These would be the very earliest kinds of pots

这些是非常早期的陶锅
that have geometric designs on them,

上面有一些几何形的图案
then comes the geometric period and the orientalizing period;

之后是"几何时期"和"东方风格"时期
all of these refer to pottery styles.

这些都是根据陶器的艺术风格划分的
Then next we come to a larger period,

那之后我们进入了一段比较长的时期
which is referred to as the Archaic Period,

这段时期被叫做"古风时期"
the Archaic vis-a-vis the Classical Period,

紧接着"古风时期"的就是"古典时期"
which is the central subject of people's interest in the Greeks

对古希腊感兴趣的人总是先从这个时期上手
to begin with and later on they studied its surrounding periods.

进而再研究与之相邻近的时期
This Archaic Period is roughly speaking

这段"古风时期"大概是
about 750 B.C.To 500 B.C.

从公元前七百五十年到公元前五百年
Why this period as a unit?

为什么这段时间被分成一个时间单元