Milton began writing his epic poem too late to celebrate a virtuous political realm.

弥尔顿写他的史诗的时候,要歌颂清明的政局已经为时过晚。

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And so in the case of A Mask here, it's the Lord John Egerton, the Earl of Bridgewater who commissioned Milton to write a piece honoring his own inauguration in his new role as the Lord President of Wales.

所以在《面具》这个例子中，是贵族约翰埃杰顿，布里奇沃特伯爵,指派弥尔顿去写一篇文章,来歌颂他掌管威尔士的就职典礼的。

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The Iliad begins in-- the first word in the Iliad is the accusative noun I am singing about the wrath,the anger Achilles which brought so many men to their doom, is what Homer says.

伊利亚特》是以--,就是个表达愤怒的宾格名词,盛怒,狂暴mēnin, it's wrath, anger.,《伊利亚特》的开篇第一个字 "我要歌颂那个盛怒,狂暴的阿喀琉斯,他将许多豪杰强健的魂魄打入了冥府",这是荷马说的

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The Odyssey begins even more strikingly with the word andra, the accusative of anar,the accusative case of a man, and he says,sing to me goddess about that man, that man of many devices,that clever man Odysseus.

奥德赛》有个更引人注目的开头,以单词andra开篇,anar的宾格形式,一个人的宾格形式,他说,"女神向我歌颂那个男人,那个足智多谋的男人,奥德修斯"

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