Iliad 16.101-197

主題: 披掛上陣，但是....

Iliad 16.101-197

大家都知道因為阿奇里斯因為和阿加曼儂不合而拒絕作戰時，Patroclus披上他的盔甲，領導邁爾彌頓人（Myrmidons）殺了許多特洛伊人，包括了Sarpedon (宙斯與歐羅芭之子）與赫克特（Hector）的雙輪馬車駕駛Cebriones。最終，在太陽神阿波羅（Apollo）的幫助下，他被Hector所殺。

  但是，一般人都沒注意到，史詩紀載雖然Patroclus披上阿奇里斯的盔甲，卻沒使用阿奇里斯的的投槍(spear)，因為這投槍又大又重，除了阿奇里斯，沒人拿得動。

  這支槍大有來頭，還有專有名稱: 佩利昂梣木槍 (the Pelian spear of ash)，是Cheiron 佩利昂高峰取得，贈給阿奇里斯父親，也是寶貴又神奇的傳家寶。

   少一把投槍，其實真正少的是能力與實力，Patroclus終究不是阿奇里斯，終究輸給Hector。阿奇里斯還是把他的副手推向死亡，一套戰袍，根本無法保護脆弱的生命。

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0133%3Abook%3D16%3Acard%3D112 ἔγχος δ᾽ οὐχ ἕλετ᾽ οἶον ἀμύμονος Αἰακίδαο βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν: τὸ μὲν οὐ δύνατ᾽ ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν πάλλειν, ἀλλά μιν οἶος ἐπίστατο πῆλαι Ἀχιλλεὺς Πηλιάδα μελίην, τὴν πατρὶ φίλῳ πόρε Χείρων Πηλίου ἐκ κορυφῆς, φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσιν. ἵππους δ᾽ Αὐτομέδοντα θοῶς ζευγνῦμεν ἄνωγε, τὸν μετ᾽ Ἀχιλλῆα ῥηξήνορα τῖε μάλιστα, πιστότατος δέ οἱ ἔσκε μάχῃ ἔνι μεῖναι ὁμοκλήν. τῷ δὲ καὶ Αὐτομέδων ὕπαγε ζυγὸν ὠκέας ἵππους Ξάνθον καὶ Βαλίον, τὼ ἅμα πνοιῇσι πετέσθην, τοὺς ἔτεκε Ζεφύρῳ ἀνέμῳ Ἅρπυια Ποδάργη βοσκομένη λειμῶνι παρὰ ῥόον Ὠκεανοῖο. ἐν δὲ παρηορίῃσιν ἀμύμονα Πήδασον ἵει, τόν ῥά ποτ᾽ Ἠετίωνος ἑλὼν πόλιν ἤγαγ᾽ Ἀχιλλεύς, ὃς καὶ θνητὸς ἐὼν ἕπεθ᾽ ἵπποις ἀθανάτοισι. (Iliad 16. 140-54) http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/homer/iliad16.htm He’d didn’t choose Achilles’ spear,    for no Achaean man could wield that weapon, so heavy, huge, and strong, except for brave Achilles.    It was made of ash wood from the peak of Pelion. Cheiron gave it to Achilles’ father to kill warriors. Patroclus told Automedon to yoke the horses quickly, the man he most esteemed after Achilles, breaker of men, and the one he trusted most to carry out his orders in a battle. For Patroclus Automedon put swift horses in the harnesses, Xanthus and Balius, who flew along as swiftly as the wind. These horses Podarge, the harpy, had conceived with West Wind, as she grazed  in a meadow beside the stream of Oceanus. 字彙 Μελία: manna ash, Fraxinus Ornus

以下圖片與資料出處: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patroclus

The body of Patroclus is lifted by Menelaus and Meriones while Odysseus and others look on (Etruscan relief, 2nd century BC)

以下圖片與資料出處: http://www.sunnyfotini.com/blogfiles/Pilion.htm

Pelion, land of the legendary Centaurs, the site chosen by the ancient gods for their weddings and celebrations, rises in lush magnificence to the northeast of Volos . It was here that the centaur Chiron, the wise teacher of demigods and heroes, gave his pupils daily instruction in the proper care of body and soul. Here, as well, the first beauty contest took place between Thetis and Eris. Many-leaved Pelion was an inspiration to Homer, Pindar, and Euripides but also to the modern popular muse who sung of the unquenchable desire of the Greek people for freedom.