第 10 节
作者:指点迷津      更新:2021-02-19 00:27      字数:9322
  from   the   mountain   and   with   crags   below   blocked   up   the   mouth   of   vast
  Chytus   towards   the   sea;   like   men   lying   in   wait   for   a   wild   beast   within。
  But there Heracles had been left behind with the younger heroes and he
  quickly   bent   his   back…springing   bow   against   the   monsters   and   brought
  them to earth one after another; and they in their turn raised huge ragged
  rocks     and   hurled    them。     For     these   dread    monsters      too;   I  ween;    the
  goddess Hera; bride of Zeus; had nurtured to be a trial for Heracles。                      And
  therewithal came the rest of the martial heroes returning to meet the foe
  before they reached the height of outlook; and they fell to the slaughter of
  the Earthborn; receiving them with arrows and spears until they slew them
  all   as   they   rushed   fiercely   to   battle。  And   as   when   woodcutters   cast   in
  rows upon the beach long trees just hewn down by their axes; in order that;
  once     sodden     with   brine;    they   may    receive    the   strong    bolts;   so  these
  monsters   at   the   entrance   of   the   foam…fringed   harbour   lay   stretched   one
  after another; some in heaps bending their heads and breasts into the salt
  waves   with   their   limbs   spread   out   above  on   the  land;   others   again   were
  resting their heads on the sand of the shore and their feet in the deep water;
  both alike a prey to birds and fishes at once。
  (ll。 1012…1076)        But the heroes; when the contest was ended without
  fear;  loosed the  ship's   hawsers   to   the   breath   of  the  wind   and pressed   on
  through the sea…swell。          And the ship sped on under sail all day; but when
  night   came   the   rushing   wind   did   not   hold   steadfast;   but   contrary   blasts
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  caught them and held them back till they again approached the hospitable
  Doliones。      And they stepped ashore that same night; and the rock is still
  called the Sacred Rock round which they threw the ship's hawsers in their
  haste。    Nor did anyone note with care that it was the same island; nor in
  the night did the Doliones clearly perceive that the heroes were returning;
  but   they   deemed   that   Pelasgian   war…men   of   the   Macrians   had   landed。
  Therefore they donned their armour and raised their hands against them。
  And with clashing of ashen spears and shields they fell on each other; like
  the swift rush of fire which falls on dry brushwood and rears its crest; and
  the din of battle; terrible and furious; fell upon the people of the Doliones。
  Nor   was   the   king   to   escape   his   fate   and   return   home   from   battle   to   his
  bridal chamber and bed。          But Aeson's son leapt upon him as he turned to
  face   him;   and   smote   him   in   the   middle   of   the   breast;   and   the   bone   was
  shattered round the spear; he rolled forward in the sand and filled up the
  measure of his fate。       For that no mortal may escape; but on every side a
  wide     snare   encompasses      us。   And     so;  when    he   thought    that  he  had
  escaped bitter death from the chiefs; fate entangled him that very night in
  her toils while battling with them; and many champions withal were slain;
  Heracles killed Telecles and Megabrontes; and Acastus slew Sphodris; and
  Peleus slew Zelus and Gephyrus swift in war。 Telamon of the strong spear
  slew Basileus。       And Idas slew Promeus; and Clytius Hyacinthus; and the
  two sons of Tyndareus slew Megalossaces and Phlogius。                   And after them
  the son of Oeneus slew bold Itomeneus; and Artaceus; leader of men; all
  of whom the inhabitants still honour with the worship due to heroes。                  And
  the rest gave way and fled in terror just as doves fly in terror before swift…
  winged hawks。         And with a din they rustled in a body to the gates; and
  quickly the city was filled with loud cries at the turning of the dolorous
  fight。    But at dawn both sides perceived the fatal and cureless error; and
  bitter grief seized the Minyan heroes when they saw before them Cyzicus
  son of Aeneus fallen in the midst of dust and blood。              And for three whole
