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Nero:1.i.e. the Roman emperor (A. D. 54-68) who was thetype of hard-hearted cruelty尼禄,罗马皇帝,残暴无情的典型。 △3H.VI.3.1.40:“And Nero will be tainted withremorse / To hear and see her plaints,her brinishtears.”即使尼禄,听到她的恸哭.看见她那辛酸的眼泪,也不得不受到感动。 △Lr.3.6.8 (6): “Frateretto calls me,andtells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness.”弗拉特累多在叫我,并且告诉我尼禄在阴间湖上做钓客。(按:爱德伽信口瞎编,表示他自己精神失常。) 2. According to contemporaries. Nero ordered thecity of Rome to be set on fire and played on the harp singing of the sack of Troy as he watched it burn.尼禄,罗马暴君,据说曾下令焚烧罗马城,而他则一面观火一面弹琴唱歌。 △1H.VI.1.4.95:“and like thee. Nero,/ Play onthe lute,beholding the towns burns.”并且像你一样,尼禄,一面弹琴,一面观看法国的城市焚烧。(按:like thee,Nero又作Nero-like,“尼禄似的”。) 3. Nero had his own mother. Agrippina,murdered. 尼禄曾使人谋杀其母阿格利庇娜。 △Ham. 3. 2. 418 (393):“letnot ever / The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom,/Let me be cruel,not unnatural.”不要让尼禄的灵魂钻进我这坚定的灵魂,我尽可凶狠,但不可忤逆。 |