第 6 节
作者:指点迷津      更新:2021-02-19 00:26      字数:9316
  out openly:
  (ll。 480…484)      〃Vain wretch; thou art devising destruction for thyself
  before the time。       Does the pure wine cause thy bold heart to swell in thy
  breast to thy ruin;  and has it   set thee on to   dishonour the gods?                Other
  words     of   comfort    there   are   with   which     a  man    might    encourage     his
  comrade; but thou hast spoken with utter recklessness。                   Such taunts; the
  tale goes; did the sons of Aloeus once blurt out against the blessed gods;
  and thou dost no wise equal them in valour; nevertheless they were both
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  slain by the swift arrows of Leto's son; mighty though they were。〃
  (ll。 485…486)      Thus he spake; and Aphareian Iclas laughed out; loud
  and long; and eyeing him askance replied with biting words:
  (ll。 487…491)      〃Come now; tell me this by thy prophetic art; whether
  for me too the gods will bring to pass such doom as thy father promised
  for the sons of Aloeus。         And bethink thee how thou wilt escape from my
  hands alive; if thou art caught making a prophecy vain as the idle wind。〃
  (ll。   492…495)    Thus   in   wrath   Idas   reviled   him;   and   the   strife   would
  have   gone   further   had   not   their   comrades   and Aeson's   son   himself   with
  indignant cry restrained the contending chiefs; and Orpheus lifted his lyre
  in his left hand and made essay to sing。
  (ll。   496…511)    He   sang   how   the   earth;   the   heaven   and   the   sea;   once
  mingled together in one form; after deadly strife were separated each from
  other; and how the stars and the moon and the paths of the sun ever keep
  their   fixed   place   in   the   sky;   and   how   the   mountains   rose;   and   how   the
  resounding   rivers   with   their   nymphs   came   into   being   and   all   creeping
  things。    And he sang how first of all Ophion and Eurynome; daughter of
  Ocean;   held   the   sway   of   snowy   Olympus;   and   how   through   strength   of
  arm one yielded his prerogative to Cronos and the other to Rhea; and how
  they fell into the waves of Ocean; but the other two meanwhile ruled over
  the blessed Titan…gods; while Zeus; still a child and with the thoughts of a
  child; dwelt in the Dictaean cave; and the earthborn Cyclopes had not yet
  armed him with the bolt; with thunder and lightning; for these things give
  renown to Zeus。
  (ll。   512…518)    He   ended;   and   stayed   his   lyre   and   divine   voice。   But
  though he had ceased they still bent forward with eagerness all hushed to
  quiet; with ears intent on the enchanting strain; such a charm of song had
  he   left   behind   in   their   hearts。 Not   long   after   they   mixed   libations   in
  honour of Zeus; with pious rites as is customary; and poured them upon
  the burning tongues; and bethought them of sleep in the darkness。
  (ll。 519…558)      Now when gleaming dawn with bright eyes beheld the
  lofty peaks of Pelion; and the calm headlands were being drenched as the
  sea was ruffled by the winds; then Tiphys awoke from sleep; and at once
  he roused his comrades to go on board and make ready the oars。                       And a
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  strange cry did the harbour of Pagasae utter; yea and Pelian Argo herself;
  urging them to set forth。         For in her a beam divine had been laid which
  Athena had brought from an oak of Dodona and fitted in the middle of the
  stem。     And the heroes went to the benches one after the other; as they had
  previously assigned   for   each to   row   in   his   place;   and took   their   seats   in
  due order near their fighting gear。           In the middle sat Antaeus and mighty
  Heracles; and near him he laid his club; and beneath his tread the ship's
  keel    sank   deep。    And     now    the  hawsers     were   being    slipped   and    they
  poured wine on the sea。         But Jason with tears held his eyes away from his
  fatherland。     And just as youths set up a dance in honour of Phoebus either
  in Pytho or haply in Ortygia; or by the waters of Ismenus; and to the sound
  of the lyre round his altar all together in time beat the earth with swiftly…
  moving feet; so they to the sound of Orpheus' lyre smote with their oars
