少兒英語(yǔ)小故事帶翻譯:將門(mén)之后

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    Alexander the Great was the son of Philip Ⅱ of Macedon, himself a great warrior who defeated the Greeks in 338 BC, bringing all of Greece under Macedonian control with the exception of Sparta. Alexander's mother was Olympias, princess of Epirus, who according to Plutarch was descended from Achilles' grandfather. Alexander was taught by his mother that Achilles was his ancestor, and that his father was descended from Hercules. Achilles became Alexander's role model in all things, and he kept a copy of Homer's Illiad under his pillow.
    Even more ambitious than his father, Alexander wept bitterly as a child when he heard of Philip's conquests. "My father," he said, "will get ahead of me in everything and will leave nothing great for me to do."
    亞歷山大大帝是馬其頓國(guó)王菲力浦二世的兒子。菲力浦本身是大軍事家,公元前三三八年打敗希臘,使全希臘除了斯巴達(dá)都要聽(tīng)馬其頓號(hào)令。亞歷山大的母親奧林匹亞斯是伊庇魯斯國(guó)公主,而據(jù)蒲魯塔克說(shuō),阿奇里斯的祖父正是奧林匹亞斯的祖宗。奧林匹亞斯告訴亞歷山大:他的祖先是阿奇里斯,而他父親則是海克力斯之后。亞歷山大事事都以阿奇里斯作榜樣,他枕頭下長(zhǎng)期放一本荷馬的《伊里亞特》。
    亞歷山大的野心比父親更大。他小時(shí)候,聽(tīng)見(jiàn)菲力浦沙場(chǎng)奏捷,曾經(jīng)痛哭說(shuō):「爸爸什么事都先我而行,一點(diǎn)大事都不留給我做?!?