| 釋義 |
Darius:i.e. Darius III(d. 330). Persian king con-quered by Alexander the Great大流士.古波斯國王,被亞力山大大帝打敗。 rich-jewelled coffer of Darius: the jewelled treasurechest of Darius,captured and used by Alexander tocarry Homer’s poems on his campaigns大流士的珠寶箱(被亞力山大繳獲后用來裝荷馬的詩篇)。 △1H.VI.1.6.24:“Her ashes,in an urn more precious ╱ Than the rich-jewelled coffer of Darius,”她的骨灰,裝在一個(gè)比大流士的珠寶箱還要貴重的罐子里。 |