Although we don 't have a clear picture ofthe way in which they were chosen , it is clear that they were -- it looked it wassome kind of a combination of election and sortition ; there 's a strong elementof chance involved in selecting who was going to be an ephor .

虽然我们不是很清楚他们是被怎样选出来的，很清楚的一点是他们的选举是通过一种选举与抽签结合的方式，每个参与其中的人都有很大的机会被选中做监督官。