There is no evidence in Homer that anybody had that kind of wealth or that kind of power.

在《荷马史诗》中没有任何证据表明,谁有这样大的财富和权力

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Such states, of course, did not need a bureaucracy for there were no vast royal or state holdings that needed management and not much economic surplus to support a bureaucratic class.

国家无需官僚体制,因为没有庞大的皇室家族,和国家财富需要管理,也没多少经济盈余能够维持官僚阶级

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