and a very interesting example

这儿有一个很有趣的例子
of how things changed, if you look at people,

是关于人们观念是怎么变化的
say an Englishman writing about Ancient Greece

假如一个英国人在十八世纪
in the late eighteenth century,

撰写关于古希腊历史的书
they tell the story of the early days based upon the legends

他会依据那些神话故事来写
as though the legends were reliable information to some degree.

因为某种程度上来说神话故事还是可信的
When you get to say the middle of the nineteenth century

十九世纪中叶有一位研究古希腊的
and the work of the great English historian of Ancient Greece,

伟大英国历史学家乔治·格罗特
George Grote, he begins his story in 776 with the Olympic Games.

他从公元776年的奥运会开始执笔
He does tell you all about the legends first,

他先将神话传说展示给读者
but he puts them aside and says

然后将其放到一边对读者说
they're just legends--now let's talk history,

这些只是神话而已现在咱们说说历史