to think for ten seconds you'll realize that's no good."

你只要想个十秒钟就能明白这样没好处"
Now, the Greeks on the other hand had a powerful belief

而另一方面古希腊人对于机遇
in the dominance of chance. They accepted,

有着狂热的信仰他们接受一个
again, what is a very modern idea now,

在我们看来又是非常现代的观点
that in fact there is no divine force or divine forces who oversee

那就是不存在什么眷顾生灵的怪力乱神
what happens to mankind on earth. But, rather,

所有事情都只是
things happen simply in a random way

机缘巧合而发生
according to no particular rule and that's the way it is.

没有什么特殊的章法可循
It is not virtue or merit that determine the quality of your life.

生命没有什么价值或者德行的高下之分
It is chance,

只是机会而已
and there are several places in the Iliad and the Odyssey

这在《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》中
that emphasize that point.

被多次强调