and he makes a speech which denounces all of the basileus,

他发表了一番言论当众谴责了这些首领
Agamemnon ahead of any of them.

尤其是阿伽门农
He says, "We ordinary soldiers have had enough

他说我们普通士兵已经受够了
and we would like to go home." And up steps Odysseus

我们想回家乡这时奥德修斯走上前来
and blasts him with his scepter, smashes him across the back,

用自己的权杖疾风暴雨般地抽打他的脊背
leaving a welt that could be seen by the entire army,

整个军队都能看到他留下的杖痕
and tears came to the eyes of this guy.

以及那人眼里留下的泪水
Are we supposed to feel sorry for him?

我们该为他感到难过吗
Well, the next lines in Homer say that one soldier popped up

书中接着写道一名士兵站了出来他说
and said, "Of all the great things Odysseus has done for us here,

"在奥德修斯为我们做的一切伟大事迹中
that was greatest,

其中最了不起的
to shut up a big mouth idiot like Thersites."

就是让忒尔西忒斯这样多嘴的白痴闭上嘴