In Athens, in classical times it was 20.

在雅典史料记载的年龄是20岁
Well, let me just remind you of some events that show you

我现在举几个例子
how these things work.

告诉你们这些事是怎么运作的
Remember, the Iliad starts

记住《伊利亚特》
because of a quarrel and the quarrel emerges from the fact

是从一场争论中开始的
that the Greeks are busily being killed by a terrible plague

一场肆虐的瘟疫夺走了无数希腊人的生命
that has struck them. They say,

希腊人大为震惊他们说
"We got to find out what's happening?"

"到底发生了什么"
They always assume that if something like that happened,

他们一直认为这种悲剧
it was some god or gods who was angry with them.

是因为触怒了某个神灵
So, they get a seer who goes

所以他们派一个先知
and is persuaded to try to find out what's happening.

来占卜到底是什么原因