After reading about Roman gladiators and epic Homeric characters, I decided that I wanted to have a great story of my own.
在阅读了罗马角斗士和荷马史诗之后，我觉得我该有个关于自己的伟大探险故事。Like Homer's epic Odyssey, life is an exciting and tumultuous adventure filled with thrilling characters to meet along the way.
就像荷马史诗《奥德赛》一样，生活是一次震撼人物的陆续登场的冒险，振奋人心而又纷乱繁杂。Even the modernist master himself, James Joyce, took the title of his greatest novel, Ulysses, from Homer.
甚至现代主义大师詹姆斯·乔伊斯自己也曾用荷马史诗中的尤利西斯来为其最伟大的小说冠名。Vico convergence of the Bible, poetry, by Homer's epic, over-the Roman Empire, the Enlightenment of the World, against the modern.
维柯的诗学衔接圣经，经荷马史诗，过罗马帝国，汇于启蒙之世，直指现代。The location "fits like a glove" with Homer's description of the view from the palace, the archeologists claim.
考古学家表示，遗址的风貌跟荷马史诗中的描述并无二致。Depicting a few weeks in the final year of the Greek siege of Troy, Homer's epic glitters with bronze spears and the blazing sun.
诗中描绘了希腊特洛伊战争第十年的几个星期的场面，荷马史诗就如同那青铜的矛和太阳的光辉一般闪耀。I told her about Homer, Cicero, and Hemingway`s story about the old man and his battle with the fish and the sea.
我告诉她说有荷马史诗，西塞罗的著作，还有海明威描写一个老人跟鱼和大海搏斗的故事。When you were a young boy, you would've studied just reading and writing Homer.
希腊男子在幼年时，要学习阅读书写荷马史诗。Along the way he cites an eclectic library of consolation: Homer, the "Mahabharata, " Native American rituals, medieval sagas.
他还引用了大量关于安抚的书籍：荷马史诗、“摩诃婆罗多”、美洲土著的宗教仪式、中世纪传奇。