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because we now in Athens the issue could be

因为这时雅典的
boiled down by the opponents of the war,

反战者很可能阻止战争
and Thucydides lets us see that there was strong opposition

修昔底德写到那时的
to going to war on the part of some that --

反战声音很强烈
why in the world are we going to war about

我们究竟为什么要为了
this embargo we have laid on the Megarians?

对麦加拉人的一纸禁令陷入战争
Who cares about that?

谁在乎那个
So, in the great final debate about this issue,

归根结底
what should we do,

我们该怎么办
how should we answer the Spartan offer on this occasion?

该怎么回应斯巴达提供的机会
Many speeches were made,

修昔底德写道
Thucydides tells us,

很多人做了演说