1.      He was brother of Jocasta.  He offered her hand to anyone who could rid Thebes of the Sphinx.  He also refused burial to Polynices and immured Antigone in a cave.

2.      He was king of Corinth.  His daughter Glauce was killed by a poisonous garment when she was about to marry Jason.  The garment was from the treacherous Medea.

[解說]

1.      “He was brother of Jocasta.  He offered her hand to anyone who could rid Thebes of the Sphinx”：他是 Jocasta 的哥哥。他提議把她嫁給任何能夠使 Thebes 免除Sphinx 的人。 “offer one's hand to...”：答應某人嫁給 …。 “rid A of B”：使A 免除 B。  Sphinx：人獅怪。

2.      “He also refused burial to Polynices and immured Antigone in a cave”：他也拒絕給Polynices 安葬，而把 Antigone 幽禁在洞穴裡。 “immure”：幽禁。

3.      “He was king of Corinth.  His daughter Glauce was killed by a poisonous garment when she was about to marry Jason”：他是 Corinth 國王。他女兒 Glauce 在即將嫁給 Jason 時，被一件有毒的衣服殺死了。

4.      “The garment was from the treacherous Medea”：那衣服來自奸詐的 Medea。 

[複習填充]

1.      Creon was brother of Jocasta.  He offered her       to anyone who could r    Thebes      the Sphinx.  He also refused b        to Polynices and im        Antigone in a cave.

2.      Creon was king of Corinth.  His daughter Glauce was killed by a p           g          when she was       to marry Jason.  The garment was from the   t         Medea.

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