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He was Danaus' twin brother. He had fifty sons while Danaus
had fifty daughters. The fifty sons demanded the fifty daughters in
marriage. On the wedding night, the brides killed forty-nine of the
bridegrooms with daggers given by their father. In punishment for this,
the house of Danaus were condemned to spend eternity trying to carry water in
sieves. The one that did not kill her husband, probably Hypermnestra,
had a happy union with her husband, and from them sprang the royal house of
[解說]
1. “He was Danaus' twin brother”：他是 Danaus 的孿生兄弟。
2. “He had fifty sons while Danaus had fifty daughters ”：他有五十個兒子，而Danaus 有五十個女兒。
3. “The fifty sons demanded the fifty daughters in marriage”：這五十個兒子要求那五十個女兒，在結婚方面。 “demand”：要求。
4. “On the wedding night”：在結婚的晚上。特殊日子或特殊的 morning, night 等，都用 “on”。
5. “the brides killed forty-nine of the bridegrooms”：新娘們殺死新郎中的四十九個。
6. “with daggers given by their father”：用她們父親給予的短刀。 “dagger”：匕首、短刀。
7. “In punishment for this”：為了處罰這件事。
8. “the house of Danaus were condemned”：Danaus 的家室被降罪。 “house”是集合名詞，指「家庭」中的所有人。 “condemn”為「判罪、降罪」。
9. “to spend eternity trying to carry water in sieves”：要度過永恆時間，試著用漏杓取水。 “eternity”：永恆、永遠。 “sieve”：篩、漏杓。 我們常用sieve來 “strain soup” (濾湯)。
注意：句型 “spend 時間 (in) V-ing”。他例： “We spent two days (in) painting the house” (我們花兩天粉刷房子)。
10. “The one that did not kill her husband, probably Hypermnestra”：沒有殺死丈夫的那一個，很可能就是 Hypermnestra。
11. “had a happy union with her husband”：跟她丈夫有幸福的結合。
12. “and from them sprang the royal house of Argos”：而從他們源出 Argos 的皇室。 “spring from …”：從…源出、得到 …。 “royal house”：皇室。
13. 這段說出逼婚不得，但殺人不可，有愛才有後福。
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