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
Well, what Thersites had done that was wrong,

诚然书中认为忒尔西忒斯的做法是不对的
of course the poet and Odysseus didn't like his policy suggestion,

显然诗人和奥德修斯不喜欢他的政策建议
but he had no right to speak at all.

但他却根本连发言的权利都没有
The only people who could speak in the council or in an assembly

唯一可以在议会或者集会发言的人
were the noblemen, the basileis.

只有贵族和部落酋长
So, he had crossed the line. And as an ordinary soldier.

他逾越了本分以普通的士兵的身份