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He was the founder of [解说] 1. “He was the founder of Thebes and the one who introduced the alphabet into Greece”：他是 Thebes 城的创建者，也是把字母引进希腊的那个人。 2. “He came to Delphi to ask Apollo where his lost sister Europa was”：他来 Delphi 问阿波罗他失踪的姐妹 Europa 是在何方。 Delphi 是阿波罗给神谕的地方。 Europa 是被化身为公牛的 Zeus 所带走。 3. “Apollo told him not to trouble further about her”：阿波罗告诉他不要进ㄧ步为她而麻烦。 “trouble about”：麻烦有关 …。 “further”：进一步。 4. “and suggested that he follow a heifer and build his city at the spot where it lay down to rest”：而建议他跟随一只小母牛，然后在牠躺下来休息的地方建立他的城市。 heifer 是三岁以下之「小母牛」。 “spot”：地点。 “lie, lay, lain”：躺。 注意：suggest that + 主词 + (should) V的 句型。 故 suggested that he follow ... and build ...。 他例： “I suggested that she (should) divorce him” (我建议她跟他离婚)。 5. “Cadmus took the advice, but first he had to fight a terrible dragon which guarded a spring near by”： Cadmus 接受那劝告，但首先他必须对抗一只可怕的龙，牠守卫附近的ㄧ道泉水。 “spring”：泉水。 “near by”：在附近。 6. “When the dragon was dead, Athena appeared to him and told him to sow the earth with the dragon's teeth”：当那龙死掉时，Athena 出现在他面前而叫他用那龙的牙齿去种在地里。 “sow A with B”：用 B 来种 A。 7. “He obeyed, and to his terror he saw armed men spring up from the furrows”：他服从了，而令他恐怖的是，他看到武装的人从犁沟迸生出来。 “armed men”：武装的人士、兵士。 “furrow”：犁沟。 注意：“to one's terror, to one's surprise, to one's joy, to one's disappointment, etc.” 为「令人恐怖、令人吃惊、令人欢喜、令人失望 等等 的是 ...」之意。他例： “To my surprise, he failed to pass the exam” (令我吃惊的是，他这次考试没通过)。 8. “He then incited them to fight one another”：他于是诱导他们去互相打斗。 “incite”：激发、诱导、鼓励。 9.
“Thus,
only five of them survived to help him found the nobility of Thebes”：因此，他们只有五个留存下来帮他建立 Thebes 城的贵族。
“survive”：留存。 “help (to) found”：帮忙建立。 “nobility”：指所有 noble class 的人，即「贵族」。 [复习填充] Cadmus
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