Again a critique not only of Sparta but also of Athens and its imperialistic ambitions.

我们再次看到，他的评论不局限于斯巴达,同时还扩及雅典及其帝国野心。

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I think I want to save the illustration of that one until we talk about Sparta.

我想把这样的例子,留到我们讲述斯巴达人的时候

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Within his own lifetime, Aristotle would see Athens, Sparta, and the other great cities of Greece swallowed up by the great Macedonian Empire to the north.

在他有生之年，亚里士多德看到雅典，斯巴达，和其它重要的希腊城市,被北方的,马其顿帝国并吞。

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It is only speculation, but it seems to make sense and we know we don't hear of such troubles within Athens and Thebes, and Sparta.

这只是猜测,但却有理可言,我们在雅典,底比斯和斯巴达,都没有看到这些状况

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Sparta starts at an early point, sends out a colony to southern Italy at some time, probably early, they sent out a colony to an island in the Aegean Sea, Melos, and then they stopped and never sent out another colony.

斯巴达要早一些,某一时期在意大利南部建设过殖民地,也许更早的时候,曾在爱琴海上的岛屿米洛斯殖民,然后他们的殖民活动戛然而止,并从未再开始

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