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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  which don't fit what we find in the ground.
  和考古发现的是不一致的
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  And here's another critical element in the story.
  这儿还有另一个要点
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  We know that the Mycenaeans,
  我们知道迈锡尼人中
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  or at least some small number of them could write,
  至少小部分 是会写作的
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  because we have the Linear B script,
  因为我们找到了B类线形文字的遗稿
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  which we can read. There is no clue
  我们能够解读 但在荷马史诗中
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  that there is such a thing as writing in the Homeric poems.
  却并没有任何线索表明写作这一点
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  There's one very abstruse clue where somebody seems to know
  只有一段很艰涩的文字大约表明有人
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  something about it, but fundamentally
  了解这一点 但基本上
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  it's an illiterate society
  荷马所描绘的世界 是一个文盲社会
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  and that is a major difference between the world of Homer
  这也是《荷马史诗》和真实的迈锡尼世界
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  and the Mycenaean world.
  之间的主要差异