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ACHILLES, FAMOUS LEADER OF THE GREEKS By Alfred J. Church
阿喀琉斯，古希臘著名領導人 作者阿爾弗雷德·丘奇
This story of Achilles is taken from Homer's famous poem, the Iliad. The word Iliad comes from Ilium,
關于阿喀琉斯的故事來自荷馬著名的史詩《伊利亞特》，伊利亞特這個名字來自伊利昂，
the Greek name for the city of Troy, about whose capture the poem tells.
城市特洛伊的希臘名字，這首詩講述了特洛伊被占領的故事。
Ancient Troy was located in what is now the northwestern corner of Turkey, near the Aegean Sea and the Strait of Dardanelles.
古特洛伊城位于如今的土耳其西北角，靠近愛琴海和達達尼爾海峽。
How Helen's suitors swore to defend her and her husband
海倫的追求者如何發誓要捍衛她和她的丈夫
Helen was the most beautiful of all the women of Greece, nay, of all the women on the face of the earth.
海倫是希臘最美麗的女子，不是，是地球上最美麗的女子。
All the princes of Greece were suitors for her hand. You do me great honor, my lords, said the king,
希臘的所有王子都希望和她成婚，國王說這真是我的榮幸，我的貴族們，
her father, when all the suitors had assembled at his court, but there is something which troubles me.
她的父親，當時所有的追求者集中到他的王宮，但有事情讓我苦惱。
You are many, and my daughter can have but one husband. How then will it be when she shall have made her choice?
你們人太多了，我的女兒只能有一位丈夫，當她作出決定后會怎樣呢？
Will it not be that I have one friend and a score of enemies? My daughter would rather die unmarried than bring trouble upon me and my people.
我難道要和一人為伍，其他人為敵？我的女兒寧愿不結婚也不會把災難降臨到我和人民的頭上。
Therefore her resolve is this: you must swear a great oath that you will defend her and her husband, whomever she may choose,
所以她的決定是：你必須發重誓，要捍衛她和她的丈夫，不管她選擇誰，
and that if he or she suffers any wrong, you will avenge it. These words pleased the suitors,
如果他或海倫遭受了任何問題，你們將報復，這些話讓追求者高興，
and they swore a great oath that they would defend Helen and her husband against all injury that might be done to them.
他們發了重誓，他們會捍衛海倫和她的丈夫，不讓他們遭受任何可能招致的傷害。
After much thought Helen chose for her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta and younger brother of Agamemnon, overlord of all Greece.
深思熟慮后，海倫選擇了梅涅勞斯，他是斯巴達的國王，希臘統治者阿迦門農的弟弟。
HOW PARIS CHOSE APHRODITE AS THE FAIREST
巴黎如何選擇阿佛洛狄忒為最美者
Now across the sea from Greece was the famous city of Troy.
希臘海對面就是著名的特洛伊城。
Here lived a brave people who had made their city great by their industry in peace and by their courage in war.
那里生活著一個勇敢的人，通過對和平的努力和在戰爭中的英勇，他讓這座城市變得偉大。
