Odyssey 11. 601- Heracles gold belt

主題: 大力士的魅影

《奧德賽》第十一卷真是趟漫長的地獄之旅，Odysseus來陰間一趟，看到多少英雄豪傑與眾多偉大女性，但，人死之後，原來竟是這般般啊!

  最後遇見的是Heracles的魅影，他穿金鞋，而穿戴特殊的金色佩帶(τελαμών， a baldric of gold)，更引人注目，上面圖刻有熊、野豬、雙眼炯炯有神獅子，像是壯觀的戰役，還有屠殺人的圖像，真是嚇人的景象:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0135%3Abook%3D11%3Acard%3D601

σμερδαλέος δέ οἱ ἀμφὶ περὶ στήθεσσιν ἀορτὴρ

χρύσεος ἦν τελαμών, ἵνα θέσκελα ἔργα τέτυκτο,

ἄρκτοι τ᾽ ἀγρότεροί τε σύες χαροποί τε λέοντες,

ὑσμῖναί τε μάχαι τε φόνοι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε.

μὴ τεχνησάμενος μηδ᾽ ἄλλο τι τεχνήσαιτο,

ὃς κεῖνον τελαμῶνα ἑῇ ἐγκάτθετο τέχνῃ.  (Odyssey 11. 609-614)

http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/odyssey11.htm

The strap across his chest was frightening,

a golden belt inlaid with images—     

amazing things—bears, wild boars, and lions

with glittering eyes, battles, fights, and murders,  

men being killed. I hope whoever made it,

the one whose skill conceived that belt’s design,

never made or ever makes another.

完成十二項艱鉅任務，但，只是為一個非常差勁的人做事，值得嗎? 只是，Heracles還是要緊牙關，當成學習與磨練的機會，終究成為偉大的英雄，之後還升天與神的地位一樣。

  看了這一切，不知 Odysseus有何感想? 不管怎樣，還是趕緊離開此地，太陰森，太恐怖了。

下面資料與圖片出處: http://www.greek-thesaurus.gr/hellenistic-period-jewelry.html

Belt with a Heracles knot decorated with tendrils, flowers and doves. Gold, emeralds and enamel. End of 3rd cent. BC.  National Archaeological Museum of Athens

下面資料與圖片出處: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/399413060676598174/

Greek Gold Belt With a Herakles Knot Culture : Greek Period : Greek, late 4th – early 3rd century B.C.

 

下面資料與圖片出處: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Labors_of_Herakles

Herakles holds the boar above Eurystheus who is hiding in his jar with Iolaos (right) and Hermes (left) from a black-figure amphora, about 525 BC