a competition to the other great tradition

一种和另外一个西方文明传统
of Western civilization,which is the Judeo-Christian tradition.

即犹太教-基督教传统之间的相互竞争
I just want to make a few small points that indicate how that works.

我在此举个小例子来作一个具体说明
The Iliad begins in--

《伊利亚特》是以--
mēnin, it's wrath, anger.

就是个表达愤怒的宾格名词盛怒狂暴
the first word in the Iliad is the accusative noun

《伊利亚特》的开篇第一个字
I am singing about the wrath,the anger Achilles

"我要歌颂那个盛怒狂暴的阿喀琉斯
which brought so many men to their doom,

他将许多豪杰强健的魂魄打入了冥府"
is what Homer says.

这是荷马说的
The first thing is the emotion of an individual man.

开篇首先表现的是一个人的个人情绪
The Odyssey begins even more strikingly

《奥德赛》有个更引人注目的开头
with the word andra,

以单词andra开篇