The hard kernel of opinion central to all this

这种观点的核心是
is the common belief that the cause of the war

人们普遍认为战争的起因
was the Megarian degree and that Pericles was responsible for it.

是麦加拉禁令并且伯里克利要对此负责
Well, of course, that view,

当然这种观点
at the very most,

充其量不过是一种
is an over simplification and any good historian

过分简化而任何优秀的历史学家
would have rejected it as a sufficient explanation.

都能以充分的理由将其驳倒的浅见
Thucydides, in fact,

事实上修昔底德
gives it very little attention.

对此关注甚微
He doesn't mention it in its natural place in the narrative.

在讲述中并未提及
He doesn't give its date.

未说明日期
He doesn't tell us the purpose,

未解释其目的