来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第21集 第21集》

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  When you have a power which is superior to that of the other states,
  你的势力比其它城邦强大
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  but you don't conquer them,
  但你并不去占领他们
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  the question is do you want to relate to them
  问题就来了 你想如何和他们相处
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  as the Greeks would have said as a hegemon, meaning the leader,
  希腊人会说 作为霸王 即领导者
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  which implies a degree of voluntary cooperation,
  即是某程度上的自愿合作
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  or do you want to dominate, which means mastery
  或者 你想统治吗 这意味着控制权
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  and Spartans disagreed among themselves
  而斯巴达人自己内部也意见不一
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  as to what was necessary, even if you were going to take that path.
  如果选择那条路 必须要做什么呢
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  But these three roots were theoretically,
  但这三种选择是理论上的
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  and I think as a matter of fact really,
  并且我认为事实上也真的是
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  things that the Spartans argued about
  斯巴达人讨论的事情
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  and there was a certain amount of moving back and forth
  并且他们相当犹豫不决