They were.When Ulysses woke from sleep，and returned to his companions，he saw them carving fresh meat and setting it to roast over a fire.
其它船员也同意？当尤利西斯从沉睡中苏醒，回到同伴中间，发现他们正在切割新鲜的牛肉并放在火上烧烤？
“Wretched men！”he cried.“What are you doing！You have slain the sacred cattle of the sungod！”
“卑鄙的人！”他悲愤地喊道，“你们都在干些什么！你们这是杀害了太阳神的神牛！”
“We know it，Ulysses，”came the calm reply.“And if we get safely home to Ithaca，we will appease appease vt.平息，安抚，缓和，使满足the sungod by building him a temple and making rich offerings！”
“我们知道，尤利西斯，”传来一声平静的回答，“我们如果安全回到伊塔刻，马上就为太阳神建立神庙，供奉充足的祭品，以平息他的怒气，请求他的饶恕！”
But as they spoke they heard close at had a sound like the lowing of cattle.
正在说话之际，他们听到近处传来一阵像牛鸣的声音？
“Where did that sound come from？”enquired Ulysses.“There are no cattle grazing here on the beach.”
“哪儿传来这样的声音？”尤利西斯询问，“在海滩上并没有放牧的牛群？”
“It came，”replied the men uneasily，“from the meat which is roasting over the fire！”
“那是——”其它船员不安地回答，“火上烧烤的牛肉发出来的！”
They spoke the truth.From the meat over the fire，and from the raw pieces which lay around，strange groanings were now heard.Desperately the men continued to roast the meat，hoping thereby to stifle the groans；but still the meat，even when cooked，sent forth sounds as of a creature in agony.
事实正是这样？火上的牛肉和放在四处未来得及烧烤的牛肉都在发出奇怪的悲吟？但那些船员们仍凶残地继续烧烤牛肉，希望因此制止悲鸣声？但这些牛肉，甚至在被烹调的时候，仍旧发出极端痛苦的生灵的悲吟？
Then one of the men sprang suddenly to his feet，and covered his face with his hands.“I can bear it no longer！”he cried.“The hides—look at the hides！”The men gazed in horror at the oxhides on the ground，and saw them moving as if they would crawl away.
一会儿，一个船员突然惊跳起来，双手掩面？“我再也不能忍受了！”他叫道，“兽皮，——快看那些兽皮！”船员们恐惧地盯着地上的牛皮，它们正移动着，好像要缓缓爬走？
“Come，”argued Eurylochus，“we must pay no heed to these things，or we shall lose our courage.Let us feast，and think no more about them.”
“来吧，”欧律科斯辩驳道，“我们不要在意这些，否则我们会失去勇气，让我们款宴自己吧，不要再去想那些无聊的事？”
So the men feasted all that day，and for five days to come.Only Ulysses fasted and stood by，looking sorrowfully at his rash companions.
这些船员整日欢宴，一连持续了五天，只有尤利西斯拒绝进食，站在一旁，忧心忡忡地看着鲁莽的同伴们？
On the seventh day the storm died down，and the crew joyfully carried provisions on board，and once more made for the open sea.But meanwhile，as Ulysses afterwards learnt，the outraged Apollo had rushed into the assembly assembly n.集合，装配，集会，集结，汇编of the gods，and had threatened to withdraw his light from the earth，unless something were done to punish the men who had killed and eaten his cattle.
直到第七天，风暴平息下来，全体船员欣喜地把食物抬上船，再次驶向宽阔的海洋？但就在此时，如同尤利西斯后来所知道的那样，愤怒至极的阿波罗冲进众神的聚会，以收回人世间的光亮相威胁，要求众神惩罚那些宰杀并吃掉神牛的人？
“God of the sun，”replied Jupiter，“you need take no such desperate measures.As soon as that ship of theirs puts forth to sea，I will strike it with a thunderbolt，and all the culprits culprit n.犯人in it shall perish.Ulysses alone—for he has not eaten of the meat—shall be allowed to survive”.Saying this，the father of the gods leaned over to select the fiercest of his thunderbolts.
“太阳神啊，”朱庇特说，“你不必采取如此极端的措施？只要他们的船驶进海洋，我就用电霹它，那些罪恶的人将全部死掉？惟尤利西斯除外——他没吃牛肉？”说完这些，这位众神之王俯身挑选最强烈的闪电？
So it happened that，when the adventurers had left Trinacria behind them，a dark cloud appeared in the sky and hung low over the ship.Almost at once there came a hurricane：a sudden onrush of wind struck the ship with unbelievable force，and swept it clean of masts and rigging.
事情就这样发展着，当这群冒险者们把特里那喀亚岛抛在身后，一团乌云在天空中出现，低低地压在船的上方？紧接刮来一阵飓风；这阵突然而迅猛的风以难以置信的力量吹打航船，一下将桅杆和船帆一扫而净？
Then great Jupiter smiled，and stretched out his hand.He released his thunderbolt：there was a flash，a roar，and the ship was rent to pieces.One and all，Ulyssescomrades were swept into the water，and with a frenzied waving of arms and legs they were dragged to their death in the depths below.
伟大的朱庇特露出微笑，伸手释放闪电：一道亮光，一声轰鸣，航船化为碎片，尤利西斯所有的同伴落入水中，狂乱地扑腾手脚，最后沉溺下去，结束了生命？
Ulysses alone escaped drowning.Clinging to a piece of the wreckage，half blinded by the spray spray n.喷雾，飞沫vt.喷射，喷溅and all but choked by salt water，he allowed the waves to carry him where they would.
惟有尤利西斯没有淹死，他紧紧抱住一块破船板，浪花冲得他几乎睁不开眼，咸的海水呛得他透不过气，他任随海浪带着他四处漂游？
And the waves carried him onward for nine days.Towards the end of that time he ceased to be aware of the sea，of the cold，or his own exhaustion，but dreamed that he was on his own island of Ithaca，and that he could hear the birds singing.On the moning of the tenth day he was cast ashore on Ogygia，the island home of the goddess Calypso.
顺着海水漂了九天，直到最后他对海水的寒冷和自己的精疲力竭已经麻木？在迷梦恍惚中他到了故乡伊塔刻岛，在那里他听到鸟儿婉啭鸣唱？第十天的清晨，他被海浪冲上俄古癸亚岛的海岸上，这里是女神卡吕普索的故乡？