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
Well, that leaves the Greeks with something like this question.

这就给古希腊人留下了这样一个命题
In the light of human mortality,

既然人生苦短
the disinterest of the gods, the chanciness of life,

又没有什么神灵保佑生死都只是随机事件
what can man do to achieve happiness and immortality?

那我们怎么才能达到幸福和不朽呢
Because he still doesn't feel happy about his mortality.

因为他们仍旧对死亡感到惴惴不安
Though he accepts that this is a problem,

尽管他们承认这是一个
it's something that he still hankers after.

他们仍在追寻答案的问题
It's inevitable that people should,

这是必然的
and part of the answer is very Homeric.

并且其中一些答案是很荷马式的
It is the heroic ethic. At a certain place,

这是一种英雄主义的伦理观在某个地方