Tithonus
提东纳斯

Every day，when Helios drove his wonderful horses andhis fiery carriage across the sky，it was Aurora who opened the gates of pearl and drew back the dark curtains of the night； —
每天，当太阳神赫利俄斯驾着他那双美妙的马和他那熊熊的战车横跨天空时，是黎明女神亚罗拉打开了珍珠之门，拉开了黑夜的幕帘； —

for Aurora was the goddess of the dawn .She was so beautiful that the whole sky became pink with pleasure when she appeared in the east．
因为亚罗拉是黎明女神。她是如此美丽，以致整个天空在她出现在东方时都变成了粉红色。

On the earth lived a man called Tithonus，who loved Aurora so well that he never failed to leave his bed while it was still dark，to watch for her coming． —
在世上住着一个名叫提东纳斯的人，他如此深爱着亚罗拉，以至于每天在天还未亮的时候便不辍地离开床铺，等候她的到来。 —

Aurora loved Tithonus too，and one day she flew to the king of the gods，and begged of him that Tithonus might be given a cup of magic liquid ，and so becomeliving forever．
亚罗拉也深爱着提东纳斯，有一天她飞到天神之王那里，请求他给提东纳斯一杯魔法液体，这样他就可以永远地活着。

Zeus allowed this request， and Aurora took Tithonus up to Mount Olympus to live in her golden house.
宙斯同意了这个请求，亚罗拉便带着提东纳斯上了奥林匹斯山，在她的金色房子里生活。

The goddess had forgotten to ask that Tithonus might never grow old． —
女神忘记了要求提东纳斯永远不变老。 —

Therefore，the time came when gray hairs could beseen among his golden curls . —
因此，时间过去，金色卷发中渐渐显现出白发。 —

Aurora was kind to him in spite of this，and continued to give him beautiful clothes，and to feed him on the food of the gods． —
尽管如此，亚罗拉对他十分慈爱，继续给他美丽的衣服，供他享用诸神的食物。 —

Still， Tithonus grew older and older，and in time，after several hundred years，he was so old thathe could not move at all． —
然而，提东纳斯却变得越来越老，时光流逝后，几百年之后，他已老得无法动弹。 —

Little was left of him but his voice ，and even that had grown high and thin． —
除了声音之外，他几乎什么都没有留下，即使声音也变得尖细。 —

Then he was so weakthat he had to be shut up in a room，for safekeeping． —
于是，由于身体无法动弹，他只好被关在一个房间里，以确保安全。 —

Aurorafelt so sorry to see him become weaker and weaker in this way that she changed him into a little insect，and sent him down to the earth again，where men called him the grasshopper．
亚罗拉看到他这样变得越来越虚弱，便将他化为一只小昆虫，送回人间，人们称之为蚱蜢。

Very glad to be free and active once more，Tithonus jumped about in the fields all day，chirping happily to Aurora.
提东纳斯非常高兴能够重新自由地活跃起来，整天在田野中跳跃，愉快地对亚罗拉唧唧叫着。