18 The Golden Fleece
金羊毛

King Athamus of northern Greece had two children， Phrixus and Helle． —
希腊北部的阿萨摩斯国王有两个子女，弗里克修斯和赫莱。 —

After he left his first wife and mar ried Ino，a wicked woman，the two children received all the cruel treatment that a stepmother could devise ，At one timethe kingdom was ruined by a famine． —
在他离开第一任妻子并娶了一个邪恶的女人伊诺后，这两个孩子受尽了继母能想到的一切残忍对待。有一次，王国被一场饥荒摧毁了。 —

Ino persuaded her credulous husband into believing that his son，Phrixus，was the actual cause of the disaster，and should be sacrificed to Zeus to endit． —
伊诺说服她轻信的丈夫相信，他的儿子弗里克修斯是灾难的真正原因，并应该被献给宙斯，以结束它。 —

The poor boy was then placed on the altar and was about tobe knifed when a ram with golden fleece was sent down by thegods and carried off the two children on its back． —
这可怜的男孩随后被放在祭坛上，将要被刀杀时，一只金羊毛的公羊被诸神派遣下来，背着两个孩子飞走了。 —

As they flew over the strait that divides Asia from Europe，Helle，faint at the vast expanse of water below ，fell into the sea and was drowned． —
他们飞越了分隔亚洲和欧洲的海峡时，赫莱看到下面广阔的水域而昏倒，落入海中淹死。 —

Thus the sea of Helle，Hellespont，became the ancient name of the strip of water． —
因此，赫莱的海，赫莱斯波得，成为这片水域的古称。 —

Her brother kept on and arrived in Colchis on the eastern shore of the Black Sea． —
她的兄弟继续前行，抵达了黑海东岸的科尔基斯。 —

There he sacrificed the ram to Zeus and gave its golden fleece to King Aeetes，who nailed it on a sacred tree and put a sleepless dragon in charge ．
在那里，他将公羊献祭给宙斯，并把它的金羊毛送给了国王埃耶忒斯，埃耶忒斯将其钉在一颗神圣的树上，派了一条不眠之龙看守。