An ambiguity of a sentence,Thanks.
"The young Alexander slept with Iliad under his pillow,and longed to emulate Achilles,who brought the mighty power of Asia to ruin."
I want to ensure this sentence is saying:
1. Achilles brought the power Asia to ruin others or other things.
or
2.Achilles brought power of other source to ruin Asia(As myth tells).?
Thank you.
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Answers · 4
1
"The mighty power of Asia" here means that Asia has a mighty power, and this mighty power was brought to ruin by Achilles, i.e. Asia was brought to ruin by Achilles.
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The phrase "brought to ruin" means to destroy something. Literally, it means to "bring" something to the point where it is ruined.
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