and it's usually intended to be a formidable hill,

一般来说这类城市都会选址在险峻的山峦
one not easily accessible to anybody who comes walking along,

那些人们不容易攀登的地方
a place, in other words, that would make a very nice fort, a citadel.

或者说能建立起绝佳的堡垒和据点的地方
That's, indeed, what we find at Mycenae.

的确是我们在迈锡尼旧址所找到的
On that citadel, on that strongly,

那个堡垒在那个坚固的
rocky fort or citadel, they built what we now identify

用岩石建造的城堡或据点之上他们建造了
as the royal palace, the palace of the king.

我们现在所说的皇家殿堂国王所居之处
That was, I should point out, maybe about ten miles from the sea.

我要指出的是那里距海大约有十英里远
Now, not all Mycenaean sites are so far from the sea;

不是所有迈锡尼文明遗址都离海这样远
some of them are closer, but what it's important to say

有些距海近些但重点是
is that none of them are right on the sea.

它们没有一个在海边
They're always back some few miles.

它们总离海有几英里的距离