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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Some hero will be called Dios,一些人物会被称作迪奥斯 -
meaning godly, god-like,意为神圣的 像神一样的 -
Diotrephes, reared as a god, Isothesos,丢特腓 被当作神抚养大人 -
equal unto a god,伊索赛奥斯 意思是和神一样的 -
and there are others as well.另外还有一些类似的词语 -
Now, mind you, notice these are not people请注意他们并不是所谓的 -
referred to as god-fearing or lovers of god,虔诚的信徒或神明的拥护者 -
no. They are just about equal to the gods不是 根据这些别称 -
according to these terms.他们几乎是和神明一样的存在 -
Now, that on the one hand is this extraordinary claim一方面 希腊人有这样如此不同寻常的主张 -
that the Greeks make. They did make amazingly powerful claims和我所了解到的其他任何社会相比 -
for human beings as opposed to divinity,他们的确为人类做了很多强有力的辩护