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
compared to any society that I know anything about.

以对抗神明
This is part of the arrogance that is characteristic

这部分体现了古希腊人的特点傲慢
of the Ancient Greeks, but at the same time,

但与此同时——
and right away at the beginning we're getting to such a very Greek thing,

我们现在就要谈到到一个非常希腊式的事情
a Greek characteristic.

一个希腊人的特点——
At the same time that he is this great thing almost like a god,

他几乎像神一样伟大但与此同时
he is also not a god in the most crucial way possible.

在这可能是最关键的一点上他又不是神
Gods do not die. Men die.

神明不死人类却会