Book VI. Modern Times

The Affair of the Eighty Thousand Trusses of Hay.

Zeu pater alla su rusai up eeros uias Achaion,

poieson daithren, dos dopthalmoi sin idesthai

en de phaiei olesson epei nu toi euaden outos.11

(Iliad xvii. 645 et seq.)

11 O Father Zeus, only save thou the sons of the Acheans from the darkness, and make clear sky and vouchsafe¹ sight to our eyes, and then, so it be but light, slay² us, since such is thy good pleasure.

1 vouchsafe   

v.惠予，准许

参考例句：

• Elinor would not vouchsafe any answer.埃莉诺不想给予任何回答。
• Vouchsafe me a spirit of faith and knowledge.赐予我信心和一颗有知识的心灵。

2 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。