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| Hercules was sent to the western edge of the world, to the Garden of the Hesperides, to find the golden apples that were guarded by several nymphs and by a great, never-sleeping dragon that coiled itself among the trees of the garden. Hercules did not know where this sacred garden was. But he set out toward the west, and in his wanderings came to a mountain. On one of its highest peaks, Hercules saw Prometheus bound to a rock. Prometheus had stolen fire from Mount Olympus. This had made Jupit er angry, and he had ordered his punishment. Hercules urged his father to give him permission to break the chains that held Prometheus, and set him free. Jupiter agreed, and Prometheus, after his long punishment, was unbound. Out of gratitude, Prometheus told Hercules how to find the garden of the golden apples. "You will find it," Prometheus said, "at the place where my brother Atl as stands, holding the weight of the heavens on his shoulders." Hercules started out once more and, at last, he found Atlas. Atlas was so eager to be released from the burden of the sk y and the stars, that he promised to do anything Hercules wished if only he might once more be free. | 海克力斯被派往西方世界的边缘，到「四姊妹苹果园」去找金苹果。这些金苹果是由几个女神，与一条缠绕在园中果树之间的不眠巨龙所看守。 海克力斯不清楚这禁园的正确位置。 但是，他还是朝着西边出发，漫无目的地来到一座山上。 在这山里的一个最高峰，海克力斯看见普罗米修斯被捆在一块岩石上面。 普罗米修斯曾经从奥林匹斯山盗取火种。 以致惹恼了朱比特，因而被下令惩罚。 海克力斯劝父亲允许他弄断铁链，释放普罗米修斯。 朱比特答应了他，于是普罗米修斯在长期的惩罚之后，终于获得解救。 为感谢海克力斯的搭救，普罗米修斯告诉他，如何才能找到金苹果园。 普罗米修斯说道：「在我的兄弟亚特劳斯扛着天站立的地方，你就会发现这苹果园。」 海克力斯再度动身前往，最后他找到了亚特劳斯。 亚特劳斯是如此地渴望解放天体与星球的重负，他答应只要他可以再自由一次，海克力斯所希望的任何事情他都愿意做。 |
- western [´westən]
a.西的；西方的 (初中英语单词) - dragon [´drægən] n.龙 (初中英语单词)
- sacred [´seikrid] a.神圣的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)
- stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)
- permission [pə´miʃən] n.允许；同意；许可 (初中英语单词)
- jupiter [´dʒu:pitə] n.朱庇特；木星 (初中英语单词)
- gratitude [´grætitju:d] n.感激，感谢 (初中英语单词)
- 大力神">hercules [´hə:kjuli:z] n.大力神 (高中英语单词)
- prometheus [prə´mi:θju:s] n.普罗米修斯 (英语六级单词)
- olympus [əu´limpəs] n.(希腊)奥林匹斯山 (英语六级单词)
- holding [´həuldiŋ] n.保持，固定，存储 (英语六级单词)
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