简易英语读物《希腊神话-Greek Mythology》-（29）
Daedalus and Icarus
Long and long ago in ancient Greece, there lived a famous inventor named Daedalus. Daedalus had invented many machines with many uses.
Some of his machines were so amazing that many people felt they were magic. Since he was famous throughout the country, many kings and rich men would invited him to come to their land and invent wonderful things to help them with many tasks. On the visit to the island of Crete, the king of the island, king Minos ask Daedalus to build a war machine that would help him to kill his hated enemies Daedalus was not interested in war and refused to help the king.
This angered King Minos greatly, and he ordered that Daedalus to be locked in a high tower that faced the sea until he agreed to what the king had asked. Daedalus spent a few months in the tower before he was able to escape.
His son named Icarus, stole a key from god, and opened the heavy door to the tower. Daedalus and Icarus ran quickly to the beach and tried to find a ship that would take them back to Greece.
But they failed because King Minos had ordered that all the ships being carefully searched before leaving the island of Crete,
Both Daedalus and Icarus were caught and put in the tower together.
Though he was caught, Daedalus had strong spirit and felt sure that they could find a way to escape.
He thought of invent something to help them to escape, but unfortunately there not many materials in the tower for him to use. After thinking for a long time, he said to his son.
“The king may control the land and sea, yet he does not control the sky.” “Therefore my son we must escape from the sky”
Daedalus then told his son to collect all bird feathers that he could find. Each day the two men would take some of their food, and leaved them on the opening of the windows.
When birds came to eat it, they would pull some their feathers off. Daedalus also began to save all the candles that they were given each night
After many months, Daedalus and Icarus had saved a lot of feathers and candles, and the adventures began to work.
Daedalus melt the candle wax and made it into a shape of wing, then he added the bird’s feather until they had built two paired of wings big enough for him and his son. One pair was large and heavy, big enough for Daedalus; the other pair was small and fast perfectly for Icarus.
When Daedalus had finished the wings, he put them on his back, he began move his arm up and down until Icarus surprised, began to fly around the room. Icarus looked upon on his father and in amazement, “I want to fly too”, he cried. Daedalus stopped flying and put the smaller wings onto his son.
His son wings though smaller, were built far better and more beautiful than his own. Daedalus was proud to give the wings to his son he loved so much.
The next day was lovely and clear, Daedalus decided it was good time to teach his son how to fly so that they could make their escape. He told Icarus to watch the birds and to fly just like they did. “You must not move your wings too slowly, or too quickly and You must follow the wind. ”
Icarus put on his wings and jumps out of the windows of the tower He then flew up high into the air, dived down low above the sea. He was like a child with a new toy.
Daedalus was worried as he watched his son; he knew that the wings were not a toy that one can just play with.
He called down his son and Icarus to return to him.
“Son”, he said seriously,” it is a time for us to escape this island and returned to Greece.”
“As we fly, you must stay close to me always, never fly faraway”
If you fly too low, your wings would become wet from fog, if you too high, the wax of wing will melt from sun.
Icarus smiled and promised his father that he would stay close and be careful. So Daedalus and Icarus jump out of the tower window and flew high above the land. The people of Crete looked up in amazement
Many people thought they were watching god flying in the sky.
Occasionally Daedalus would turn round to see if his son was still followed him closely.
For the first hour, Icarus was always just behind his father, however a little while later; Daedalus looked back and saw Icarus was not there.
Daedalus looked around with great wariness in his heart, and saw Icarus flying high in the sky.
A moment early Icarus had seen two eagles flying above him, and became so excited that he decided to follow them.
When Icarus felt cool wind move through his hair, he became even more excited. And became to fly faster and faster which made him go higher and higher Daedalus yelled at his son, “stop, you are going too high, your wings will melt.” But Icarus was too far away to hear his father; he continued to fly faster and faster, higher and higher and became more and more excited. Daedalus tried to follow Icarus but his wings were much heavier. As hard as he tried, he could not reach his son.
The sun began to melt Icarus’s wings and feathers slowed began to fall off. Daedalus noticed the wings falling into pieces and tried to scream to his son again. But his son still was too far to hear, Icarus kept flying quickly towards the sun, and his heart became more and more excited.
