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He was son of Tantalus and father of Atreus. When he was an infant, his father slew him, boiled him in a cauldron, and served him as food to the gods to test their omniscience. After punishing Tantalus for this atrocious act, the gods restored Pelops to life. But one of Pelops' shoulders became an ivory one they made for him, because the absent-minded Demeter had eaten that part of him in her grief for the disappearance of her daughter Persephone. [解说] 1. “ When he was an infant, his father slew him, boiled him in a cauldron, and served him as food to the gods to test their omniscience”：当他是婴儿时，他父亲杀死他，放他在大锅里煮，而把他当食物供给众神吃，以便测试祂们是否全知。 “cauldron” = caldron：大锅。 “omniscience”：全知、无所不知。 2. “After punishing Tantalus for this atrocious act, the gods restored Pelops to life”：在因为这残酷的行为而处罚 Tantalus 之后，众神恢复 Pelops 的性命。 “atrocious”：凶暴的、残酷的。 3. “But one of Pelops' shoulders became an ivory one they made for him”：可是， Pelops 的一个肩膀变成他们为他制造的象牙的肩膀。 “an ivory one” = an ivory shoulder (象牙肩膀)。 4. “because the absent-minded Demeter had eaten that part of him in her grief for the disappearance of her daughter Persephone”：因为那心不在焉的 Demeter (地母)已经吃掉他的那个部位，在她因为女儿 Persephone 的失踪而哀伤时。 据说：Persephone 是 被冥王 Hades 强暴而带到地狱去当夫人。 [复习填充] Pelops was son
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