简易英语读物《希腊神话-Gree...

简易英语读物《希腊神话-Gree...
简易英语读物《希腊神话-Greek Mythology》-（24）
T HE A RGO AND A RGONAUTS
The day after his conversation with Pelias, Jason began his preparations.
The Golden Fleece was owned by king Ae?tes, ruler of land of Colchis.
The journey to Colchis would take many months by ship and Jason knew that only the best ship would make it safely.
Jason hired Argus the most famous ship-builder and asked him to build the greatest ship of all time.
Argus used all his skill and made ship that was both fast and strong.
Then Hera, who wished to help Jason on his quest, visited Argos and gave him a magic figure head to hang on the front of ship.
The figure head could see the direction of wave and wind, and would warned Jason storm and other dangers.
Argus was so proud of his ship that he gave his own name to call it Argo.
Jason then searched for companions to help him in his dangerous task.
To complish this, he sent massage to find strong men interested in adventure. From around the Greece, many hers learned Jason’s journey for the fleece and came to join him.
These men were called Argonauts since they would all sail on Argo.
Among them were Zetes and Cala?s who were sons of the North wind that able to fly, Tiphys the world’s greatest ship
sailor, Heracles the world’s strongest man, Heracles’s good friend Hylas and even the greatest musician Orpheus.
They all joined Jason in his great adventure.
Within a month, all the preparation was made.
Jason said goodbye to his uncle and promised to return soon with fleece.
The Argonauts each began their work on the ship and Orpheus played sweat music to cheer them.
They sailed for a week before coming to a small island where they stopped to gather more food and fresh water.
Once the Argonauts were on land, they were quickly surrounded by armed women. Without noting it they had landed on Isle of Lemnos an island where the women had joined together to kill all the men.
The queen of Lemnos was called Hypsipyle and she was both beautiful and strong. Hypsipyle felt that men were troublesome and should all be killed, but she changed her mind when she saw how strong and handsome Jason was.
Hypsipyle invited Jason and all Argonauts to stay in Lemnos. They rested there for more than a month.
They spent their days eating great meals and drinking wine.
At night the women would pay a great attention to each of them.
Jason was so happy lying Hypsipyle’s arm that he never wanted to leave.
But finally Heracles convinced him that they should continue they journey.
译文与注释
阿尔戈号船和船上的英雄们
与珀利阿斯谈话的次日，伊阿宋开始准备工作。

科尔基斯土地的统治者国王埃厄忒斯拥有金羊毛。

乘船到科尔基斯的旅程将耗时数月，伊阿宋知道只有最好的船才能安全到达目的地。

伊阿宋雇用科尔基斯最著名的造船匠阿耳戈斯，让他建造史上最大的船。

阿尔戈斯竭尽全力，建造了一只快速而坚固的大船。

赫拉也根据伊阿宋达的愿望来帮助他，她观看了阿尔戈号船，给伊阿宋带来一个神奇头像，挂在船身的前方。

这个头像可以看到风浪的方向，将预警风暴和其它危险的来临。

阿尔戈斯对自己建造的船非常自豪，他以他自己的名字命名这条船为阿尔戈号。

伊阿宋为完成这个任务，发出信息寻找对这次冒险感兴趣的强人。

希腊全境，许多英雄听到这个信息，都赶来参与夺金羊毛的行动。

这些人登上了阿尔戈号船，被称为阿尔戈英雄。

这些人中包括：北风（希腊神话中的北方风神）的儿子仄忒斯（Zetes）和卡拉伊斯（Cala?s），他们能够飞行；提菲斯（Tiphys）世界上最伟大的水手；赫拉克勒斯，世界上最强壮人。

还有赫拉克勒斯的好朋友海勒斯（Hylas），甚至连最伟大的音乐家俄耳甫斯也来了。

他们都参与了伊阿宋的伟大冒险。

一个月之内，所有的准备工作完成。

伊阿宋告别了他的叔叔，承诺很快就带着金羊毛回来。

阿尔戈英雄们，各就各位，开始了他们在船上的工作，俄耳甫斯演奏甜美的音乐，调节气氛。

他们航行一周后，来到一座小岛，在那里他们停下来收集更多的食物和淡水。

阿尔戈英雄刚刚登陆，就被一群全副武装的妇女们包围。

他们不知道他们所登陆的岛叫利姆诺斯岛，这里的女性走到一起，杀光了岛上的所有男性。

利姆诺斯岛的女王名叫许普西皮勒，她美丽又健壮。

许普西皮勒觉得男人令人厌烦，应该都去死，但是当她见到伊阿
宋如何坚强和英俊，她改变了主意。

许普西皮勒邀请伊阿宋和他的阿尔戈英雄们住在利姆诺斯岛上。

阿尔戈英雄们在岛上休息了一个多月。

他们白天享用美食和美酒，夜晚，有美女相伴。

伊阿宋每天躺在许普西皮勒怀里，寻欢作乐，不愿离开了。

但最终赫拉克勒斯说服了伊阿宋，他们应该继续他们的旅程。

图1. 阿尔戈斯英雄的召集，古希腊酒具红色图案, 460–450 BC, Louvre 图2. 油画：阿尔戈斯船
注释：在希腊神话中，阿耳戈船英雄（A RGONAUTS）是一伙在特洛伊战争之前出现的英雄。

他们伴随伊阿宋乘阿耳戈号到科尔基斯（今天的格鲁吉亚）去寻找金羊毛。

而阿耳戈船英雄字面意思即阿耳戈号的船员。

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崂山顽石2015年4月7日于青岛，未完待续。