just as he uses strength and power,

就像他使用力量权力
and all those other things.

以及所有其他的品质来达到目的一样
The Greeks, in Homer's world,

荷马时期的希腊人
seem to regard one

似乎和看重其他品质一样
just about as well as they do the other.

看重这个品质
Odysseus is the man,the wily Odysseus as Homer calls him,

荷马称奥德修斯是一个老谋深算的人
the man of many devices,

他是一个足智多谋的男人
all of those things are great

而这一切都是很棒的
and they are equally honored along with the physical courage

并且这些品质和肉体上的勇气一样被尊敬
that is so characteristic of these guys.

当然勇敢这是这些人所共有的品质
The recognition of those qualities, the recognition of the arete

这些英雄所拥有的对这些品质的认知
that these heroes have is what their lives are all about.

对德性的认知就是对他们人生意义的认知