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Athena (also Athene), or Minerva for the Romans, was not born in the usual sense, but sprang into being fully formed and fully armed and uttering her war cry, from the forehead of Zeus.  Thus, she was the goddess of wisdom and the arts.  As a warrior goddess, she often wore the aegis and carried an invincible spear.  But unlike Ares she was not the goddess of war though wisdom often engaged her in strife as a means to peace and ensured her victory over any enemy. 

[解說]

1.      “Athena (also Athene), or Minerva for the Romans” Athena (也叫阿希尼 Athene),或羅馬人所謂的 Minerva

2.      “was not born in the usual sense”:並非ㄧ般含義的生出來。

3.      “but sprang into being fully formed and fully armed and uttering her war cry”:而是迸生出來全副模樣全副武裝還發出她的叫戰吶喊。 “spring into being”(突然) 迸生出來。 “come into being”:生出、開始存在。 “fully formed”:全部成形的。 “fully armed”:全副武裝的。

     注意:過去分詞與現在分詞均可當主詞補語。 他例 “He came back fully satisfied and singing heartily” (他回來時完全滿意而且開懷地唱歌)

4.      “from the forehead of Zeus”:從 Zeus 的前額。AthenaZeus 的前額迸生出來,故可代表智慧。

5.      “Thus, she was the goddess of wisdom and the arts”:因此,她是智慧與技藝的女神。

6.      “As a warrior goddess, she often wore the aegis and carried an invincible spear”:身為戰士之女神,她常穿著神盾而帶著無敵神矛。 “aegis” Zeus 的神盾。 “invincible”:不能克服的、常勝的、無敵的。

7.      “But unlike Ares she was not the goddess of war”:但跟 Ares 不一樣的是,她並非戰神。

8.      “though wisdom often engaged her in strife as a means to peace”:雖然智慧常使她介入紛爭以為和平的手段。 “engage sb. in sth.”:使某人介入、使某人從事。 “strife”:紛爭。 “as a means to peace”:當作到達和平的手段。 Athena的智慧令她知道有時候為了和平不能不從事戰鬥。

9.      “and ensured her victory over any enemy”:而確保她的勝利、戰勝任何敵人。 “victory over”:勝過 …。 

[複習填充]

Athena (also Athene), or Minerva      the Romans, was not born in the usual      , but sprang into       fully formed and fully       and uttering her war    , from the f        of Zeus.  Thus, she was the goddess of         and the      .  As a warrior goddess, she often wore the        and carried an in          spear.  But un     Ares she was not the goddess of war though wisdom often en      her in strife as a      to peace and en     her victory       any enemy.

 

 

 

 

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