They themselves founded a city where they lived, and called it Sparta.

他们自己建造了一个名叫斯巴达的城市居住。

Sparta, with whom Athens was frequently at war.

尤其是斯巴达，他们与雅典频繁开战。

Why all this focus on Sparta and its military?

为什么所有这些都集中在斯巴达及其军队上？

Menelaus forgave her and brought her back to Sparta.

曼纽拉斯原谅了她并把她带回斯巴达。

And he made this extraordinary observation about Athens and Sparta.

他对雅典和斯巴达有着卓越的观察研究。

He looked back with fondness to the austere, martial spirit of Sparta.

他偏好古代斯巴达的严肃军事精神。

Growing up in Sparta would have been way different from growing up in Athens.

在斯巴达长大和在雅典长大完全不同。

Sparta might have had more barracks and training grounds, while Athens might have had more schools.

斯巴达可能有更多的兵营和训练场，而雅典可能有更多的学校。

She was the daughter of Zeus and was married to Menelaus, king of Sparta, by her stepfather.

她是宙斯的女儿，她的继父把她嫁给了斯巴达国王梅纳雷阿斯。

And then, in 480 BCE, Xerxes took his Persians across the Hellespont and moved south, towards Sparta, gaining allies.

然后，在公元前 480 年，薛西斯带领他的波斯人穿过赫勒斯蓬特河，向南移动，前往斯巴达，获得盟友。