Helots handled most of the domestic affairs, so the women of Sparta were known to partake in athletic competitions like javelin-throwing and wrestling, as well as competitive singing and dancing.

希洛人处理大部分家务，因此斯巴达参加投掷标枪和摔跤等体育比赛及有竞争力歌舞而闻名 。

Helots made it possible for " true" Spartan men to focus on becoming part of the citizen training system.

Helots 使“真正”斯巴达人能够专注于成为公民培训系统一部分。

This, coupled with a reluctance to adapt and helots outnumbering Spartan citizens led to their downfall.

再加上不愿适应和希洛特人数超过斯巴达公民，致他们垮台。

When Sparta was defeated, the Thebans freed the helots and suddenly, the Spartans had less time to focus on military pursuits without their labour force.

当斯巴达被击败时，底比斯人释放了希洛人，突然间，斯巴达人在没有劳动力情况下专注于军事追求时间减少了。

The reason for that is they're a culture which is based on dominating a huge land area and controlling a large amount of subservient helots or serfs.

原因在于，他们文化建立在统治广阔领地和控制大量希洛人或农奴之上。

Spartan King Leonidas marshaled a force of 300 of his personal bodyguards and helots and took command of the briefly unified Greek forces numbering at 7,000.

斯巴达国王列奥尼达集结了一支由 300 名贴身卫士和黑奴组成部队，并指挥了短暂统一希腊军队， 人数为 7, 000 人。

A helot of Agesilaus made us a dish of Spartan broth, but I was not able to get down a second spoonful.

阿格西劳斯一个海尔奥特为我们做了一锅斯巴达肉汤，但我只能吃下一勺，第二勺就吃不下去了。

The poor helot came forward with a piteous look, cut herself a piece of bread, and took a pear.

可怜奴隶带着悲惨表情走上前，切了一片面包，拿了一个梨。

So normally a mothax is someone whose father is a citizen but his mother might be a helot or a serf or possibly they're citizens who are kind of impoverished.

所通常来说，莫塔克斯是指父亲是公民，但母亲可能是赫洛特或农奴，或者他们可能是比较贫困公民。