因为在舞台上,爱情只是喜剧和悲剧的素材,而在人生中,爱情却常常招来不幸。 它有时象那位诱惑人的魔女(1),有时又象那位复仇的女神(2)。
For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren, sometimes like a fury.
复仇的神或精灵,是复仇女神的男性化身,经常出现在希腊悲剧中。
An avenging deity or spirit, the masculine personification of Nemesis, frequently evoked in Greek tragedy.
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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