| 釋義 |
Egyptian thief:According to an old Greek story,Thy-amis,an Egyptian robber-chief,who,beset by his en-emies,attempted to kill his beautiful prisoner,Cari-clia,with whom he was in love埃及強盜，指古希臘小說中的一個埃及強盜首領(lǐng)塞亞米斯，他在受到敵人包圍，不得脫身時，企圖將他所愛的俘虜美女卡蕾克麗亞殺死。
△Tw.5.1.121(117): “Why should I not,had I the heart to do it,/Like to the Egyptian thief,at point of death. / Killwhat I love?”假如我下得狠心，為什么不可以像那個臨死時的埃及強盜一樣，把我所愛的人殺死呢？ |