念音	He was son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.   While Agamemnon was away at Troy, Clytemnestra sent him abroad so that she might enjoy her illicit affair with Aegisthus.   When he returned, he found his father already murdered, and so he killed his mother and her paramour.   The Eumenides pursued him for his matricide until a trial before the Areopagus purged him of his guilt.  [解说] 1. “While Agamemnon was away at Troy, Clytemnestra sent him abroad so that she might enjoy her illicit affair with Aegisthus”: 当 Agamemnon 离家在 Troy 时， Clytemnestra 送他到国外好让她可以享受她和 Aegisthus 之间的不法恋情。 “illicit affair”: 不法之事 (指「不法之恋情」)。 2. “When he returned, he found his father already murdered, and so he killed his mother and her paramour”: 当他回来时，他发现他父亲已经被谋害，而所以杀死他母亲以及她的情夫。  paramour: 情夫或情妇。 3. “The Eumenides pursued him for his matricide”: 复仇之神追逐他，因为他弒母。 “Eumenides”: 是报复违反天道人伦之神。 “matricide”为「弒母」， “patricide”则为「弒父」。 4. “until a trial before the Areopagus purged him of his guilt”: 直到天庭之前的审判清除了他的罪过。 “Aeropagus” 是在雅典 (Athens) 神殿 (Parthenon) 所在之城堡 Acropolis 上，由 Athena 所主持的天上法庭。  purge A of B: 清除掉 A 之 B。 [复习填充] Orestes was son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.  While Agamemnon was a___ at Troy, Clytemnestra sent him abroad so that she _____ enjoy her illicit affair with Aegisthus.  When he returned, he found his father already m_______, and so he killed his mother and her p_______.  The Eumenides pursued him for his matricide until a trial before the Areopagus purged him ___ his guilt.
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