Milton has dug up a gem from the pages of The Iliad, and this gem has something like a Medusa effect on the poem or on us as readers.
弥尔顿从《伊利亚特》中挖出了一块瑰宝,这块瑰宝给诗或我们读者带来的影响如同美杜莎所带来的影响。
With a thin scream, like a tea-kettle whistle, the medusa starts to descend.
随着一声像茶壶煮开了水那样的微弱的叫声,水母开始下降。