The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.

  • -- George Gilbert Aime Murray 乔治·吉尔伯特·艾梅·默里

高级希腊诗歌没有虚构情节;它的任务是表达英雄传奇和神话。

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Can we not force from widowed poetry, Now thou art dead, great Donne, one elegy To crown thy hearse?

伟大的多恩,既然你已辞世,我们怎能不从寡居的诗歌中强求一首挽歌来为你的灵车加冕?

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

在这个世界上,除了大自然的野性之外,没有任何事物的起源不是希腊的。

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.

古希腊文学名著中很少有易于阅读的。

God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs.

上帝以神秘的方式移动 他的奇迹将会上演。