  days they lamented and rent their hair; they and the Dollones。                Then three
  times   round   his   tomb   they   paced   in   armour   of   bronze   and   performed
  funeral rites and celebrated games; as was meet; upon the meadow…plain;
  where even now rises the mound of his grave to be seen by men of a later
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  day。    No; nor   was his  bride   Cleite left   behind  her   dead husband;  but   to
  crown the ill she wrought an ill yet more awful; when she clasped a noose
  round her neck。        Her death even the nymphs of the grove bewailed; and
  of all the tears for her that they shed to earth from their eyes the goddesses
  made   a   fountain;   which   they   call   Cleite;   (7)   the   illustrious   name   of   the
  hapless maid。       Most terrible came that day from Zeus upon the Doliones;
  women and men; for no one of them dared even to taste food; nor for a
  long   time   by   reason   of   grief   did   they   take   thought   for   the   toil   of   the
  cornmill;   but     they   dragged    on   their  lives   eating   their  food    as  it  was;
  untouched       by   fire。  Here     even    now;   when     the  Ionians    that   dwell   in
  Cyzicus pour their yearly libations for the dead; they ever grind the meal
  for the sacrificial cakes at the common mill。 (8)
  (ll。 1079…1091)       After this; fierce tempests arose for twelve days and
  nights together and kept them there from sailing。                  But in the next night
  the rest of the chieftains; overcome by sleep; were resting during the latest
  period of the night; while Acastus and Mopsus the son of Ampyeus kept
  guard over their deep slumbers。             And above the golden head of Aeson's
  son there hovered a halcyon prophesying with shrill voice the ceasing of
  the stormy winds; and Mopsus heard and understood the cry of the bird of
  the shore;  fraught   with  good omen。           And   some   god   made   it   turn   aside;
  and flying aloft it settled upon the stern…ornament of the ship。 And the seer
  touched Jason as he lay wrapped in soft sheepskins and woke him at once;
  and thus spake:
  (ll。   1092…1102)     〃Son   of Aeson;   thou   must   climb   to   this   temple   on
  rugged Dindymum and propitiate the mother (9) of all the blessed gods on
  her fair throne; and the stormy blasts shall cease。              For such was the voice
  I heard but now from the halcyon; bird of the sea; which; as it flew above
  thee in thy slumber; told me all。           For by her power the winds and the sea
  and all the earth below and the snowy seat of Olympus are complete; and
  to   her;   when   from   the   mountains   she   ascends   the   mighty   heaven;   Zeus
  himself;   the   son   of   Cronos;   gives   place。   In   like   manner   the   rest   of   the
  immortal blessed ones reverence the dread goddess。〃
  (ll。  1103…1152)       Thus     he  spake;    and   his  words     were    welcome     to
  Jason's     ear。  And     he   arose   from    his   bed   with   joy   and   woke    all  his
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  comrades   hurriedly   and   told   them   the   prophecy   of   Mopsus   the   son   of
  Ampycus。        And quickly the younger men drove oxen from their stalls and
  began to lead them to the mountain's lofty summit。                  And they loosed the
  hawsers from the sacred rock and rowed to the Thracian harbour; and the
  heroes climbed the mountain; leaving a few of their comrades in the ship。
  And   to   them   the   Macrian   heights   and   all   the   coast   of   Thrace   opposite
  appeared to view close at hand。             And there appeared the misty mouth of
  Bosporus   and   the   Mysian   hills;   and   on   the   other   side   the   stream   of   the
  river Aesepus   and   the   city   and   Nepeian   plain   of Adrasteia。        Now   there
  was a sturdy stump of vine that grew in the forest; a tree exceeding old;
  this they cut down; to be the sacred image of the mountain goddess; and
  Argus smoothed it skilfully; and they set it upon that rugged hill beneath a
  canopy   of   lofty   oaks;   which   of   all   trees   have   their   roots   deepest。 And
  near it they heaped an altar of small stones; and wreathed their brows with
  oak leaves and paid heed to sacrifice; invoking the mother of Dindymum;
  most venerable; dweller in Ph