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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  Once you realize that there are clearly accurate depictions of aspects
  一旦你认识到这些诗中出现了
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  of the Mycenaean world that show up in those poems,
  对迈锡尼社会的精确描述
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  which appear to have been written down for the first time,
  而这也许是它首次被记录下来
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  perhaps around 750 B.C. or so,
  或许在公元前七百五十年左右
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  then you must realize there had to be an epic tradition,
  那么你一定会意识到这必定是一个史诗传说
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  a poetic tradition of the same kind that
  一个对迈锡尼文明
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  goes back all the way to the Mycenaean Period.
  回溯时的诗化的传说
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  I think we must remember
  我想我们必须记住
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  that there were people creating and repeating,
  这些进行创造和传承的人民
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  and working out, and changing a poetic tradition
  他们仔细刻画 发展成了诗歌的传统
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  that started in the Mycenaean world
  从迈锡尼社会开始
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  and lasted for the rest of Greek history.
  一直延续到希腊历史的剩余部分