Now, there's an important reason for this genealogy, the idea that the muses are the daughter of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.

现在，对于这个宗谱有一个重要的解释，即缪斯女神们是记忆之神摩涅莫辛涅，的女儿。

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Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

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If Milton's true muse, or so he hopes or so he wants us to believe, has a Christian origin, then this counter-muse is unquestionably classical.

如果弥尔顿他望或想要我们相信，他真正的缪斯女神，有一个基督教的原型，那么这位与缪斯女神相对的人物毫无疑问是经典的。

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You could think of Medusa as Milton's counter-muse.

你可以把美杜莎看作是弥尔顿最重要的缪斯女神。

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