than to be a king in Hades."

也比在冥界称王要好得多"
Now, that's as bad as it can possibly be.

冥界就是这么糟
The great Achilles,

伟大的阿基里斯
respected still in the afterworld

死后在下界都受到尊敬的人物
would immediately turn it in to be a complete nobody on earth.

都情愿立刻成为世间的一个无名小卒
So, it's very important. They faced without any real retreat

这是很重要的他们直面
the reality and the negative character of death,

现实和死亡的负面特质
even as they refused to reject the significance of life

尽管他们拒绝否定人类生命的伟大
or of mankind. That is what I mean

这就是我所说的
when I speak of the tragic view, and it's very important.

悲剧式的观点而这非常重要
Now, it seems to me we can eliminate that a little bit

如今在死亡的问题上我们已经通过
by comparing it with various modern approaches

与现代多种同类方法和问题的对比