He was long in choosing the subject of his heroic song and, as we know from all of -- and we've encountered a number of them - all of those protestations of delay Milton began his epic late.

他久久未能确定他要写的英雄之歌的主题，这我们从从弥尔顿多次声言,自己的史诗动笔很晚就能看出。

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When he was shipwrecked on the island in which the goddess Calypso ruled,she fell in love with Odysseus, just as the fate of great heroes-- they are heroic and handsome, and fast and women love them.

有一次他的船,在海之女神卡吕普索的小岛附近搁浅,女神爱上了奥德修斯,像其他大英雄一样,他威风凛凛,英俊潇洒,迷倒万千女性

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