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。