The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 1
众神会议——密涅瓦造访伊萨卡——忒勒马科斯向求婚者发出挑战。
THE GODS IN COUNCIL—MINERVA'S VISIT TO ITHACA—THE CHALLENGE FROM TELEMACHUS TO THE SUITORS.
请告诉我，啊缪斯女神，那位足智多谋的英雄的故事，他在攻陷了著名的特洛伊城之后，四处漂泊，游历四方。
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
他走访了许多城市，结识了许多民族，熟悉了他们的风俗习惯；
Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted;
此外，他在海上历尽艰辛，竭力想保全自己的性命，并将手下的人安全带回家乡；
moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home;
但无论他怎样努力，终究未能救下他的部下，因为他们因自己的愚昧鲁莽，擅自宰杀了太阳神许佩里翁的牛群而葬送了性命；
but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion;
于是太阳神降下惩罚，使他们永远无法返回家园。
so the god prevented them from ever reaching home.
啊，宙斯之女，无论你从何处得知这些事情，也请将这一切都告诉我吧。
Tell me, too, about all these things, oh daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.
如今，所有在战场上或海难中幸免于难的人都已安全回到家乡，唯有尤利西斯除外；
So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Ulysses,
他虽然日夜思念着妻子和故乡，却被女神卡吕普索扣留着——她将他藏在一个大洞穴中，一心想嫁给他。
and he, though he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to marry him.
然而随着岁月流逝，终于到了众神商定让他返回伊萨卡的时刻；
But as years went by, there came a time when the gods settled that he should go back to Ithaca;
即便如此，当他回到自己的族人中间时，他的磨难仍未结束；
even then, however, when he was among his own people, his troubles were not yet over;
尽管如此，众神此时都已开始怜悯他，唯有海神涅普顿除外——他仍不停地迫害尤利西斯，不肯让他回到家乡。
nevertheless all the gods had now begun to pity him except Neptune, who still persecuted him without ceasing and would not let him get home.
Vocabulary
- GODS
- 众神，多个神灵的总称
- COUNCIL
- 会议，一群人聚集商讨事务
- MINERVA
- 密涅瓦，罗马神话中的智慧女神
- VISIT
- 拜访，前往某地探望某人
- ITHACA
- 伊萨卡，希腊神话中奥德修斯的故乡
- CHALLENGE
- 挑战，向某人或某事提出考验
- TELEMACHUS
- 忒勒马科斯，奥德修斯之子
- SUITORS
- 求婚者，追求女性婚姻的男性们
- Muse
- 缪斯，希腊神话中掌管艺术的女神
- ingenious
- 聪明机智的，善于发明创造的
- hero
- 英雄，具有勇气和非凡才能的人
- travelled
- 旅行，前往许多地方游历
- sacked
- 洗劫，攻占并彻底破坏某地
- Troy
- 特洛伊，古希腊神话中的著名城邦
- visit
- 拜访，到某个地方参观或探望
- nations
- 国家，民族，有共同文化的群体
- manners
- 礼仪，行为举止和社交规范
- customs
- 风俗习惯，某地的传统做法
- acquainted
- 熟悉，对某人或某事有所了解
- moreover
- 此外，而且，表示补充信息
- suffered
- 受苦，经历痛苦或困难
- save
- 拯救，使某人脱离危险
- safely
- 安全地，没有危险地
- perished
- 死亡，以悲惨方式死去或消亡
- sheer
- 纯粹的，完全的，毫无遮掩的
- folly
- 愚蠢，缺乏判断力的行为
- cattle
- 牛，饲养用的牛群牲畜
- Sun-god
- 太阳神，掌管太阳的神灵
- Hyperion
- 赫利俄斯，希腊神话中的太阳神
- prevented
- 阻止，使某事不能发生
- reaching
- 到达，抵达某个目的地
- Jove
- 朱庇特，罗马神话中的众神之王
- whatsoever
- 无论什么，任何，用于强调
- source
- 来源，信息或事物的起源处
- escaped
- 逃脱，成功离开危险或困境
- death
- 死亡，生命终止的状态
- battle
- 战斗，两方之间的武装冲突
- shipwreck
- 海难，船只在海上沉没或毁坏
- except
- 除了，把某人或某事排除在外
- Ulysses
- 尤利西斯，奥德修斯的拉丁名
- though
- 虽然，尽管，表示让步
- longing
- 渴望，强烈希望得到某事物
- return
- 返回，回到原来的地方
- detained
- 被扣留，被强迫留在某地
- goddess
- 女神，具有神圣力量的女性神灵
- Calypso
- 卡吕普索，希腊神话中的仙女
- cave
- 洞穴，山中或地下的天然空间
- marry
- 结婚，与某人缔结婚姻关系
- gods
- 众神，多个神灵
- settled
- 决定，解决，做出最终决定
- Ithaca
- 伊萨卡，奥德修斯的故乡岛屿
- however
- 然而，但是，表示转折
- among
- 在……之中，在群体内部
- troubles
- 麻烦，困难，令人烦恼的问题
- nevertheless
- 尽管如此，仍然，表示让步转折
- pity
- 怜悯，对他人痛苦感到同情
- Neptune
- 海神尼普顿，罗马神话的海洋之神
- persecuted
- 迫害，持续对某人施加伤害
- ceasing
- 停止，不间断地持续下去
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