the athenian leader in the second year of the war,

这位雅典领袖的抗争
and the athenians' unsuccessful effort to make peace,

以及雅典人追求和平的失败
this is how he describes the aftermath.

他是这样描述这个后果的
"being totally at a loss as to what to do,

"在尝试完全失败后
they -- the athenian people -- attack Pericles,

雅典人攻击伯里克利
and when he saw that they were exasperated and

当伯里克利看到他的人民愤怒加剧
doing everything as he had anticipated,

做出如他所料的举动时
he called an assembly,

他召集了一个公民大会
since he was still general; he wanted to put confidence into them

因为他仍是将军他希望给予人们希望
and leading them away from their anger to

带领他们走出愤怒
restore their calm and their courage."

使他们恢复冷静和勇气
He reports three of Pericles,

他记录了伯里克利的三次演说