  the rushing sea…water; and the surge broke over the blades; and on this side
  and on that the dark brine seethed with foam; boiling terribly through the
  might of the sturdy heroes。         And their arms shone in the sun like flame as
  the ship sped on; and ever their wake gleamed white far behind; like a path
  seen   over   a   green   plain。   On   that   day   all   the   gods   looked   down   from
  heaven upon the ship and the might of the heroes; half… divine; the bravest
  of   men   then   sailing   the   sea;   and   on   the   topmost   heights   the   nymphs   of
  Pelion     wondered     as   they   beheld   the   work   of   Itonian   Athena;   and    the
  heroes   themselves   wielding   the   oars。       And   there   came   down   from   the
  mountain…top to the sea Chiron; son of Philyra; and where the white surf
  broke he dipped his feet; and; often waving with his broad hand; cried out
  to them at their departure; 〃Good speed and a sorrowless home… return!〃
  And with him his wife; bearing Peleus' son Achilles on her arm; showed
  the child to his dear father。
  (ll。  559…579)      Now     when     they   had   left  the  curving    shore    of  the
  harbour      through    the   cunning    and    counsel    of  prudent     Tiphys    son   of
  Hagnias; who skilfully handled the well…polished helm that he might guide
  them steadfastly; then at length they set up the tall mast in the mastbox;
  and secured it with forestays; drawing them taut on each side; and from it
  they let down   the sail when they  had hauled it to the   top…mast。                 And   a
  breeze   came   down   piping   shrilly;   and   upon   the   deck   they   fastened   the
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  ropes separately round the well…polished pins; and ran quietly past the long
  Tisaean headland。        And for them the son of Oeagrus touched his lyre and
  sang in rhythmical song of Artemis; saviour of ships; child of a glorious
  sire; who hath in her keeping those peaks by the sea; and the land of Iolcos;
  and the fishes came darting through the deep sea; great mixed with small;
  and   followed   gambolling   along   the   watery   paths。        And   as   when   in   the
  track of the shepherd; their master; countless sheep follow to the fold that
  have fed to the full of grass; and he goes before gaily piping a shepherd's
  strain   on   Iris   shrill   reed;   so   these   fishes   followed;   and   a   chasing   breeze
  ever bore the ship onward。
  (ll。 580…591)      And straightway the misty land of the Pelasgians; rich
  in cornfields; sank out of sight; and ever speeding onward they passed the
  rugged sides of Pelion; and the Sepian headland sank away; and Sciathus
  appeared in the sea; and far off appeared Piresiae and the calm shore of
  Magnesia   on      the   mainland    and   the   tomb   of   Dolops;   here   then   in   the
  evening;   as   the   wind   blew   against   them;   they   put   to   land;   and   paying
  honour to him at nightfall burnt sheep as victims; while the sea was tossed
  by the swell: and for two days they lingered on the shore; but on the third
  day they put forth the ship; spreading on high the broad sail。                  And even
  now men call that beach Aphetae (4) of Argo。
  (ll。 592…608)     Thence going forward they ran past Meliboea; escaping
  a stormy beach and surf…line。          And in the morning they saw Homole close
  at   hand   leaning   on   the   sea;   and   skirted   it;   and   not   long   after   they   were
  about to pass by the outfall of the river Amyrus。              From there they beheld
  Eurymenae   and   the   seawashed   ravines   of   Ossa   and   Olympus;   next   they
  reached the slopes of Pallene; beyond the headland of Canastra; running
  all night with the wind。        And at dawn before them as they journeyed rose
  Athos; the Thracian mountain; which with its topmost peak overshadows
  Lemnos; even as far as Myrine; though it lies as far off as the space that a
  well…trimmed merchantship would traverse up to mid…day。                      For them on
  that day; till darkness fell; the breeze blew exceedingly fresh; and the sails
  of the ship strained to it。 But with the setting of the sun the wind left them;
  and it was by the oars that they reached Lemnos; the Sintian isle。
  (ll。 609…639)