although they cannot fail to concede

尽管他们勉强同意
that some of the physical implements that are found

在迈锡尼文明遗址中发现的文物
at Mycenaean sites are precisely like what Homer says.

和荷马描述的非常接近
But I think you can go a little bit beyond that.

不过我想你们能比他们做得更好
Some scholars have pointed out that in Book II of the Iliad

有学者指出在《伊利亚特》第二卷
in the section that we call, "The Catalog of Ships,"

《船舶名录》这一章节中
The poet lays out just exactly how many warships

诗人准确地列出了从特洛伊出发到希腊的
came to Troy fromGreece, and just exactly how many came from each town.

战舰的数量而每个城镇又各有多少
And the names of the towns that are listed in that catalog of ships,

并且列出了名单上每个城镇的名字
first of all,

首先
are all legitimate in the sense every one of them we know

从合理性上说这些数据都曾真实地
did exist in the Mycenaean Period. And perhaps no less significant

存在于迈锡尼时期但同时值得注意的是