6 The cattle of the sun

Chapter 6 The cattle of the sun We stopped for the night on an island full of golden cattle. Seeing their shining skins, I guessed that they were the cattle of the sun god, Helios, that Tiresias had warned me about. I addressed my men in my sternest voice. "Whatever you do, do NOT eat these cattle. Don't even look at them!" For a while, the men obeyed. But we were running low on food again, and my men began to mutter: "If we starve, we'll be dead anyway. We only have the word of a dead man for it, too." The next day, I smelled roasting meat. My men were eating the cattle! "Fools!" I cried. But it was too late- the damage was done. With a heavy heart, I ushered everyone back onto the ship and we set sail. What else could we do?

第6章太阳的牛我们在一个满是金牛的岛上停下来过夜。 看到它们闪闪发光的皮肤，我猜它们是泰瑞西亚斯警告过我的太阳神赫利俄斯的牛。 我用最严厉的声音对我的人说话。 “无论做什么，你们都不可吃这些牛。 连看都不要看他们！”有一阵子，人们服从了。 但是我们的食物又少了，我的人开始嘀咕：“如果我们饿死，我们反正也会死的。” 我们也只有一个死人的话可以证明。” 第二天，我闻到了烤肉的味道。 我的人在吃牛！“傻瓜!”我哭了。 但为时已晚——伤害已经造成。 怀着沉重的心情，我领大家回到船上，我们启航了。 我们还能做什么？

Moments later, the sun god Helios smashed our boat into little tiny pieces. I was the only survivor.

过了一会儿，太阳神赫利俄斯把我们的船撞得粉碎。 我是唯一的幸存者。

I found myself shipwrecked on an island, where I was taken prisoner by a magical woman named Calypso. I spent seven long years there, pining for home, until the great god Zeus sent a messenger to free me. And so here I am...

我发现自己在一个岛上遭遇了海难，被一个名叫卡里普索的神奇女人俘虏了。 我在那里度过了漫长的七年，渴望回家，直到伟大的神宙斯派了一个信使来解救我。 所以我在这里…