4、希腊神话故事，英汉对照“预言成真”

The Myths 神话故事

Having dethroned（废黜） his father Uranus, Cronus became invested with supreme power. He married Rhea and they had six children：three sons, Hades （Pluto）, Poseidon （Neptune）, Zeus （Jupiter）, and three daughters, Hestia （Vesta）, Demeter （Ceres）, and Hera （Juno）.

推翻了父亲的王位之后，克罗诺斯成为至高权利的象征，他娶了瑞亚并生下了六个孩子：三子三女。他们分别是哈迪斯（普路托）、波塞冬（尼普顿）、宙斯（朱庇特），赫斯提（维斯太）、得墨忒耳（刻瑞斯）和赫拉（朱诺）。

哈迪斯Hades

However, the curse and prophesy from his father Uranus kept him uneasy all the time. He was afraid that his children might one day rise up against his authority.

然而，父亲乌拉诺斯留下的诅咒和预言令他始终寝食难安，他害怕自己的孩子有朝一日会奋起反抗他。

In order to render the prophecy（预言） impossible of fulfilment, Cronus took the excessive（极端的） precaution of swallowing up all his five children, one by one, immediately after their birth.

为了防止预言成真，克罗诺斯采取了极端的防范手段。他在孩子们呱呱坠地之际，就将他们一个个吞进了肚子。

When it came to Zeus, the sixth and last child, Rhea resolved（决定） to try and save this one child at least. She wrapped a stone in baby-clothes and handed it over to the eager father. Thus Zeus was saved, and eventually, as we shall see, became the rebellious（反抗的） one and took the place of his father to become the great national god of the Greeks.

轮到第六个，也是最后一个孩子宙斯的时候，瑞亚决心要救下这个孩子。她用婴儿服包裹好一块石头，将它递给了正在焦急等待的父亲。就这样，宙斯得救了，并且我们将会看到，他成为了那个反抗并取代他父亲的人，最终成为所有希腊人的主神。

Zeus宙斯

Rhea hid her son Zeus on the island of Crete, where a sacred goat provided the infant（婴儿） with milk, and the nymphs（仙女） Melissae fed him with honey. Under the watchful care of the nymphs and the priests（祭司） of Rhea, the child throve rapidly, developing great physical powers, combined with extraordinary wisdom and intelligence.

瑞亚将儿子宙斯藏在克里特岛上，在那里一头圣羊为他提供乳汁，仙女梅丽西给他喂蜂蜜。在仙女和瑞亚的祭司们精心的呵护下，这个孩子迅速长大，拥有强壮的身体和超凡的智慧。

When Rhea thought Zeus was strong enough to challenge his father, she brought Zeus back to the palace. Zeus artfully（巧妙地） tricked his father into drinking a potion, which made him vomit（呕吐） immediately. One by one, Zeus’ older brothers and sisters were thrown from Cronus’ heaving mouth.

当瑞亚觉得宙斯已经足以与他的父亲抗衡之时，便将他带回了王宫。宙斯机智地骗克罗诺斯喝下了一种药水，使得他不停地呕吐。于是一个接一个地，宙斯的哥哥姐姐们从他父亲的口中被吐了出来。

To Be Continued...

未完待续

Poseidon波塞冬