and they were very important in the minds of those people

是非常重要的
who knew about it, but I also mentioned last time

但是上次我讲到的谢里曼的发掘
the impact of Schliemann's excavations, which turned everything around.

对后世产生了深远的影响
The hyper-skeptical point of view

以致十九世纪欧洲学者的
taken by scholars in Europe in the nineteenth century

怀疑论观点遭到了无情的反击
was eroded very sharply by the discovery of places

因为历史遗迹的的发现
that really convinced pretty much everybody that there was a Troy,

确实说明了特洛伊和迈锡尼
and that there was a Mycenae.

都曾存在过
And so the stories couldn't have been simple inventions,

所以神话传说并不只是人们的空想
and that began a new phase in the story. And, again,

这样事情就有所不同了同时
to repeat what I said last time, there were certain stunning

我重复下我上次所说的
physical resemblances between what Homer said

《荷马史诗》所描述的世界