He is referring to his relatives, men like Critias and Charmides, who turned Athenian politics into a tyranny and, which he says, " makes the"democracy look like a golden age."

他所指的是他的亲戚，诸如，Critias，和Charmides，等，将雅典政治转成专制的人，所以他才说，他们让，“民主看起来像是进入了全盛期“

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Haze drove on, leaving the man who has helped him: "The blinding white cloud had turned into a bird with long, thin wings and was disappearing in the opposite direction."

海斯继续开车，离开了那位帮助他的男人：,那朵亮白的云转变成了一只有这长而瘦的羽翼的小鸟的形状,消失在另一个方向“

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After the passage is over, Milton addresses Alpheus, a river god -the god who was noted for plunging the course of his river underground in order to chase the nymph Arethuse who had been turned into a fountain.

这段结束后，弥尔顿引用了河神阿尔甫斯,那位因私底下掀起河流的波浪而闻名的神,以此来与被变成海底之泉的女神阿托瑞萨相互融合。

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