来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第2集 第2集》

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  That's the picture that the Greeks carried with them.
  这就是希腊人对自己进行的想象
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  The legends, just stories from generation to generation,
  那些传奇 仅仅是一些代代相传的故事
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  changed, and molded, but nonetheless,
  它们被改编 被扭曲 尽管这样
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  retaining certain elements of the earlier tradition.
  仍保留了一些早期的传统元素
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  Then, finally, we have to believe,
  然后 最终 我们不得不相信
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  there's no escaping, I think, that there was another thing
  这是没有出路的 我想 是另一种
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  that provided for memory, something we call the epic tradition.
  我们称之为史诗的传统支撑起了记忆
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  When we get to Homer we will find
  当我们接触到荷马时会发现
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  a highly developed epic poetry
  一个发展到了很高水平的史诗
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  and once we come to grips with the fact that it was
  一旦我们面对的那些史诗成为了
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  orally composed and recollected poetry,
  通过记忆和口述的事实
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  then you will get some idea of the length of time that
  那么你将会对那一段包含在