Soon all the feathers had fallen from Icarus’s wings and the boy fell down towards the deep sea.
When Daedalus saw his son falling, he flew as fast as he could to catch him. Unfortunately Daedalus was not fast enough and arrived just a moment too late to save his son.
The boy hit the water with loud terrible noise.
Before Icarus could sink, Daedalus reached into the water and grasped his son’s leg. Then he pulled his son out of sea and held him closely into his arms. Sadly, it was too late; Icarus had died when he hit the water.
Daedalus looked down at sea and saw the feather of his son’s wings floating at the top of water.
He carried his son’s body to a small island, buried it and named the island Icaria in his son’ memory.
Daedalus then putted down his wings for one last time and flew back to Greece.
In Greece, he built a temple to the flying god Apollo and hang up the wings as a promised never to fly again. 译文与注释
代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯
很久，很久以前, 在古希腊，住着一个著名发明家-代达罗斯。 代达罗斯发明了许多具有多种用途的机器。
一些他的机器是如此的不可思议，很多人觉得他们是有魔法的。
由于他名闻全国，许多君王和有钱的男人会邀请他到他们的地方，创造美好的事物。
有一次他到了克里特岛上，国王米诺斯让代达罗斯打造会帮助他杀掉憎恨的敌人的战争机器
代达罗斯对战争不感兴趣，拒绝帮助米诺斯国王。
这极大地激怒了国王米诺斯，并下令把代达罗斯关在一座面临大海的高塔中，直到他同意国王的要求。
代达罗斯在塔里度过了几个月，才得以逃脱。
他的儿子名为伊卡洛斯，他从神那里窃取了钥匙，打开了通向高塔的那沉重的门。 代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯快速跑到海滩，想找到一艘船，把他们带回希腊。 但他们失败了，因为国王米诺斯已下令，所有的船只在离开克里特岛前都要仔细地搜查
代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯被抓住了，一起关在高塔内。
虽然他被抓了，代达罗斯有坚强的意志，他确信他们能找到的逃跑的方法。 他想发明某些东西，帮助他们逃离，但不幸的是高塔内没有很多可用的材料。 经过很长时间的思考，他对他的儿子说：\"国王可控制陆地和海洋，然而他不能控制天空\"。
“因此，我的儿子，我们必须从天空中逃跑\"。
代达罗斯再告诉他的儿子要收集所有他能找到的鸟羽毛。
每一天，两个人会取一些他们的食物，并把这些食物放在开放的窗口。 当鸟来吃食时，他们会拔下一些鸟的羽毛。 代达罗斯还开始保存每天晚上给他们的蜡烛。
许多个月之后，代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯收集了很多的羽毛和蜡烛，他们的冒险工作开始了。
