It would have been perfectly reasonable for them, his opponents, to assume that only one set of religious beliefs could actually represent the truth, that there was only one possible manifestation of divine truth.

这本应该是他的反对者们最完美的理由,去设想仅仅一整套的宗教信条就可以代表真理，只有一个虔诚的真理的表达。

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More importantly, the Homeric heroes are said to be bad role models for those who follow them, they are shown to be intemperate in sex, into these vices Socrates adds cruelty and disregard for the dead bodies of one's opponents.

最重要的是，荷马英雄们被说成是坏榜样,对他们的追随者而言，他们都太过纵欲、,还有被苏格拉底冠以残忍,与漠视对手尸体的恶行。

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One side wins the argument and the battle, and sometimes the ill will is so great that the losing side feels either that it has to flee for its safety, or it chooses to flee rather than to live under their opponents.

若是其中一方获胜,有时候失势的一方面临威胁,会离开这个地方以求自保,或者是逃离他们的敌对派系的压迫

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