| 釋義 |
Nero:1.i.e. the Roman emperor (A. D. 54-68) who was thetype of hard-hearted cruelty尼祿,羅馬皇帝,殘暴無情的典型。 △3H.VI.3.1.40:“And Nero will be tainted withremorse / To hear and see her plaints,her brinishtears.”即使尼祿,聽到她的慟哭.看見她那辛酸的眼淚,也不得不受到感動(dòng)。 △Lr.3.6.8 (6): “Frateretto calls me,andtells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness.”弗拉特累多在叫我,并且告訴我尼祿在陰間湖上做釣客。(按:愛德伽信口瞎編,表示他自己精神失常。) 2. According to contemporaries. Nero ordered thecity of Rome to be set on fire and played on the harp singing of the sack of Troy as he watched it burn.尼祿,羅馬暴君,據(jù)說曾下令焚燒羅馬城,而他則一面觀火一面彈琴唱歌。 △1H.VI.1.4.95:“and like thee. Nero,/ Play onthe lute,beholding the towns burns.”并且像你一樣,尼祿,一面彈琴,一面觀看法國的城市焚燒。(按:like thee,Nero又作Nero-like,“尼祿似的”。) 3. Nero had his own mother. Agrippina,murdered. 尼祿曾使人謀殺其母阿格利庇娜。 △Ham. 3. 2. 418 (393):“l(fā)etnot ever / The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom,/Let me be cruel,not unnatural.”不要讓尼祿的靈魂鉆進(jìn)我這堅(jiān)定的靈魂,我盡可兇狠,但不可忤逆。 |