英语词汇island of the sun的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	island of the sun
词源	Island of the Sun. A poetic name for Sicily in ancient my- thology. Here Helius the Sun god (the Roman Sol) kept his oxen. In his light-giving chariot pulled by white horses Helius climbed the vault of Heaven, descending every evening in the west. Sicily was also called Trinacria by the ancients.
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