的感觉
There's a story of a rebellion

有一个关于反叛的故事