But we quickly see that the people referred to as Basileus in Homer are not like the great King of Persia.

但回溯一下那些在《荷马史诗》中被称为,巴赛勒斯的人,却并不像波斯王那样强大

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He, so far as I know, and I think I'm not forgetting, he is the only human being referred to in the poems in that way.

阿伽门农,就我所知,我想我不健忘,他是唯一一个以这种方式被提及的人类

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Now, mind you, notice these are not people referred to as god-fearing or lovers of god, no. They are just about equal to the gods according to these terms.

请注意他们并不是所谓的,虔诚的信徒或神明的拥护者,不是,根据这些别称,他们几乎是和神明一样的存在

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Again, not themselves out there with the goats and the sheep, but they are referred to as having these herds and having to cope with them. Another very popular, I would say the most popular activity among the kings, was piracy. That's what they brag about.

并不是他们自己牧羊,他们监督放牧,管理它们,还有个非常时髦的运动,我可以说是在国王们中最流行的,那就是抢劫,他们却引以为傲

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