When we consider the degree of Milton's anxieties about his own attachment to classical learning, I think we can see the significance of Mammon's actions here.

当我们考虑到弥尔顿对于古典文献学习的,极大热忱，我认为我们可以,看到贪神在此这么做的意义所在。

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The temptations that Mammon offers Guyon are literally within the story itself temptations of wealth, but they're also temptations to the wealth of classical learning, the wealth of the entire classical heritage.

贪神向盖恩抛出的诱惑,从字面上说这个故事讲的是财富的诱惑，但实际上它要表达的是学习古典文献所得财富的诱惑，也是整个古典文学遗产财富带来的诱惑。

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This is an ancient collection of documents.

它是一部古典文献的集合。

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Even though there were people, mostly young men, willing and able to read to him, it's clear that the vast quantity of learning that gets poured - all of that erudition that gets poured into the pages of Paradise Lost - it's clear that this is not a product of Milton's last-minute review of the classics.

尽管有很多人，大多数是年轻人，愿意将材料读给他听，很显然这使得大量的知识被注入,所有这些广博的知识被注入到《失乐园》的字里行间,但很显然这不是,弥尔顿在最后一分钟对于古典文献回顾的产物。

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