Marpessa
玛佩萨

Marpessa was the only daughter of King Evenus．She was noble and graceful． —
玛佩萨是伊文努斯国王的独生女，她高贵而优雅。 —

From her childhood she was trained by her father like a young hero and was not allowed tohave any thought of love and marriage． —
从小，她像一个年轻的英雄一样被父亲培训，不允许有任何关于爱情和婚姻的念头。 —

To deal with the crowdof men who now rushed into his palace，the king proposed that aman have to beat him in a carriage race to win his daughter. —
为了处理涌入他宫殿的一大群男人，国王提出，一个男人必须在赛车比赛中击败他才能赢得他的女儿。 —

Death would be the penalty for the loser ． —
输者将受到死刑的惩罚。 —

The king was sure of his victory，for his horses came from Ares’ stables ． —
国王对自己的胜利很有把握，因为他的马来自阿瑞斯的马厩。 —

Manyyoung princes lost their lives．
许多年轻王子丧命。

Last came Idas，prince of Messenia. He was not discouragedby the fate of those men，because he had Poseidon on his side． —
最后到来的是默森尼亚王子伊达斯。他并没有因为那些男人的命运而灰心，因为他得到了波塞冬的支持。 —

Granting his prayers，the seagod had given him two fleet horses and advised him to take his reward as soon as he won therace and flee from the king’s attack . —
波塞冬听取了他的祈祷，给了他两匹快速的马，并建议他在赢得比赛后立即获得奖赏并逃离国王的袭击。 —

He did as he had been told，and King Evenus，lost his own daughter，his only hope inlife，drowned himself in a river．
他照要求行事，伊文努斯国王失去了自己的女儿，他生命中的唯一希望，最终投河自尽。

Idas and Marpessa presently arrived at a riverside，where ldas put down his beloved to enjoy a bit of rest and food and drink． —
伊达斯和玛佩萨很快到达了一条河边，在那里伊达斯放下他心爱的女人让她休息并吃喝。 —

They spent the night in a temple nearby．When morning came，Idas found that Marpessa had been stolen by Apollo． —
他们在附近的寺庙里过了一夜。等到早晨来临时，伊达斯发现玛佩萨被阿波罗劫走了。 —

Heran after the immortal god—Apollo，feeling quite ready to fightand die for his love． —
他追逐着这位不朽的神—阿波罗，为了他的爱情而毫不畏惧地准备战斗并且奋不顾身。 —

Apollo held his unescapable arrows ．Idaswent forward with his sword． —
阿波罗抓着他那不可避免的箭矢。伊达斯挺剑而上。 —

The duel was about to start whensuddenly they heard a thunderbolt round about，and Zeus himself arrived to stop the unequal contest． —
就在决斗即将开始时，突然他们听到周围响起的一声雷电，宙斯亲自赶到阻止这场不公平的比试。 —

He gave the maiden thechoice between immorality and eternal glory on one side and onthe other a mortal life of faithful love mixed with endless caresand griefs ． —
他给了少女一个选择，要么选择道德堕落和永恒荣耀，要么选择一个有着无尽忧虑和悲伤的世俗生活中充满忠诚爱情的人生。 —

Fearing infidelity on part of a god ，Mar pessa turned down the sweet promises of Apollo and chose for hercompanion in life one capable of a like fate． —
因为担心神会不忠诚，马尔佩萨拒绝了阿波罗的甜言蜜语，选择了一个能与她共同面对同样命运的人作为她的伴侣。 —

Apollo left in badspirits; Idas felt on top of the world ．
阿波罗心情不好地离开了；伊达斯感觉无比幸福。