And so the stories couldn't have been simple inventions, and that began a new phase in the story. And, again, to repeat what I said last time, there were certain stunning physical resemblances between what Homer said and what we could see.

所以,神话传说并不只是人们的空想,这样事情就有所不同了,同时,我重复下我上次所说的,《荷马史诗》所描述的世界,在当今确有令人吃惊的实物证据

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