The Labours of Heracles Flashcards
waft
The door was open onto the veranda to let the cool breeze waft into the room.
ひと吹きの風
slithered
First one, and then a second snake slithered in through the gap.
ずるずる滑っていく
yawned
The larger of the two children stretched and yawned.
あくびをする
stuck out
The viper who was out in front stuck out his tongue and hissed.
突き出す
rear
It reared its head to see if it could reach the top of the mattress.
〔動詞(+up)〕〈馬などが〉後足で立つ.
commotion
The nurse heard the commotion came rushing into the nursery,
騒動、動乱、暴動
formidable
Still young, he was a formidable sight, with his towering height and his rippling muscles.
非常にすぐれた，格別の.
rippling muscles
Still young, he was a formidable sight, with his towering height and his rippling muscles.
隆々たる筋肉
pack
When other Greeks attacked the City of Thebes, Heracles sent the enemies packing.
群れ
insaner
Some people say that Heracles became insaner still, before he undertook his heroic cure
insane 正気でない、狂気の
prescribed
What is clear, is that Heracles took the cure that was prescribed by the Oracle.
定められた，規定された.
sharp-eared
The sharp-eared among you will have noticed that earlier I said Heracles performed twelve tasks.
聴覚が鋭い、早耳、耳聡い
shepherds
The strongman travelled to Nemea, and the local shepherds soon pointed him in the direction of the lion’s cave.
羊飼い、牧羊者
boulder
He hid behind a boulder, and waited for it to come out.
丸石，玉石(たまいし) 《風雨・河水・氷河などの作用で丸くなった大石
quiver
Heracles pulled an arrow from his quiver,
矢筒
immense
It was a powerful weapon, and it took immense strength just to pull back the string and flex it ready to fire.
巨大な
flex
It was a powerful weapon, and it took immense strength just to pull back the string and flex it ready to fire.
動詞 他動詞
〈筋肉・関節を〉曲げる.
piercing
… but instead of piercing his skin, the arrow merely bounced off.
刺し通す
merely
… but instead of piercing his skin, the arrow merely bounced off.
単に(…にすぎない)
bounced off
… but instead of piercing his skin, the arrow merely bounced off.
はね返った
impervious
The hide of the Nemean Lion was impervious to weapons.
通さないで、損傷しないで
err on the side of caution
he decided to err on the side of caution.
慎重過ぎるぐらい慎重になる、用心し過ぎるくらい用心する。
gleaming
Inside, he caught sight of its green, gleaming eyes.
(薄暗い所で弱いながらもきらりと見える)微光、薄光
pounce
The lion did not expect a human to pounce on him,
(…に)急に飛びかかる、(…を)急に襲う、急襲する
grappled
He grappled and wrestled with the man-eating beast …
(互いに)取っ組み合う
jug
… the king hid inside a giant jug, …
水差し
forbade
After that, he forbade him to ever come into the city again.
禁じた
lurked
This one lurked in the swamps of Lerna, …
(…に)潜む、 待ち伏せる、 潜伏する
swamps
This one lurked in the swamps of Lerna, …
低湿地，沼地.
enlisted
He enlisted the help of his nephew, Iolaus.
（援助・支持）を〈…のために〉得る，（人）に〈…のための〉協力［支持］を求める〈in/for〉
lopped
Heracles fought the Hydra with his sword, and each time he lopped off one of its heads, …
切り取る
stump
Iolaus jumped in with a torch and burned the stump before it sprout a couple of new heads.
(切り倒した木の)切り株、切り株状のもの
roaming
… you’ll find it roaming the hills of Ceryneia.
(あてもなく)歩き回る、 ぶらつく、 放浪する
elusive
The deer was elusive and swift on its feet.
(巧みに)逃げを打つ，うまく逃げる.
moral support
She brought Apollo along for moral support.
心の支え、精神的支持[圧迫]
unfazed
“Well,” said Heracles unfazed, …
動じない、平然とした
deeds
I am commanded by Heaven to perform these deeds, …
行為、 行動
foe
Now you must take on a more dangerous foe.
敵
boar
A wild boar is terrorising the people of Erymanthia.
イノシシ
terrorising
A wild boar is terrorising the people of Erymanthia.
または脅威で強制する
fussy eater
… but Heracles was a fussy eater and …
食べ物にうるさい
timid
Heracles laughed and told him not to be so timid.
臆病な、小心な
hooligan
Heracles easily fought them off, and chased the hooligan horses as far as Malea,
ごろつき
diversion
After the little diversion with the centaurs and the wine, he resumed his labour.
気晴らし、娯楽
resumed
After the little diversion with the centaurs and the wine, he resumed his labour.
(中断した後に)再び始める
tusks
The cornered creature tried to charge Heracles with its tusks, …
牙
bopped
The hero bopped it on the head with a rock and knocked it out.
〈…を〉たたく，殴る.
trussed up
He then trussed up the unconscious pig, and carried it back to Mycenae.
縛り上げた
herds of cattle
… he had many herds of cattle.
家畜の群れ
dung
They were famous for the volume and the stink of their dung.
