I think I quoted something from hesiod that confirmed it.

我记得当时我引用了赫西奥德的话
The Greeks were, even though they went to sea plenty,

那时的古希腊人虽然时常出海
they were terrified of the sea for very good reason.

但他们也是非常惧怕大海的
Their ships, their boats were not very seaworthy;

他们航海的工具船只还非常脆弱
storms come up in the Mediterranean very suddenly and terribly;

地中海可怕的风暴神出鬼没
you take your life in your hands when you travel.

当时出海就意味着你把自己交给命运处置
So then there's the whole idea--we've already given you some sense

所以这就是当时的情况我告诉过你们
that the Greeks were ancestor worshippers.

古希腊人对祖先甚是尊敬
I mean, they took special care of the dead

他们对死者有很特殊的仪式
and they thought that

他们认为
the way you buried people and so on was terribly important.

逝者埋葬的方式非常重要
So, what I'm saying is, when you leave the place you were born,

我想说的是当你离开故乡