来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第15集第15集》

Ephialtes had tried another technique

厄菲阿尔忒斯试图通过
by attacking the Areopagus

某个最高法官的税收问题
through a tax on particular Areopagites.

起诉其技术程序方面的瑕疵
If you don't have any success in the general political arena,

如果你在政坛上没能成功
one device that is as old as the hills and as new as yesterday,

有种方法虽然老套但及其有效
is you try to discredit individuals in the regime

即你可以试图诋毁对方
that you're trying to unseat,

使他下台
and so various charges were brought against,

因此你可以提出各种各样的诉讼
in particular, Areopagites.

诋毁最高法官
They have had merit; they might not.

他们有一定优点但也许并非如此
The goal was to discredit the Areopagus as a whole.

他的目的是诋毁最高法官这个整体
Again, did not succeed in the years that I am talking about,

而这类举措在很多年里同样都没有成功