If you've read L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, you know that the image of the great mythological poet Orpheus is always a loaded one for Milton.

如果你们读过《快乐的人》和《沉思的人》，就会知道,伟大的神话诗人俄耳甫斯对弥尔顿来说一直是个沉重的形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

As a virginal orator, should she choose to unleash her powers, she would have the power of an Orpheus moving dumb things to sympathize -- Orpheus being one of Milton's most prized mythological figures of the powerful poet.

作为一名处女演说家，如果她选择释放自己的力量，她应该会有像俄耳甫斯一样的力量,使哑的东西也受到感动而有同情心,俄耳甫斯是弥尔顿最为称赞的有权利的神话传说诗人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选