He was grandson of Sisyphus and king of Corinth.   He rode the winged horse Pegasus, slew the monster Chimera, and defeated the Amazons.   Overweening pride made him attempt to mount to heaven on Pegasus.   In consequence, Zeus had a gadfly sting the horse and he was unseated and fell to his death. 

[解說]

1.      “He was grandson of Sisyphus and king of Corinth”：他是 Sisyphus 的孫子以及Corinth 的國王。

2.      “He rode the winged horse Pegasus”：他騎帶翼的天馬 Pegasus。

3.      “slew the monster Chimera, and defeated the Amazons”：他殺掉妖怪 Chimera 而打敗 Amazons。  “slay, slew, slain”：殺死。 Chimera 是會噴火的妖怪。 Amazons 是強悍的女人族。

4.      “Overweening pride made him attempt to mount to heaven on Pegasus”：妄自尊大讓他企圖騎著 Pegasus 要登上天國。 “overweening”：過於自負的、目中無人無神的。 mount to：登上。 on Pegasus：騎著 Pegasus。

5.      “In consequence, Zeus had a gadfly sting the horse”：結果，Zeus 令一隻馬蠅叮那匹馬。 “have +  受詞  +  V”：令 …。 In consequence =  consequently, as a result：結果。  gadfly：牛虻、馬蠅 (=  horsefly)。

6.      “and he was unseated and fell to his death”：而他離了座，掉下來死亡。 “unseated”：離開座位，脫離馬鞍。 

[複習填充]

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