英语故事 Hecuba 赫克犹巴.docxVIP

英语故事 Hecuba 赫克犹巴 Hecuba”s life was one of grief and sorrow. She saw with her own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted（污辱） by Achilles. She saw her son Polites slain in front of her by Pyrrhus. And she saw her husband, the aged Priam, dragged towards the household altar（祭坛，圣坛） and ruthlessly（无情地） butchered there. After the fall of Troy she was carried into slavery. She had the misfortune to witness her daughter Polyxena, her sole consolation in bondage, sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles. She had the sad fate to see washed ashore the corpse of her youngest son Polydorus, who had been entrusted to（托付给） the Thracian king for safe keeping. With her fifty children all dead she became the queen of sorrows from whom no other woman could obtain the crown. Yet in her distress and despair, she plucked up her courage to avenge herself upon the Thracian king, who had murdered her son in order to get her son”s gold. Later, as Dionysushad prophesied（预言） , she was transformed into a dog with bloodshot（充血的） eyes and，unable to endure the new misery, she leapt into the sea and thus ended her unfortunate life.赫克犹巴的一生布满了苦痛与悲伤。她亲眼目睹了长子海克特被阿基里斯污辱，此后被杀害；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。特洛伊沦落后，她成了一名奴隶。她又不幸地看到了自己在奴役中的惟一劝慰——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当的照看，她把他托付给了塞希国王。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伤女王，而别的女人都无法得到这顶王冠。然而，即使处于苦痛与无望之中，她照旧鼓足士气向塞希国王报仇，由于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苦痛，就跳进海里，完毕了自己不幸的一生。