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Son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme deity in Greek mythology, his Latin name being Jupiter.   He was reared in a secret cave on Mount Ida and suckled by a she-goat.  When he reached maturity, he overthrew his father and established the rule of the Olympian gods.   Originally he was a rain god.   He came to be the god of the sky, with his thunder and thunderbolt.  He was polygamous and promiscuous.   By his sister and wife Hera and by various goddesses and mortal women, he sired a great number of important figures in mythology. 

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1.      “Son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme deity in Greek mythology, his Latin name being Jupiter” Cronus Rhea 的兒子,他是希臘神話中的至高之神,他的拉丁名字是 Jupiter “deity” =  god

     註:Zeus 是 Cronus 的么兒子。 “his Latin name being ...” =  “and his Latin name was ... ”

2.      “He was reared in a secret cave on Mount Ida and suckled by a she-goat”:他在 Ida 山上的一個秘密洞穴裡被養大,而且被ㄧ隻母山羊餵奶。 “rear”:養育。 “suckle”:餵奶。 “she-goat”:母山羊 (公羊為 he-goat)

3.      “When he reached maturity, he overthrew his father and established the rule of the Olympian gods”:當他到達成熟時,他推翻他父親而建立了奧林匹亞神的統治。 他在 Olympia 山上,統治眾神,並及於全世界。

4.      “Originally he was a rain god”:原先他是雨神。

5.      “He came to be the god of the sky, with his thunder and thunderbolt”:他變成天神,帶著他的雷和雷霹。註:他統治天,兩位哥哥 Poseidon Hades 分別統治海和地獄。

6.      “He was polygamous and promiscuous”:他多婚而且男女關係複雜。 “polygamy, polygamous”:多婚 ()

7.      “By his sister and wife Hera and by various goddesses and mortal women, he sired a great number of important figures in mythology”:藉由他姊姊和妻子 Hera 以及藉由不同的女神和凡間女人,他生了許多神話中的重要人物。 “sire”:生而當其父。 

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