You can tell if a pot comes from Athens or it comes from Pylos, or-- not Pylos it was probably out of business-- Thebes or someplace else because they have their local characteristics which are perfectly obvious.

你可以从一个罐子辨认出它是来自雅典,或者皮洛斯,或者--,不会是皮洛斯,它已经衰亡了--,底比斯或是一些其他的地方,因为它们都留有当地的风格,这些风格很明显地表现了出来

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Ritual impurity, which is generally permitted, is distinguished by the characteristics I've quickly jotted down here.

仪式上的不洁，通常是被允许的，它的特征就是我刚刚写在这里的那些。

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Of course, with cities we typically find a whole association of cultural characteristics, which we deem civilization.

当然,我们总能从城市中找到一系列,独具代表性的文化特征,我们将其界定义为文明

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