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 think, that these basileus may have been village chieftains
  这些君主可能是村里的酋长
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  but that's as high as they got.
  这就是他们的最高地位
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  But it's very interesting that when you get to
  但相当有趣的是
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  historical Greece, as we shall see, there are no wanaktes
  在希腊历史中我们看不到王这一称谓
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  but there are, at least according to tradition, basileis.
  但至少是根据传说是有君主这一称谓出现的
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  But no basileus has anything like the clout
  但是君主们不同于迈锡尼的国王们
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  that the Mycenaean kings did, and of course we don't hear of
  他们没有实权 当然我们从没听说过
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  any of them who have even the temporary special power that Agamemnon has.
  他们中有哪一个能像阿伽门农那样暂时掌权
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  No human being is referred to as wanax
  所以在古希腊
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  in the period of historical Greece.
  没有人可以称王
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  And of course, the kings when we see them in Homer
  当然 从《荷马史诗》中所看到的那些国王
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  do not have a bureaucracy, do not have scribes.
  他们没有官僚作风 没有随身抄写员