(牛馬などの)ふん; こやし.
diverted
… he diverted two rivers to run through the stables and flush them out.
(…を)(…へ)転換する、 わきへ向ける
stables
… he diverted two rivers to run through the stables and flush them out.
[しばしば複数形で] 馬(小)屋，家畜小屋.
flush out
… he diverted two rivers to run through the stables and flush them out.
流し出す
flock
A strange feathered flock that were eating the other birds and all the fish in the lake.
群れ
reeds
Heracles’ problem was that the birds were all hidden in the reeds.
アシ、 ヨシ
din
… which he clacked in his hands to make a divine din.
(ジャンジャン・ガンガン)やかましい音、騒音
let up
Eurystheus did not let up.
(仕事などを)やめる
afield
For this one, he had to travel further afield than before.
遠く離れて、家から遠くに
sneaky
… he played a sneaky trick …
こそこそする，卑劣な.
trampling
Poseidon was angry, and he sent his bull trampling all over the island.
(…を)踏みつける、 踏みつぶす、 踏みにじる
hooves
Its hooves were so heavy that they made the ground shake and buildings fall down.
hoof の複数形
(馬などの)ひづめ、(人間の)足
impassively
The strongman impassively awaited his next order from the King.
無表情に、平然と
awaited
The strongman impassively awaited his next order from the King.
(…を)待つ
trait
In fact, if they had a particularly nasty trait – it was that they were man-eating horses.
(人・ものの)特性、特色、特徴
tethered
Heracles crept into their stables, tethered them together, and rode off on the back of Deimos while leading the others behind them.
〈牛・馬を〉〔…に〕つなぎなわ[鎖]でつなぐ 〔to〕.
rode off
Heracles crept into their stables, tethered them together, and rode off on the back of Deimos while leading the others behind them.
馬に乗って去る
horrid
Heracles riding on the back of a man-eating horse, but he did not want the horrid creatures for himself.
恐ろしい、いまわしい
fowls
I am glad to say that their fowls were much calmer, …
家禽(かきん)、(家で飼う)大型の鳥
studded
… and he had promised her a very special birthday present – a particularly beautiful belt studded with precious stones.
(…の)点在した、ちりばめられた
bonehead
Heracles might have been a strongman, but he was no bonehead.
ばか者、まぬけ、とんま
rays
Getting there was worse than the deed itself, for the rays of the sun were more irksome to our thick-skinned hero than a cloud of Amazonian arrows.
光線、わずか、少量、熱線、放射線、輻射(ふくしや)線
irksome
Getting there was worse than the deed itself, for the rays of the sun were more irksome to our thick-skinned hero than a cloud of Amazonian arrows.
あきあきする，うんざりする，退屈な.
mutt
He bopped the first one, and then the other head of the mutt with his club.
あほう、のろま、ばか、犬、(特に)雑種犬
torment
Hera sent Gadfly to torment the cattle and they stampeded and got away from him.
〈人を〉(肉体的・精神的に)苦しめる
stampeded
Hera sent Gadfly to torment the cattle and they stampeded and got away from him.
(動物などが)驚いてどっと逃げ出すこと
pincers
… and the old man immediately changed shape, first into a giant fish, then a massive piece of seaweed, into a dolphin, and finally a crab with pincers …
(カニ・エビなどの)はさみ
relented
The old man relented and said,
“So what do you want from me?”
(怒り・興奮などが少しやわらいで)穏やかな気持ちになる
blissful
They grow on trees in a blissful garden in North Africa.
至福の、この上なく幸せな、楽しい
tended
The garden is tended to by three nymphs,
〈機械・植物などを〉手入れする.
slyly
That was one labour too far, so he said slyly to Atlas,
狡猾な方法で
cloak
“Sure, but before you go, just take the world for a moment while I adjust my cloak.
(ゆったりとした)そでなしの外套(がいとう)、マント
ruffled up
“Sure, but before you go, just take the world for a moment while I adjust my cloak. It’s ruffled up onto my shoulder.
逆立てる、くしゃくしゃにする
realm
“What?” said Heracles, “No mortal can visit the realm of the dead and return back to the light.”
領域、範囲、王国
cult
He visited Eleusis, where the priests specialised in the cult of the dead and the underworld.
宗教的な)祭式、祭儀、儀式、(宗教的な)崇拝、信仰、礼賛、崇拝
serpentine
Heracles broke his serpentine chain and set his fellow hero free.
ヘビ状の、ヘビのような、曲がりくねった
whimpering
He soon had the fierce guard dog of the dead trussed up and whimpering like a puppy.
クンクン鳴く
rejoiced
When he emerged back up to the light of the world, he rejoiced in his heart, for now he had his liberty.
(…を)喜ぶ、 うれしがる、 祝賀する
humble
We must humble him before it is too late.
〈人・気持ちなどを〉謙虚にする.
tease
She loved to tease, and she made him exchange clothes with her.
いじめる、からかう、悩ます
chided
She chided him for being so clumsy.
しかる、 小言を言う
recount
Then she made him sit at her feet, dressed as a girl, and recount his great labours to her.
(…を)詳しく話す、物語る
