来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  Moses Finley says,
  摩西·芬利曾说道
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  "If, then, the world of Odysseus is to be placed in time
  "根据对英雄主义诗歌的比较研究
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  as everything we know from the comparative study of
  如果奥德修斯的世界存在于一个时代
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  heroic poetry says it must,
  那么这个时代
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  the most likely centuries seem to be the tenth and the ninth,
  最有可能是在公元九世纪或十世纪
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  that is to say what we call the Dark Ages."
  也就是我们所说的黑暗时代"
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  Anthony Andrews says,
  安东尼·安德鲁说道
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  "It may be that the epic tradition had at some stage
  "或许那时的史诗时代在
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  used as a model for the army before Troy,
  特洛伊之前就采用了军队的模式
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  an idealized version of some of
  对于在后迈锡尼时代
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  those bands of colonists who settled the coast of
  小亚细亚地区的殖民者来说
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  Asia Minor in post-Mycenaean times."
  这是最佳的模式