代达罗斯先融化蜡烛的蜡，并把融化的蜡做成一个翅膀的形状，然后他再把羽毛插到翅膀上。这样，他造了两对翅膀，大的足够他和他的儿子使用。
一对翅膀大而重，足够大的供代达罗斯使用；另一对小的翅膀比较小而快，特别适合伊卡洛斯。
代达罗斯完成翅膀后，他把它们放在他的背上，他开始的移动他的手臂向上和向下直到在房间里飞起来，伊卡洛斯非常惊讶。
伊卡洛斯向上看着他的父亲，非常惊讶，\"我也想要飞\"，他哭着说。 代达罗斯停下来，把小翅膀安装在他的儿子的背上。 他儿子的翅膀虽然较小，但造的更好，比他自己这个漂亮。 代达罗斯很自豪，把这个小翅膀给他如此深爱的的儿子。
第二天天气很好，晴朗无云，代达罗斯认为这是教他儿子怎么飞的好时机，这样他们就能飞行逃跑。
他告诉伊卡洛斯观察鸟的飞行，飞就像鸟飞翔一样。 \"你必须拍动你翅膀，不能太慢或太快，您必须顺着风向\"。 伊卡洛斯戴上了翅膀，纵身跳出塔的窗户 他然后在空中高飞，俯冲在海面低飞。 他就像孩子在玩他的玩具。
代达罗斯看着他的儿子，有点担心 ；他知道翅膀不是一个人随意玩的玩具。 他叫他的儿子伊卡洛斯飞下来，回到他的身边。
\"儿子\"，他严肃地说：“到了我们逃离这个小岛返回希腊的时候了\"。 \"我们飞的时候，你必须一直离我很近，不要飞远了\"。
“如果你飞的太低，浓雾会打湿你的翅膀，如果你的太高了，太阳会融化你的翅膀的蜡。
卡洛斯微笑着答应他的父亲，他会保持紧紧相随，会很小心。 代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯从塔窗口跳出去，在大地上高飞。
克里特人们惊奇地抬起头看着天，很多人以为他们在看神在天上飞。 代达罗斯偶尔会转过头去看看他的儿子是否仍然紧跟着他。
第一个小时里，伊卡洛斯总是在他的父亲身后飞，然而，过了一会儿，代达罗斯再回头，看不到伊卡洛斯了。
代达罗斯环顾四周，心情沉重，他看到伊卡洛斯在高空中飞翔。
原来，在刚才，伊卡洛斯看见两个大老鹰在他的头顶飞，他如此兴奋，决定跟随老鹰飞。
凉风飕飕从伊卡洛斯的发际拂过，他变得更兴奋，飞的越来越快，越来越高。 代达罗斯大声向他的儿子喊叫：\"停下了，你飞的太高了，你的翅膀会融化掉\"。 但是伊卡洛斯离得太远，听不到他的父亲的声音。他继续飞得更快，更快。越来越高，变得越来越兴奋。
代达罗斯试图跟上伊卡洛斯，但他的翅膀要重得多。 尽管，他非常努力地追赶，他还是赶不上他的儿子。 太阳开始融化伊卡洛斯的翅膀，羽毛缓慢地从翅膀上往下掉。 代达罗斯发现他儿子的翅膀变得支离破碎，拼命对他的儿子喊叫。
但他的儿子实在离得太远，听不见他的喊声。伊卡洛斯快速飞向太阳的方向，他的心变得越来越激动起来。
很快所有的羽毛从伊卡洛斯的翅膀上脱落，这男孩向深海掉去。 代达罗斯看见儿子往下掉，他尽快地飞，想抓住他的儿子。 不幸的是代达罗斯飞的不够快，晚了一点，救不了他的儿子。
伊达洛斯掉到海的水面，发出可怕的巨响 ；代达罗斯把手伸进水里，恰好在他的
儿子沉没前抓着了他的腿。
然后，他把儿子拽出海面，把他紧紧拥在怀里。 可悲的是，已经太晚 ；伊卡洛斯落到海面时就死去了。
代达罗斯低头看着海面，看见他的儿子翅膀上的羽毛在水面漂浮。
他把它儿子的尸体带到一个小岛，把他掩埋，命名这个岛为伊卡利亚岛，以纪念他的儿子。
代达罗斯然后再戴上他的翅膀，飞回希腊。
在希腊，他建造了一座飞行的神阿波罗的寺庙，把他的翅膀挂在寺庙内，发誓以后再也不飞翔。
图. 代达罗斯和伊卡洛斯，弗雷德里克·莱顿 ，1869
注释：代达罗斯（Daedalus）是希腊神话中一个著名的工匠，来自雅典，是墨提翁的儿子，厄瑞克透斯的曾孙，是厄瑞克族人。他有一个儿子叫做伊卡洛斯。 代达罗斯因嫉妒自己弟子塔洛斯（Talus）的才华，而杀害了他，因此被赶出了雅典。
代达罗斯后来为克里特岛的国王米诺斯建造了一座迷宫，用于关押半牛半人的怪物弥诺陶洛斯，但是连他自己都逃不出自己所建的迷宫。最有名的故事就是代达罗斯造出用蜜蜡做成的翅膀，尝试飞出迷宫。他的儿子伊卡洛斯（Icarus）率先飞出，但不幸的，伊卡洛斯因太过接近太阳，令翅膀上的蜜蜡熔化，羽毛随即四散，失去了翅膀的伊卡洛斯，因此而堕落海洋。造成他痛失爱子，遗憾万分。
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