Helot rebellions,

还有希洛奴隶军的反叛
although they don't take place every day,

尽管他们不是天天都在起义
take place very sparsely,

反叛偶尔才会出现
but they keep happening

但反叛确实一直存在
so that the fear is never irrational.

所以斯巴达人对他们有所惧怕是不无道理的
To that is added the permanent enmity of Argos,

斯巴达与阿尔戈斯之间也有不可磨灭的仇恨
which never gives up the idea of returning

阿尔戈斯人从未忘记
to the great days of Pheidon with Argos

斐登国王执政时期的的荣耀
as the dominant state in the Peloponnesus

他们希望重新成为伯罗奔尼撒半岛的霸主
and that means that the Spartans have to be defeated for that to happen

而这就意味着必须得击败斯巴达人
and so the Argives come back to the Spartans time after time,

所以阿尔戈斯人与斯巴达人
good stretches in between,

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