Called Dis or Pluto in Roman mythology, Hades was a son of Cronus and a brother of Zeus.   At the division of the universe after the overthrow of Cronus, Hades took the underworld while Zeus took the sky and the earth, and Poseidon took the sea.   He raped Persephone, took her to the underworld, and made her his wife there.   Today his name also refers to the place of his abode.   But Hades is not the Christian hell, not a place of punishment, but a place of dim and endless dullness with five rivers. 

[解說]

1.      “Called Dis or Pluto in Roman mythology, Hades was a son of Cronus and a brother of Zeus”：在羅馬神話中被叫做 Dis 或 Pluto，黑狄士是 Cronus 的一個兒子，Zeus 的一個哥哥。

2.      “At the division of the universe after the overthrow of Cronus”：在推翻 Cronus 之後，在分配宇宙時。

3.      “Hades took the underworld while Zeus took the sky and the earth, and Poseidon took the sea”： Hades 取得下界，而  Zeus 取得天與地，Poseidon 取得海。

4.      “He raped Persephone, took her to the underworld, and made her his wife there”：他強暴 Persephone，帶她到下界，而使她在那裡變他妻子。

5.      “Today his name also refers to the place of his abode”：今天他的名字也指他居住的地方。 “abode”：住所。

6.      “But Hades is not the Christian hell, not a place of punishment”：可是 Hades 並非基督教的地獄，不是處罰的地方。

7.      “but a place of dim and endless dullness with five rivers”：而是一個有五條河流的、幽暗的、永遠無聊的地方。 

[複習填充]

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