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The Odyssey Retold from the Homer original

荷马原著《奥德赛》重述版

Prologue This is the story of a great hero named Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who won victory in the famous Trojan War. He was the leader of a great many men. His soldiers fought beside him and were very loyal to him. This was a time when gods and goddesses roamed and ruled the earth. The home of the gods was Mount Olympus. From up there, the gods watched humans struggle down on earth. Among them was Zeus, king of the gods, with his children Athena and Hermes. Athena was the goddess of wisdom, strength, and war. Hermes was the messenger of the gods. There was also Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Hera, the goddess of women and

这是一个名叫奥德修斯的伟大英雄的故事，他是伊萨卡的国王，在著名的特洛伊战争中取得了胜利。 他是许多人的领袖。 他的士兵们与他并肩作战，对他非常忠诚。 这是一个神和女神漫游和统治地球的时代。 众神的家是奥林匹斯山。 在那里，众神看着人类在地球上挣扎。 其中就有众神之王宙斯和他的孩子雅典娜和赫尔墨斯。 雅典娜是智慧、力量和战争女神。 赫尔墨斯是众神的使者。 还有爱的女神阿芙罗狄蒂和女人和爱情的女神赫拉

marriage. Poseidon was god of the sea. Sometimes the gods got involved in human lives. Odysseus and his soldiers angered some of the gods during the Trojan War. Because of this, the gods decided to make Odysseus's voyage home very long and rough. It became a winding journey—an odyssey—that took Odysseus ten years. Along the way, he and his men passed many islands and met many creatures. Some of the creatures were good and some were bad. Some of them were helpful and some of them meant to harm Odysseus and his men. But Odysseus was lucky. He was helped by the goddess Athena. She took pity on him. But the best stories start at the beginning. So, then, shall ours. The Trojan War began because of love,

婚姻。波塞冬是海神。 有时候神会介入人类的生活。 在特洛伊战争中，奥德修斯和他的士兵激怒了一些神。 正因为如此，众神决定让奥德修斯的回家之旅变得漫长而艰难。 这成了一段曲折的旅程——奥德赛——奥德赛花了奥德修斯十年的时间。 一路上，他和他的同伴经过了许多岛屿，遇到了许多生物。 有些生物是好的，有些是坏的。 他们中的一些人是有益的，而另一些人则打算伤害奥德修斯和他的手下。 但奥德修斯很幸运。他得到了女神雅典娜的帮助。 她同情他。但最好的故事都是从头开始的。 那么，我们的也应该如此。特洛伊战争因为爱情而爆发，

jealousy, and betrayal. One day Zeus was hosting a wedding banquet on Mount Olympus. All the gods, half gods, and royal people were invited, except for Eris, the goddess of trouble. As revenge for this, Eris came in disguise and threw an apple down onto the banquet table. It was a gift, she claimed, for the fairest goddess in the room. Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite began to fight over the apple. They asked Zeus to decide who was to get the fruit. Zeus was smarter than that, and refused. Instead, he named a young mortal man to be the judge. His name was Paris, and he was from the city of Troy. The three goddesses began to bargain with the young man. Hera offered Paris power over lands far and wide. Athena promised him wisdom, strength, and courage. But Aphrodite offered the young man the best prize of all. She promised the love of the

嫉妒和背叛。一天，宙斯在奥林匹斯山上举办婚宴。 除了麻烦女神厄里斯之外，所有的神、半神和皇室成员都被邀请了。 为了报复，厄里斯乔装打扮，把一个苹果扔到了宴会桌上。 她声称，这是送给房间里最美丽的女神的礼物。 雅典娜、赫拉和阿芙罗狄蒂开始争夺苹果。 他们让宙斯决定谁将得到水果。 宙斯很聪明，拒绝了。 相反，他任命了一个年轻的凡人作为法官。 他的名字叫帕里斯，来自特洛伊城。 三位女神开始和年轻人讨价还价。 赫拉给了巴黎统治广大土地的权力。 雅典娜许诺给他智慧、力量和勇气。 但阿芙罗狄蒂给了年轻人最好的奖赏。 她答应了我的爱

most beautiful mortal woman in the world. The young man chose Aphrodite as the fairest goddess of the three. Aphrodite enjoyed her apple. The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen. She was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. But Paris didn't care. He went to Menelaus's castle and took Helen back to his home in Troy. Menelaus was furious. So was King Agamemnon, his brother. They set out to take back Helen. Menelaus and Agamemnon took many other men with them, including Odysseus. This group of mighty kings and their soldiers was called the Acheans. They sailed their great ships to the coast of Troy. This is how the Trojan War began. It lasted ten years. After years of struggle, the Acheans were finally victorious over the Trojans! Helen was

世界上最美丽的女人。 年轻人选择阿芙罗狄蒂为三位女神中最美丽的一位。 阿芙罗狄蒂很喜欢她的苹果。 世界上最美丽的女人是海伦。 她已经嫁给了斯巴达国王墨涅劳斯。 但帕里斯不在乎。他来到墨涅劳斯的城堡，把海伦带回他在特洛伊的家。 墨涅劳斯勃然大怒。他的兄弟阿伽门农国王也是如此。 他们出发去接回海伦。 墨涅劳斯和阿伽门农带着许多人同行，其中包括奥德修斯。 这群强大的国王和他们的士兵被称为亚契人。 他们驾着大船驶向特洛伊海岸。 特洛伊战争就是这样开始的。 它持续了十年。经过多年的斗争，亚契人终于战胜了特洛伊人！海伦

reunited with her true husband, Menelaus. In this final year of the war, Odysseus came up with a plan to destroy the city of Troy and end the war completely. He directed his men to build a giant, hollow wooden horse and told them to climb inside. Odysseus joined them in hiding. The horse was pulled to Troy's city gates and left just outside. There was a note around the horse's neck. It said that the creature was an offering from Odysseus to the goddess Athena. It also said that his army had left Troy. The Trojans were thrilled to find the horse at their gates. To them, it meant the Achean army had given up. The Trojans dragged the beautiful carved creature into the center of their city. They threw a big party to celebrate winning the war. Odysseus and his men waited until night arrived and the moon was full. Then they crept out of the giant horse and attacked the

与她真正的丈夫墨涅劳斯团聚。 在战争的最后一年，奥德修斯想出了一个计划，要摧毁特洛伊城，彻底结束战争。 他命令手下造一个巨大的空心木马，让他们爬进去。 奥德修斯和他们一起躲藏起来。 马被拉到特洛伊城的门口，停在门外。 马脖子上挂着一张纸条。 据说这只生物是奥德修斯献给女神雅典娜的祭品。 它还说他的军队已经离开了特洛伊。 特洛伊人在他们的门口发现这匹马时非常兴奋。 对他们来说，这意味着亚该军队投降了。 特洛伊人把这个雕刻精美的生物拖到了他们城市的中心。 他们举行了一个盛大的晚会来庆祝战争的胜利。 奥德修斯和他的随从们一直等到夜幕降临，月圆时。 然后他们蹑手蹑脚地从巨马里爬出来，袭击了