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Alias Asclepius or Asklepios, and represented as a
bearded old man bearing a staff entwined around with a serpent, he is the god
of medicine and healing. He learned his leechcraft from a centaur.
It is said that he was killed by a thunderbolt because he had violated the
order of nature by restoring Hippolytus to life. But another version has
it that his death was owing to his good skill: Hades had complained to Zeus that
he was preventing mankind from going to the underworld. [解说] 1. “Alias Asclepius or Asklepios”：又名 Asclepius 或 Asklepios。 “alias”：又名、别称。 2. “represented as a bearded old man”：被绘成一个有胡须的老人。 “represent”：描绘。 “bearded”：长有胡须的。 3. “bearing a staff entwined around with a serpent”：带着一枝拐杖绕着一条蛇。 “entwined around”：周围绕着。 4. “he is the god of medicine and healing”：他是医药与治疗之神。 5. “He learned his leechcraft from a centaur”：他从一个人马怪学会医术。 “leechcraft”：泛指「医术」，特指「用水蛭 (leech) 吸血治人病症之疗法」。 “centaur”：人首马身之妖怪。 6. “It is said that he was killed by a thunderbolt”：据说他被雷劈死。 “thunderbolt”：雷劈。 7. “because he had violated the order of nature”：因为他扰乱了自然秩序。 “violate”：扰乱、违犯、妨害。 8. “by restoring Hippolytus to life”：藉由恢复 Hippolytus 的性命。 “restore … to life”：使 … 复生。 9. “But another version has it that …”：「但另一个版本说 …」。 “version”是「版本、说法」。 “… has it that …”：「有那么一说，讲到 …」。 他例： “Legend has it that Rip had a sleep for 20 years” (传说讲到 Rip 一觉睡了二十年)。 10. “his death was owing to his good skill”：他的死亡是由于他的好技术。 “be owing to” = “be due to” (由于)。 11. “Hades had complained to Zeus that …”：冥王已经向天王埋怨 …。Hades = Pluto (冥王、阎罗王)，Zeus = Jupiter (天王)。 12. “he was preventing mankind from going to the underworld”：他在防止人类去下界。 “prevent… from”：使…不用、防止…免于。 “the underworld”：下界、地府。 13. 全段说医药之神的造型、技术与下场。「良医有罪」，是其反讽。 [复习填充] A Asclepius or Asklepios,
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