A Spartan baby that appeared weak, and unlikely to grow up to be a warrior, was killed at birth.

如果一个斯巴达人的孩子出生，孩子看上去身体虚弱，将来服不了兵役，那么人们就迅速处死这个孩子。

And here we are, Melas zomos, spartan black broth.

我们来了，Melas zomos，斯巴达黑汤。

A Spartan future awaits the 40% of working-age Britons who, like David, are falling behind.

约有40%正处于工龄期的英国人像大卫一样，生活水平一落千丈，迎接他们的将是一个斯巴达式的未来。

They think suffering is good for you ever since they saw that movie 300 Spartans.

自从看了电影《斯巴达三百壮》后，他们就认为吃苦有好处。

From Missoula, Montana, the Spartans are here.

这所学校位于 蒙大拿的米苏拉, , 斯巴达人都在这里。

His apartment was described in terms that included monastic and Spartan.

他的公寓被描述为修道院式斯巴达式。

And here we are Melos Zomos spartan black broth.

现在我们是Melos Zomos斯巴达黑色肉汤。

And he made this extraordinary observation about Athens and Sparta.

他对雅典斯巴达 有着卓越的究。

Earth! render back from out thy breast a remnant of our Spartan dead!

大地啊！把斯巴达人的遗骨从你的怀抱里送还！

Sparta, with whom Athens was frequently at war.

尤其是斯巴达，他们与雅典频繁开战。

Word is " I am Spartacus" is favored to win ten to one.

据说" 我是斯巴达克斯" 会赢 赔率十赔一。

Xenophon tells us that he was the overseer of a debate that was held to determine the fates of a number of military commanders who had abandoned their wounded in battle in order to pursue the Spartans.

色诺芬告诉我们，他是一场辩论的监督人，这场辩论是为了决定一些在战场上为了追击斯巴达人而抛弃伤员的军事指挥官的命运。

Eventually, the disease reached the Mediterranean region and the city of Athens, where from 430 to 426 B. C.E., during the Peloponnesian War, roughly one-quarter of the city's population died from sickness while under siege by Sparta.

最终，这种疾病传播到地中海地区雅典城。在公元前 430 至 426 的伯罗奔尼撒战争期间，该市大约四分之一的人口在被斯巴达人围困期间死于疾病。

This was also the case with their military – slowly, their enemies learnt more and more about how they fought, but Sparta didn't keep up with the changing landscape of warfare.

他们的军队也是如此——慢慢地，他们的敌人越来越了解他们的战斗方式，但斯巴达没有跟上不断变化的战争格局。

She discovered she knew the groom quite well, for he was Tommy Wellburn from Sparta and she had nursed him in 1863 when he had a wound in his shoulder.

她发现新郎原来是个熟人，是从斯巴达来的托米·韦尔伯恩，一八六三他肩部受伤时她曾护理过他。

Did you see the episode of Stargate where they found themselves on a planet with a culture based loosely on Earth's Athens and Sparta? Not important.

你看过那集星际之门么？他们发现自己正身处于一个基于地球上的雅典斯巴达 文明的行星之上。那不重要了。

The images are contemporary, but the words ancient. Greek historian Thucydides describes a 5th century B.C. plague that devastated Athens as it warred with Sparta.

图像是当代的，但文字是古代的。希腊历史学家修昔底德描述了公元前5世纪的一场瘟疫，在雅典与斯巴达的战争中摧毁了雅典。

One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should speak briefly, and never use more words than were needed.

斯巴达人有一个奇怪的规矩就是他们说话必须简洁，从不多用一个不该用的词。

His exacting standards of craftsmanship combined with a Spartan streak made him reluctant to buy any furnishings that he wasn't passionate about.

他对工艺有着严格的标准，而且崇尚斯巴达式的简朴，这让他不愿意购买任何他不喜爱的家具。

So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first–born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre.

就这样带着斯巴达式的坚忍神，这位轻的女作者把她的处女作放在桌上，如同妖魔一般冷酷无情地大肆删削了一番。