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:
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)
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