来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第24集第24集》

But for the Greeks it had a different meaning;

但是希腊人赋予了它特殊的意义
it was people who participated in the culture that

它指那些生活在他们所谓的
they designated as Hellenic

希腊文化圈中的人的
and they thought the Macedonians fell outside of that.

而他们认为马其顿人不在其中
There were no poleis in the Macedonian kingdom.

马其顿王国中没有城邦
It was something that we might call feudal.

而是一种我们称之为封建领地
That is to say, yes there was a monarch,

这就是说马其顿有一个国王
but there were powerful noblemen

但是那儿也有有权势的贵族
who were practically independent and who owed only

他们除了要向国王尽有限的义务外
a limited allegiance to the king

是不受约束的
and who were really the dominant figures in the state

他们也是在菲利普之前
for most of the history prior to the appearance of Philip.

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