来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第8集 第8集》

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  He is punishing Prometheus for his good deeds towards men,
  他因普罗米修斯对人类的善行而责罚他
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  which make men more divine than they would otherwise be.
  后者让人类远离愚昧 接近神意
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  Zeus is very angry.
  宙斯勃然大怒
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  That's because he gave him fire;
  因为普罗米修斯盗取火种赠予人类
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  Zeus is very, very angry with him and he locks him up,
  他暴跳如雷并将普罗米修斯用铁链缚在
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  chains him to a rock in the Caucus Mountains
  高加索的悬崖壁石上
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  while birds are pecking away at his liver forever and ever,
  鹫鹰永不止歇地啄食普罗米修斯的肝脏
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  a typical Greek hell of the worst kind.
  一个典型的希腊地狱之景
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  And we are led in, what we have of that play,
  同时我们被引领进这个剧作里
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  to think that Zeus is doing terrible things.
  认为宙斯的所作所为心狠手辣
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  He is behaving tyrannically,that is,
  他的行为残暴乖戾
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  not good even for the king of the gods.
  远配不上他众神之主的名讳