He was son of Priam.   He opposed the acceptance of the Wooden Horse within the walls of Troy, thus offending Athena.   He and his two sons were strangled by two great serpents.  The death scene was depicted in marble, and the sculpture has become one of the best-known of all antique artifacts. 

[解說]

1.      “He opposed the acceptance of the Wooden Horse within the walls of Troy”：他反對接受木馬在Troy城內。

2.      “thus offending Athena” (=  and thus offended Athena) ：因此得罪了Athena。   據說：木馬將獻給 Athena 當祭品，所以反對接受木馬，便得罪 Athena。

3.      “He and his two sons were strangled by two great serpents”：他和他的兩個兒子被兩條大蟒蛇絞死。 “strangle”：絞死。

4.      “The death scene was depicted in marble”：那死亡的場景被用大理石加以描繪。 “depict”：描繪。用大理石描繪即雕刻成石像。

5.      “and the sculpture has become one of the best-known of all antique artifacts”：而那雕像已經成為最為人知的所有古代工藝品之ㄧ。 “sculpture”：雕刻品、雕像。 “antique”：古代的、古董的。 “artifact”：工藝品。 

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