It became a powerful influence in popular music.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Anybody who looks at Greek mythology and Greek poetry, and Greek stories sees there is a powerful influence coming into Greek thought from mainly the Mesopotamian direction.

任何浏览过希腊神话,诗歌和故事的人,都能发现来自美索不达米亚的文化,对希腊思想的巨大影响

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The one who didn't really love you that much but then starts to show you that they love you, that person is a powerful influence on your behavior.

爱你不深的人,开始对你示爱，这样的人会强烈影响你的行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

That attitude,that point of view, even after the world of Homer is gone, remains a very powerful influence on the Greeks throughout the rest of their history, so that you have built into that society an inherent conflict.

这种态度,这种观点,甚至在荷马时期之后,仍对希腊人有着强烈的影响,并贯穿于他们之后的历史中,由此使得这种冲突在这个社会中传承了下来

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选