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Son of Cronus
and Rhea, he was the supreme deity in Greek mythology, his Latin name being Jupiter.
He was reared in a secret cave on [解说] 1. “Son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme deity in Greek mythology, his Latin name being Jupiter”: Cronus 和 Rhea 的儿子,他是希腊神话中的至高之神,他的拉丁名字是 Jupiter。 “deity” = god。 注:Zeus 是 Cronus 的么儿子。 “his Latin name being ...” = “and his Latin name was ... ”。 2. “He was reared in a secret cave on Mount Ida and suckled by a she-goat”:他在 Ida 山上的一个秘密洞穴里被养大,而且被一只母山羊喂奶。 “rear”:养育。 “suckle”:喂奶。 “she-goat”:母山羊 (公羊为 he-goat)。 3. “When he reached maturity, he overthrew his father and established the rule of the Olympian gods”:当他到达成熟时,他推翻他父亲而建立了奥林匹亚神的统治。 他在 Olympia 山上,统治众神,并及于全世界。 4. “Originally he was a rain god”:原先他是雨神。 5. “He came to be the god of the sky, with his thunder and thunderbolt”:他变成天神,带着他的雷和雷霹。注:他统治天,两位哥哥 Poseidon 和 Hades 分别统治海和地狱。 6. “He was polygamous and promiscuous”:他多婚而且男女关系复杂。 “polygamy, polygamous”:多婚 (的)。 7. “By his sister and wife Hera and by various goddesses and mortal women, he sired a great number of important figures in mythology”:藉由他姊姊和妻子 Hera 以及藉由不同的女神和凡间女人,他生了许多神话中的重要人物。 “sire”:生而当其父。 [复习填充] Son of Cronus
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