and on the maternal side from hercules.

而母亲是赫拉克勒斯的后代
He was said to be a great patriot

据说他是一位伟大的爱国者
who saved Athens from the plague,

他将雅典从瘟疫中解救出来
a man who scorned money

他对钱不屑一顾
and was perfectly wise and perfectly just.

极为智慧而又极为公正
So, he became one of the greatest cultural figures of antiquity,

所以他成了最伟大的古代文化名人之一
an equivalent, in a different way, of Socrates,

相当于医学领域中的苏格拉底
Plato and Aristotle.

柏拉图和亚里士多德
Now, probably some of you are wondering--

现在你们中的一些人可能会怀疑
we've talked about humoralism and its advocates,

我们已经谈过体液学说和它的拥护者
and you want to know,

并且你想知道
"Well, that's all very fine; did it work?"

"这些都不错可是管用吗"