Standing in the Lethe of Milton's hell is none other than the classical figure, the figure from classical mythology, Medusa.

站在弥尔顿笔下的忘川河畔正是,那个源自神话的经典人物美杜莎。

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To drink from this river would allow the fallen angels to forget their fallen state, to forget the fact of their fallen-ness from their more blissful former condition.

喝忘川之水让那些堕落天使,忘记他们的堕落的处境，忘记自己堕落这一现实,忘记自己是从幸福天堂堕落的事实。

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So this is just, sorry, 1 I forgot about the one here.

等于，对不起，我忘写了一个。

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It's a river that, I think, all classical writers, and a lot of Renaissance writers, are very comfortable placing in the underworld.

我认为对于所有的经典作家，和很多文艺复兴时期的作家，忘川在地狱中都是一个舒适的所在。

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One of these little details that Milton has lifted rather directly is that of the river Lethe, the river of oblivion that was believed to flow in the underworld.

其中弥尔顿直接盗用的一个小细节,是遗忘之河，即忘川,忘川被认为在地狱流淌。

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It's a fantasy, of course, because no such brainwashing is going to be possible, just as the fallen angels - if you look at line 607 - will be barred from drinking their fill of the river Lethe, forgetfulness is impossible.

当然这是一次幻想，因为这种洗脑,根本就不可能实现，就如同那些堕落天使一般,如果看第607行7,他们被禁止喝忘川之水，遗忘是不可能的。

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