He's taken to the beautiful city on the island of Scheria,

他被带到斯刻里亚岛上的一个美丽城市
Phaiacia, and is treated with great respect

腓埃基亚他受到众人的礼遇
as you're supposed to in the Mycenaean world.

就好像在迈锡尼王国一样
But after dinner, they do what they do to amuse themselves.

晚饭之后他们自娱自乐
They have athletic contests and they ask Odysseus to participate.

他们有田径比赛邀请奥德修斯一起参加
And he says, "No, no, I'm too miserable and wretched,"

他推辞道不我的腿脚不利索
And the guy says, "Oh, you must be some kind of a merchant."

那些人答道你肯定是到处兜售的商人
And Odysseus says that that was a black remark.

奥德修斯的脸马上就黑了
Those are fighting words.

这是很忌讳的用语非常地不礼貌
You can't call--we know Odysseus himself is a basileus--

我们都知道奥德修斯是君主我们不能
him a merchant. Pirate, sure, but merchant, no.

叫他商人海盗没问题但商人绝对不行
Another thing that is interesting is that

还有件很有趣的事