Standing in the Lethe of Milton's hell is none other than the classical figure, the figure from classical mythology, Medusa.

站在弥尔顿笔下的忘川河畔正是,那个源自神话的经典人物美杜莎。

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There are, of course, dozens of figures taken from the texts of classical mythology who are alluded to throughout the first two books, but invariably they appear, just as Tantalus does in this very passage, within the context of a simile.

当然，这部作品有很多人物是取材自,经典神话故事，他们是用来表达隐喻的,贯穿着前两册书，他们始终出现，就像丹达罗斯在这一诗篇中，给予诗内容一种喻示。

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