来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第3集 第3集》

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  Just to carry on some of the highlights of that story,
  继续讲故事里面的几个要点
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  that tells us a lot about the society.
  这反映很多社会现实
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  So, as they're roaring back,
  那么 当他们欢呼着往回冲时
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  suddenly Odysseus, the slyest, the cleverest,
  奥德修斯 这个最狡猾 最聪明
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  the smartest of all of the Greeks,
  最精明的希腊人
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  he goes racing among the troops who are heading back
  突然追上正往回跑的队伍 抓住一个人
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  and he grabs one, and Homer says when he came to a gentleman,
  荷马说 如果他遇上的是有身份的人
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  a basileus, he would say,
  或是部落的酋长 他会说
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  "Sir, you are making a mistake. You don't understand the game
  "先生 你正在犯错误 你并没有明白
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  that Agamemnon is playing," And he explains it to him,
  阿伽门农的策略" 然后把原因解释给他听
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  and the guy says, "Oh, okay."
  那人会说 "哦 好吧"
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  When he comes to one of the common sort, he says,
  而当他遇到一个普通士兵时 他就说