So in one of the most famous passages of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, the Athenians sailed to the island of Melos, a Spartan colony, and demanded that the Melians submit to Athenian rule.

于是在修昔底德笔下伯罗奔尼撒战争史上最著名的一段话中，雅典人航行到斯巴达殖民地梅洛斯岛，要求梅利斯人服从雅典人的统治。