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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  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
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  and the wealth that's buried in them for the dead.
  没有为来生准备的金银财宝
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  You find that the tombs of noblemen
  你会发现君主们的棺木
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  are very much the same one as the other.
  和普通人的没有什么差别
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  You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches
  贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等
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  of the dead nobility. No great distinction
  一视同仁的观点 很令人惊讶
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  and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world
  那时没有很富有的阶层 只有赤贫阶层和
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  and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.
  没有掌握权利的君主阶层