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Egyptian thief:According to an old Greek story,Thy-amis,an Egyptian robber-chief,who,beset by his en-emies,attempted to kill his beautiful prisoner,Cari-clia,with whom he was in love埃及强盗，指古希腊小说中的一个埃及强盗首领塞亚米斯，他在受到敌人包围，不得脱身时，企图将他所爱的俘虏美女卡蕾克丽亚杀死。
△Tw.5.1.121(117): “Why should I not,had I the heart to do it,/Like to the Egyptian thief,at point of death. / Killwhat I love?”假如我下得狠心，为什么不可以像那个临死时的埃及强盗一样，把我所爱的人杀死呢？ |