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He was son of
Iapetus and the ocean nymph Clymene. He was a friend to mankind:
he stole fire from heaven and gave it to man. He knew the secret of
who would be mightier than Zeus and destroy him. But he refused to
reveal the secret to Zeus. So, Zeus had him chained to a rock
in the [解说] 1. “He was son of Iapetus and the ocean nymph Clymene”：他是 Iapetus 和海洋女神 Clymene 的儿子。 “nymph”: 山、林、河、湖、海之女神。 2. “He was a friend to mankind: he stole fire from heaven and gave it to man”：他是人类的朋友：他从天堂偷来火而把它给人类。 3. “He knew the secret of who would be mightier than Zeus and destroy him”：他知道「谁会比 Zeus 强而毁掉他」这个秘密。 4. “But he refused to reveal the secret to Zeus”：可是他拒绝泄漏那秘密给 Zeus。 5. “So, Zeus had him chained to a rock in the Caucasus where a vulture came to peck out his liver as it grew up again after being torn out”：所以，Zeus 令他被炼在高加索山里的一块岩石上，在那里有一只秃鹰来啄掉他的肝，当那肝在被扯掉而又长出来时。 “peck out”：啄出、啄掉。 “torn out”：被扯出、被撕掉。 6. “Thus, he represents the unconquerable will opposing tyranny”：因此，他代表反对暴虐的那种无法征服的意志。 [复习填充] Prometheus was
son of Iapetus and the ocean n Clymene.
He was a friend to mankind: he stole from
heaven and gave it to man. He knew the secret of who would be mightier than
Zeus and destroy him. But he refused to re
the secret to Zeus. So, Zeus had him ch
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