来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第11集 第11集》

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  Beyond that
  除此之外
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  there was also the primitive thing that was not particularly religious,
  还有些非宗教的早期信条
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  but reflected primitive thinking
  却反映出早期观念
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  that all homicides need to be avenged,
  那就是 杀人凶手都会遭到报复
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  and so the blood feud was clearly part of the way
  因此 在早期希腊历史中
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  to deal with homicide in early Greek history.
  世代血仇显然是处理杀人者的一个方式
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  As is true of most early societies
  大多数的早期社会都存在这种现象
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  there comes a time that no longer will do,
  而当时这样的现象一去不复返了
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  that there's a sufficient civilization, urbanization,
  也许是因为文明开化 或是城市化发展
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  whatever it is that made the change,
  不论是什么导致变革
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  that people feel this has got to stop.
  人们都认为这种对待杀人者的行为应该停止
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  One reason it does is, of course,
  当然 其中一个原因在于