I think we must remember that there were people creating and repeating, and working out, and changing a poetic tradition that started in the Mycenaean world and lasted for the rest of Greek history.

我想我们必须记住,这些进行创造和传承的人民,他们仔细刻画,发展成了诗歌的传统,从迈锡尼社会开始,一直延续到希腊历史的剩余部分

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