念音	He was the seer who foretold the necessity of sacrificing Iphigenia before the Greeks went for the Trojan War.   An oracle, however, had foretold that he would die when he met a greater seer than himself.   And this he did when he met Mopsus, who could tell the number of figs on a tree while he could not.  [解说] 1. “He was the seer who foretold the necessity of sacrificing Iphigenia before the Greeks went for the Trojan War”：他是那位先知，他预告：希腊人去打特洛伊战争前必须先牺牲 Iphigenia。 “foretold”：预告。 “seer”：先知。 希腊联军统帅Agamemnon 得罪了女神 Artemis，牺牲其女 Iphigenia 之后，船队才得顺风出发。 2. “An oracle, however, had foretold that he would die when he met a greater seer than himself”：可是，有个神谕预告说：当他遇到比他自己更伟大的先知时，他就会死去。 “oracle”：神谕。 3. “And this he did when he met Mopsus”：而这件事他做了，当他遇到 Mopsus时。 “And this he did” =  And he did this，「做此事」即「遇到更伟大的人而死去」。 4. “who could tell the number of figs on a tree while he could not”：他 (Mopsus) 能说出某树上无花果的数目而他却不能。 [复习填充] Calchas was the s  who foretold the necessity of s  Iphigenia before the Greeks went for the Trojan War.  An oracle, however, had f  that he would die when he met a greater seer than .  And this he  when he met Mopsus, who could tell the number of f  on a tree wh  he could not. .
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