So when you see the word "book" in ancient Greek or Latin, they didn't think of this. They thought of scrolls.
当看到古希腊语或拉丁语的书这个字,他们不会想到这个,他们会想到书卷。
But here's how it worked--by the way, the word I have been using, colony is not a Greek word and really not appropriate for what the Greeks are up to.
大概是这样的,顺便说下,我说的殖民地,不是古希腊语,而且用于古希腊殖民不太贴切
The source of the word, Pygmalion is ancient Greece.
Pygmalion“是古希腊语。
The Greek word for this is, Apoikia, and most literally it would mean a home away, an away home and that's what they're making.
古希腊语称之为Apoikia,字面上的意思就是远方的家园,也就是他们正在建立的殖民地
The Mycenaean kings we know, thanks to the Linear B tablets, were referred to, the singular once again is Wanax, and the plural is Wanaktes.
迈锡尼王正如我们,从B类线形刻板所知的,在古希腊语中被称为瓦纳克斯,复数是Wanaktes
And his answer was, "Well, when my father sent me here, he told me a number of things that I'm supposed to do, but the most important of these was the Greek words, aien aristeioi, always be the Best.
他的回答是,"当我父亲把我送到这里时,他对我说了,我该做到的几件事,而其中最重要的就是,用古希腊语说"aien aristeioi",事事为先
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