来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  So, he had crossed the line. And as an ordinary soldier.
  他逾越了本分 以普通的士兵的身份
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  to rise and to say anything was a violation of the culture,
  起身反抗和发表见解是有违当时的文化的
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  and that's one of the places where you see
  从这一点可以看出当时社会
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  where this sharp line exists. They just take orders,
  森严的等级界限 普通人只能服从指挥
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  but the gentlemen don't just take orders.
  但是有地位的人不仅接受命令
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  They can argue and sometimes they can win the argument.
  他们还可以争辩 并且有时会赢得辩论
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  So, what you see in this very brief and inadequate account
  因此 从我给的这个简短且不充分的论述中
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  that I've given you is that we really,
  你们可以发现
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  in spite of the fact that we have basileis,
  尽管我们在这里提到了君主
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  and even in this case an anax,
  甚至还有王
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  we really don't have a proper monarchical tradition.
  但这确实不是一个严格意义上的君主制
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  When we think of monarchs, single rulers,
  我们现今所说的君主 单一统治者