They are steeped in the entire literary tradition of the underworld journey that stretches from The Odyssey of Homer up through Virgil's Aeneid, and of course up through all of the Renaissance romance epics.

它们被浸泡在整套文学传统中,穿越了从荷马的《奥德赛》上升到,维吉尔的《埃涅阿斯纪》的地下之旅，当然它也经历了所有文艺复兴时期的浪漫史诗。

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They control and dominate the Baltic trade, and herring is an important part of that, because herring will keep once it's salted and all that.

他们几乎控制和掌握了整个波罗的海贸易,而鲱鱼则是其中的重要组成部分,因为鲱鱼一旦用盐浸泡过就可长期保存

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So this novel, this autobiography, begins with the sense that this boy is in danger from practically the moment he comes into the world, the moment he comes into consciousness.

这小说，这自传，让人一开始,就觉得这孩子,一生下来，就浸泡在苦水里。

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