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小学英语故事 赫克犹巴 He cubas life was one of grief and sorrow.She saw withher own eyes her eldest born Hectorkilled and insulted by Achilles.She saw her son Polites slain in front of her by Pyrrhus.And shesaw her husband，the aged Priam，dragged towards the household altar and ruthlesslybutchered there.After the fall of Troy she was carried into slavery .Shehad the misfortune towitness her daughter Polyxena，her soleconsolation in bondage ，sacrificed at the tomb ofAchilles.She had the sad fate to see washed ashore the corpse of her young estsonPolydorus，who had been entrusted to the Thracian king for safekeeping.With her fifty childrenall dead she became thequeen of sorrows from whom no other woman could obtain the crown.Yet in her distress and despair，she plucked up hercourage to avenge herself upon theThracian king，who had murdered her son in order to get her sons gold.Later，asDionysushad prophesied ，she was transformed into a dog with bloodshoteyes and，unable toendure the new misery，she leapt into thesea and thus ended her unfortunate life. 赫克犹巴的一生充满了痛苦与悲哀。她亲眼目睹了长子海克特被阿基里斯侮辱，尔后被杀害;儿子波利斯被皮洛士杀死在自己面前;年迈的丈夫皮安姆被拖到家庭祭坛残酷地处死。特洛伊沦陷后，她成了一名奴隶。她又不幸地看到了自己在奴役中的惟一安慰——女儿波里丝娜被血祭于阿基里斯的墓前。为了使最小的儿子波里德诺斯能得到妥善的照顾，她把他委托给了塞希国王。可是，不幸的命运又使她看到了被冲到海边的儿子的尸体。她的50个孩子都死了，赫克犹巴因此成为悲哀女王，而别的女人都无法得到这顶王冠。然而，即使处于痛苦与绝望之中，她仍旧鼓足勇气向塞希国王复仇，因为塞希国王为了得到她儿子的黄金而杀死了他。后来，正如狄俄尼索斯所预言，她被变成了一条狗，眼带血丝。她不堪忍受这种新的痛苦，就跳进海里，结束了自己不幸的一生。 海妖塞壬 Far out in the sea there was an island，on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens，thethree sisters of magic song.Half human and half bird，the Siren sisters sat in a field offlowers，singing in voices that excited the hearts of men.The attractive songs were so sweetthat ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks.No sailor nor shiphad ever been known to pass the Island of the Sirens without being attracted to disaster . Acting on the advice of Circe，Odysseus took careful preparation against the Sirens.Beforetheir ships came to where they could