He was king of Argos and a great warrior in the Trojan War.   He fought personal combats with Hector and Aeneas, and even wounded the god Ares himself in the belly.   He also wounded Aphrodite in the hand.   But unlike Ares, who ran bellowing to Zeus, the goddess of love caused Diomedes' wife to desert him.   It was he and Odysseus that stole the Palladium from Troy, thus ensuring the fall of Troy. 

[解說]

1.      “He was king of Argos and a great warrior in the Trojan War”：他是 Argos 國王,以及特洛伊戰爭中的ㄧ大戰士。

2.      “He fought personal combats with Hector and Aeneas”：他和 Hector 以及 Aeneas做個人打鬥。 “fight a personal combat”：做個人打鬥。 “fight a single combat”則為「單挑」，而 “fight a duel” 為「決鬥」， “fight a battle” 為「打仗」。

3.      “and even wounded the god Ares himself in the belly”：而甚至於傷了 Ares 這個神自己的肚子。 “Ares” 是「戰神」，據說他被傷到「最下面的肚子」(in the nethermost belly)。

4.      “He also wounded Aphrodite in the hand”：他也傷了 (愛神) Aphrodite 的手。

5.      “But unlike Ares, who ran bellowing to Zeus”：可是，不像 Ares，他咆哮著跑到Zeus 那邊去。 “bellow”：咆哮。

6.      “the goddess of love caused Diomedes' wife to desert him”：愛的女神使 Diomedes的妻子遺棄他。

7.      “It was he and Odysseus that stole the Palladium from Troy”：就是他和 Odysseus 從 Troy 偷走 Palladium  (Athena 的神像)。

8.      “thus ensuring the fall of Troy”：因此確定 Troy 的覆亡。 “thus ensuring” = and thus ensured (因此而確定…)。 

[複習填充]

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