Pericles himself, says one critic,

伯里克利本人一个批判者曾说
was rather an admiral than a general.

与其说是个将军不如说是个海军将领
The Athenian admiralty it was

雅典的海军部
which framed the strategy out the outset of the war,

从战争开始就限定了策略的框架
not Pericles the burgermeister,

不是作为行政者的伯里克利
but Pericles the admiral invented the strategy of exhaustion,

而是作为海军将军的他发明了消耗战略
a strategy which came near to ruining Athens

这一战略在雅典施行几近两年
in a couple of years and could never have won the victory.

从未带来一场胜仗
Well, there is some merit in this analysis;

另外以下这种分析亦有可圈可点之处
the Athenians under Pericles had built a grand strategy

雅典人在伯里克利的领导下
that was based on naval power

基于海军力量构建起了
that might seem to suit a maritime empire,

一种可能更适用于海上帝国的伟大战略