He was a handsome young shepherd loved by Selene (or Diana), the moon.   He was put in eternal sleep so that he might remain forever young, or so that Luna might visit him in full somnolence.   Anyway, they say the goddess bore him fifty daughters, who came to be symbolic of the fifty lunar months between Olympic Games.

 [解說]

1.      “He was a handsome young shepherd loved by Selene (or Diana), the moon”：他是年輕英俊的牧羊人，被 Selene (或 Diana) 月姑娘愛上了。月姑娘的希臘名是「喜利尼」，羅馬名則為「黛安娜」，其實又稱「盧娜」(Luna)。

2.      “He was put in eternal sleep so that he might remain forever young”：他被置於永遠睡眠的狀態中，好讓他能保持永遠年輕。

3.      “or so that Luna might visit him in full somnolence”：或者，好讓盧娜可以在他完全昏睡中來找他。 “somnolence”：昏睡、夢幻的狀態。

4.      “Anyway, they say the goddess bore him fifty daughters”：總之，人家說那女神給他生了五十個女兒。

5.      “who came to be symbolic of the fifty lunar months between Olympic Games”：她們後來變成兩個奧運會之間相隔五十個農曆月份的象徵。 “be symbolic of A”：是 A 的象徵。 “lunar months”：農曆之月份 (以月之盈虧而計者)。 “lunar year” 即農曆年。 “Olympic Games”：奧林匹克運動會 (每四年、即五十個農曆月份，舉行ㄧ次)。

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