Odyssey 5.228-281 自己打造一艘船

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第五卷228-281行，描寫Calypso幫助Odysseus造船準備歸鄉，準備過程，我們又發現這個島的樹木蒼蒼鬱鬱，極為壯觀。

  一大早，Calypso就帶著Odysseus準備工作，給他一把大小適宜的青銅製大斧頭，上有十分精美的橄欖木手柄，還給他一把手斧，然後到了島的邊緣，找適當的造船樹木，包含赤楊，白楊和杉木，因為枯萎乾透，比較容易漂浮。一共砍了二十棵大樹，Calypso仔細教Odysseus造船，造船四天，第五天出發。在海上航行十七個晝夜，第十八天遠遠地看見Phaeacians住的島嶼，恰似海上挑著一塊牛皮盾。
 雖然仙女可以幫助Odysseus，但是要返鄉，要朝自己目標航行，還是要自己造船。和挪亞造方舟一樣，上帝可以給很多關鍵指導，但是，還是若要存活，人類要親自動手。

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0135%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D228

ἦμος δ᾽ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,

αὐτίχ᾽ ὁ μὲν χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε ἕννυτ᾽ Ὀδυσσεύς,

αὐτὴ δ᾽ ἀργύφεον φᾶρος μέγα ἕννυτο νύμφη,

λεπτὸν καὶ χαρίεν, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ

καλὴν χρυσείην, κεφαλῇ δ᾽ ἐφύπερθε καλύπτρην.

καὶ τότ᾽ Ὀδυσσῆι μεγαλήτορι μήδετο πομπήν:

δῶκέν οἱ πέλεκυν μέγαν, ἄρμενον ἐν παλάμῃσι,

χάλκεον, ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀκαχμένον: αὐτὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ

στειλειὸν περικαλλὲς ἐλάινον, εὖ ἐναρηρός:

δῶκε δ᾽ ἔπειτα σκέπαρνον ἐύξοον: ἦρχε δ᾽ ὁδοῖο

νήσου ἐπ᾽ ἐσχατιῆς, ὅθι δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκει,

κλήθρη τ᾽ αἴγειρός τ᾽, ἐλάτη τ᾽ ἦν οὐρανομήκης,

αὖα πάλαι, περίκηλα, τά οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ δεῖξ᾽, ὅθι δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκει,

ἡ μὲν ἔβη πρὸς δῶμα Καλυψώ, δῖα θεάων,

αὐτὰρ ὁ τάμνετο δοῦρα: θοῶς δέ οἱ ἤνυτο ἔργον.

(Odyssey 5.228-243)

http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/odyssey5.htm

As soon as rose-fingered early Dawn appeared,

Odysseus quickly put on a cloak and tunic,

and the nymph dressed in a long white shining robe,

a lovely lightly woven dress. Around her waist

she fixed a gorgeous golden belt and placed a veil 

high on her head. Then she organized her plans

so brave Odysseus could leave. She handed him

a massive axe, well suited to his grip and made

of two-edged bronze. It had a finely crafted shaft

of handsome olive wood. Next she provided him

a polished adze. Then she led him on a path

down to the edges of the island, where tall trees grew,

alder, poplar, and pine that reached the upper sky,

well-seasoned, dried-out wood, which could keep him afloat. 

Once she’d pointed out to him where the large trees grew, 

Calypso, the lovely goddess, went back home.

alder	赤楊	Alnus glutinosa	樺木科	Betulaceae		κλήθρα
black poplar	黑楊	Populus nigra	楊柳科	Salicaceae		αἴγειρος
Fir, Greek Fir	希臘杉	abies cephalonica	松科	Pinaceae		ἐλάτη

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