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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  I'll come back to that in just a moment.
  过会儿再说这一点
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  The Mycenaean kings we know,
  迈锡尼王正如我们
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  thanks to the Linear B tablets, were referred to,
  从B类线形刻板所知的
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  the singular once again is Wanax,
  在古希腊语中被称为瓦纳克斯
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  and the plural is Wanaktes.
  复数是Wanaktes
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  But in Homer the term is reserved for Agamemnon
  但《荷马史诗》中这个位置给了阿伽门农
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  or for gods,
  或者是上帝
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  but not for any other human being.
  而不是其他人
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  And that raises the question,
  我们不禁要问
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  why is Agamemnon Wanax?
  为什么阿伽门农能被称作瓦纳克斯呢
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  And that, I think, we have to understand as being
  基于这个问题 我们先要明白
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  because of his function in the situation,
  他的地位以及所起的作用