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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  and that's one of the things I think we must grasp immediately.
  这点是我们必须要记住的
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  The key line in the society of the Dark Ages
  黑暗时代的社会中 最重要的主线
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  appears to be certainly not between monarchy and everybody else,
  显然不是君主阶级和平民们之间
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  but between nobility and commoners.
  而是贵族和平民之间
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  That's the really important,
  这是非常重要的一条主线
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  serious line--certainly politically and in other ways as well.
  政治和其他方面亦是如此
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  There is, however,
  但是
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  in Homer, an assembly that consists of the men,
  在《荷马史诗》中 联合大会的召开者
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  in the case of Troy of course the fighting men who are there,
  是特洛伊战争中的战士们
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  but who are not basileus. But also in the home, at home,
  而不是当地的君主 在故土也是
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  the men of fighting age and condition.
  具备参战年龄和身体条件合格的人
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  They are the only ones who matter.
  是在会议中有发言权和决策权的人