that will make him lose his rationality,

不要使他丧失理智
that will make him so angry that he will forget about

不要让他怒不可遏
these questions of success and failure,

以至于不顾后果
he'll just say I'm going to get that son of a gun and that,

他只会说我要给那小子一枪
I argue, is the policy that Pericles pursued.

我想那就是伯里克利追求的方式
An attempt at deterrence and moderation at the same time,

尝试表现得威摄中带有妥协
to frighten the opponent by his determination out of thinking

以坚决的态度使对方感到
they can do what they want without a danger of war,

不打一仗是不可能轻易达到目的
but also to avoid inflaming his anger.

但同时也避免引起对方的愤怒
In the short run,

从短期看
what happens is that the Athenians send to assist their Corcyrian allies

结果是雅典人出兵支援他们的盟国克基拉
a fleet of only ten triremes.

派遣了一支有十艘三层浆战船的舰队