英语词汇pile pelion on ossa的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pile Pelion on Ossa. Homer writes in the Odyssey of how when the giants Otus and Ephialtes attempted to climb to heav- en and overthrow the gods they tried to pile Mount Pelion on Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa on Mount Pelion for a lad- der. The giants were destroyed by Zeus, but their plan became synonymous for piling one difficulty on another until a whole plan becomes ridiculous. The two wooded mountains near the coast of Thessaly are now known as Mount Zagora and Mount Kissavo, but no one says “to pile Zagora on Kissavo.”

词汇	pile pelion on ossa
词源	pile Pelion on Ossa. Homer writes in the Odyssey of how when the giants Otus and Ephialtes attempted to climb to heav- en and overthrow the gods they tried to pile Mount Pelion on Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa on Mount Pelion for a lad- der. The giants were destroyed by Zeus, but their plan became synonymous for piling one difficulty on another until a whole plan becomes ridiculous. The two wooded mountains near the coast of Thessaly are now known as Mount Zagora and Mount Kissavo, but no one says “to pile Zagora on Kissavo.”
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