Some of them were alive in the ninth and certainly some of them were alive in the time of Homer in the eighth.

有些生活在九世纪 当然,还有些生活在荷马所在的八世纪

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They also, because the system worked out better for their purposes, then jumped to nine to eight, which gave them the whole tone.

另外,由于这个体系比预想的还好用,于是他们转而采用九比八的比例,从而得到了全音

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