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THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES Alfred J. Church
漫游的尤利西斯 阿爾弗雷德·J·丘奇
In another great poem, the Odyssey, Homer tells of the wanderings and adventures of the Greek chief, Ulysses,
在另外一篇著名史詩《奧德賽》中，荷馬講述了希臘酋長尤利西斯的漫游和冒險，
during his return from the Trojan war. This poem is so famous and so widely known that the word Odyssey has come to mean wanderings.
時間是他從特洛伊戰爭回家的路上，這首詩家喻戶曉，廣為皆知，以至于“奧德賽”這幾個字也就成為了“漫游”的意思。
THE GIANT POLYPHEMUS
偉大的波呂斐摩斯
When the great city of Troy was taken, the chiefs who had fought against it set sail for their homes. But the gods were angry,
當偉大的城市特洛伊被占領時，那些為此奮戰的首領遠洋回家，但眾神卻很生氣，
for the Greeks had been haughty and cruel in the day of their victory.
因為希臘人在勝利那天顯得很傲慢，很無情。
Therefore they did not all find a safe and happy return. Some were shipwrecked, while others found everything at home
所以他們的回家之路并不平坦，也不快樂，許多人遭遇了海難，其他人發現家里
so changed that they had to seek new dwellings elsewhere. Ulysses, one of the mightiest of the great chiefs,
的一切都變了，他們必須去其他地方尋找棲息地，尤利西斯是其中一個偉大的首領，
was among the last to sail from Troy. His home was the island, Ithaca, where he expected to find his wife, Penelope,
他是最后一批遠洋離開特洛伊的人，他的家鄉是一座名叫伊薩卡的島嶼，他期待著找尋她的妻子佩涅洛佩
and his young son, Telemachus, whom he had left an infant ten years before. Ulysses had twelve ships,
和他的小兒子忒勒瑪科斯，十年前他還是嬰兒時他就離開了，尤利西斯有12艘船，
and in each were fifty men, scarcely half of those who had set out with him from Greece,
每艘船有50人，不到一半的人和他從希臘遠洋回家，
for many valiant heroes slept the last sleep on the plain and on the seashore.
因為許多英勇的武士在平原上，在海岸上睡了最后一晚。
Ulysses with his men first sailed northwest to a land whose people had been friendly to the Trojans.
尤利西斯和他的將士們首先向西北方向走，抵達一片陸地，當地人對特洛伊人很友好。
Here they captured the city and in it much plunder: slaves and oxen and jars of fragrant wine.
他們拿下了這座城市，還有隨之而來的許多搶奪物，奴隸，公牛和美味紅酒罐。
They might have escaped unhurt, but they stayed to feast and make merry on the shore, where the people attacked them.
他們或許可以安然逃脫，但他們卻留下來享受美食，在海岸邊狂歡，當地人對他們進行攻擊。
The Greeks were driven to their ships, and lost some seventy men.
希臘人被趕上了輪船，失去了大約70名勇士。
Then Ulysses and his companions journeyed safely on till they came to the southern shore of Greece;
之后尤利西斯和他的伙伴安全起航，直到他們來到了希臘的南部海岸；
but contrary currents prevented their sailing around the point, and the north wind blew so fiercely they were driven ever southward.
但反向洋流阻礙他們繞著這一片地區環行，北風呼嘯，他們被吹向了更向南的地區。
