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She is the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Venus
being her equivalent in Roman mythology. In some accounts she was
the daughter of Zeus and Dione; in others she was said to have sprung from the
foam of the sea. She was the irresistible goddess who stole away even
the wits of the wise by wiles and by her sweet, mocking laughter.
Sometimes she appears as the wife of Hephaestus (Vulcan), the lame and ugly god
of the forge. She is also the mother of Eros (Cupid), the lover of
Ares (Mars), and the one that bore Aeneas by Anchises. To her Paris
awarded the golden apple inscribed “for the fairest.” And her bribe or reward for this was
[解说] 1. “She is the Greek goddess of love and beauty”：她是希腊的爱神及美神。 2. “Venus being her equivalent in Roman mythology”： Venus 是她在希腊神话中的对等名字。 Venus being ... = and Venus was ...。 “equivalent”：对等的东西 (在此指名字)。 3. “In some accounts she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione”：在某些叙述中，她是 Zeus 和 Dione 的女儿。 4. “in others she was said to have sprung from the foam of the sea”：在别的叙述中，她被说成是出生自海水的泡沫。 “spring (sprang, sprung) from”：萌芽自、出生自...。 “foam”：泡沫。在此 others = other accounts。 5. “She was the irresistible goddess who stole away even the wits of the wise”：她是无法抗拒的女神，她甚至于偷走智者的脑筋。 “irresistible”：抗拒不了的。 “wits” 指「智力、脑筋」(intelligence)。 the wise = the wise men。 6. “by wiles and by her sweet, mocking laughter”：借着诡计以及她那甜美而嘲弄的笑声。“wiles”:诡计。 “mocking”:嘲弄的。 7. “Sometimes she appears as the wife of Hephaestus (Vulcan)”：有时，她出现的身分是 Hephaestus (Vulcan) 的妻子。 “appear as ...”：以 ... 出现。 8. “the lame and ugly god of the forge”：那位跛脚的、丑陋的熔炉之神。 “forge”：锻铁场、熔炉。 9. “She is also the mother of Eros (Cupid), the lover of Ares (Mars)”：她也是爱神 Eros (Cupid) 的母亲，以及战神 Ares (Mars) 的爱人。 10. “and the one that bore Aeneas by Anchises”：以及那个跟 Anchises 生下 Aeneas 的人。 “by”：藉由。 11. “To her Paris awarded the golden apple inscribed ‘for the fairest’”：对她， Paris 给予那个金苹果，上面刻着「给最美的人」。 award sth. to sb.：给予某人某物。 “inscribe”：铭刻。 12. “And her bribe or reward for this”：而为此 ，她 (给) 的贿赂或报酬。 13. “was Paris's gaining the love of Helen”：就是 Paris 得到 Helen 的爱。 14. “which precipitated the Trojan War”：此事引发了特洛伊战争。 “precipitate”：突然引起、掷下、沉淀。 [复习填充] Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and ,
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