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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  as you're supposed to in the Mycenaean world.
  就好像在迈锡尼王国一样
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  But after dinner, they do what they do to amuse themselves.
  晚饭之后 他们自娱自乐
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  They have athletic contests and they ask Odysseus to participate.
  他们有田径比赛 邀请奥德修斯一起参加
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  And he says, "No, no, I'm too miserable and wretched,"
  他推辞道 不 我的腿脚不利索
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  And the guy says, "Oh, you must be some kind of a merchant."
  那些人答道 你肯定是到处兜售的商人
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  And Odysseus says that that was a black remark.
  奥德修斯的脸马上就黑了
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  Those are fighting words.
  这是很忌讳的用语 非常地不礼貌
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  You can't call--we know Odysseus himself is a basileus--
  我们都知道奥德修斯是君主 我们不能
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  him a merchant. Pirate, sure, but merchant, no.
  叫他商人 海盗没问题 但商人绝对不行
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  Another thing that is interesting is that
  还有件很有趣的事
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  when you look at the burials of Greeks in the post-Mycenaean period,
  就是在黑暗时代迈锡尼后期
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  in the Dark Ages, there's nothing resembling those grand tombs
  君主的陵墓中没有与其身份相称的陪葬品