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Phoebus:i. e. Apollo,thesun-god in Greek mythology福玻斯,即阿波罗,希腊神话中的太阳神。 △Rom.3.2.2: “Phoe-bus’lodging,”福玻斯的安息之处;太阳神在西方的家。 △Mer.2.1.5: “Where Phoebus’firescarce thaws the icicles,”在那阳光几乎溶不得冰柱的地方。 △Ado.5.3.25: “and look,the gentle day,/ Before thewheels of Phoebus,roundabout / Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey.”看,晨曦的亮光,走在福玻斯的车轮前面,已在那惺忪的东方点缀了斑斑的银灰。 △1H.IV.1.2.15(13): “for we that take purses go by the moon and theseven stars,and not by Phoebus,he,‘that wanderingknight so fair’.”(The Knight of the Sun is the hero ofa chivalric romance popular in Shakespeare’s day.) 因为我们这种抢钱为生的人只靠着月亮和七星来辨别时间,不是靠着太阳,“那位漂亮的游行四方的骑士”。 △H.V.3.Cho.6:“With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning.”i.e.With banners of silk fluttering against the risingsun.彩旗在初升的太阳下招展。 Phoebus Phoebus’ cart: the sun-god’s chariot 福玻斯(日神)的车。 △Ham.3.2.167 (155): “Full thirty times hathPhoebus’ cart gone round / Neptune’s salt wash andTellus’ orbed ground,”太阳神的车子,沿着海神的盐泽和大地女神的圆球,到如今足足跑了三十个圈。(按:古时人的天文概念以地球为中心,认为太阳绕着地球转。) |