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》-（22）
Jason and the Argonauts-a murdered father
Iolcus was the king of a great land, and he had only one
son , Jason, who he hoped would rule the land after he died.
But the story of Iolcus is an unhappy one, for he
never saw his son grow to manhood and stand beside him.
Instead, while Jason was still young, the king's brother, Pelias, killed lolcus
and made himself king of the land.
But Pelias was afraid he would lose the land he had violently taken, so he planned to kill Jason as well.
But Jason's mother tricked Pelias, pretending that Jason had died from sickness. Meanwhile, she gave her baby son to Chiron, the Centaur.
Chiron was half man and half horse and was both strong and wise.
He taught Jason skills with a sword and much knowledge from great books.
When Jason turned sixteen years old and became a man,
Chiron told him the story of his father's murder.
Immediately Jason left to find Pelias and take back his father’s land.
Jason was not Pelias’ only enemy.
In fact, Pelias had a terrible enemy in heaven among the gods.
Jason's uncle, the murderer king, had prayed and given gifts to all the gods except Hera, the wife of Zeus.
Because of this, Hera hated King Pelias and wanted to see him lose his power.
She decided to test Jason to see if he was a good man who deserved to become king.
Hera's test was a dangerous one; only a true hero would pass it.
As Jason walked, Hera caused a great storm to begin.
She then turned herself into an old woman and stood beside a fast and terrible river. When Jason saw the old woman, he asked her
what she was doing, not knowing that a goddess stood before him.
"There used to be a bridge here" ， said the old woman, " but now the storm has destroyed it”.
“I need to get home, would you carry me across the water'?"
Now the storm had caused the river to fill with water and crossing it will be very dangerous，but Jason didn’t stop to think about his own safety and carefully picked up the old woman.
As he carried her crossing the river, Hera decided to make the test even harder and made herself heavier and heavier.
Jason was stronger enough and succeeded in reaching the other side.
Hera was impressed with Jason ‘deed an d decided to help him to became a King.
译文于注释
伊阿宋和阿尔戈英雄
父亲被谋杀
伊奥尔科斯是一个伟大的国家的国王，他只有一个儿子伊阿宋，他希望在他死后，伊阿宋接替他统治这片土地。

但伊奥尔科斯是一个不幸的人，因为他没有看见他的儿子长大成人，站在他身旁。

相反，伊阿宋很小的时候，国王的弟弟珀利阿斯杀害了伊奥尔科
斯，自己当了这片土地的国王。

珀利阿斯却害怕他通过暴力夺取的土地将会失去，所以他计划杀死伊阿宋。

但伊阿宋的母亲骗了珀利阿斯，说伊阿宋已经患病不治身亡。

与此同时，她把她的宝贝儿子给喀戎（Chiron），半人马。

喀戎是半人半马的怪物，是强者和智者。

他教伊阿宋剑术及多许多巨著中学习各种知识。

伊阿宋很快就长大到十六岁，成了一个男人，喀戎告诉了他父亲被谋杀的故事。

伊阿宋立即动身去找珀利阿斯，夺回他父亲的土地。

伊阿宋不是珀利阿斯唯一的敌人。

事实上，珀利阿斯在天上众神之中也有一个可怕的敌人。

伊阿宋的叔叔即篡位国王，曾向天上的诸神祈祷并送了许多礼物，唯独没有给宙斯的妻子赫拉送礼。

因此，赫拉恨珀利阿斯，想要看到他失去权力。

她决定测试伊阿宋，看看他是否是一个好男人，是否有能力成为国王。

赫拉的测试是很危险的，只有一个真正的英雄才能通过。

伊阿宋行走时，赫拉先用一场暴风雨开始考验伊阿宋。

然后，她把自己变成一个老妇人，站在一条水流湍急、凶险的河道旁。

伊阿宋河边时，看到一名老妇人。

他问：“老人家你在做什么”，他不知道站在他面前的是女神变的。

老妇人说："从前有一座桥在这里，但现在这场风暴摧毁了它，我要回家，你能把我背过去吗?"。

现在暴风雨造成了河水上涨，涉水过河非常危险，但伊阿宋不顾自己的安全，并小心翼翼地背起了老太太。

他带着她渡河时，赫拉决定加大考验的难度，她把自己变得越来越重。

伊阿宋非常强壮，顺利到达河的对岸。

赫拉对伊阿宋印象很好，并决定帮助他成为了国王。

图. 雕塑：伊阿宋和金羊毛
注释：伊阿宋（Jason）是希腊神话中夺取金羊毛的主要英雄。

伊阿宋是埃宋的儿子，克瑞透斯的孙子。

克瑞透斯在帖撒利的海湾建立城池和爱俄尔卡斯王国，并把王国传给儿子埃宋。

后来，埃宋的弟弟珀利阿斯（Pelias）篡夺了王位。

埃宋死后，他的儿子伊阿宋逃到半人半马的肯陶洛斯族人喀戎那儿。

喀戎训练伊阿宋做一个英雄。

为要回王位，他答应帮珀利阿斯取得金羊毛。

在女巫美狄亚（Medea）帮助下取得金羊毛，后他与美狄亚结婚，但后又喜新厌旧抛弃了妻子。

后来他与孩子遭到美狄亚的诅咒，全部丧命。

也有传说他在遭到诅咒后，死于取得金羊毛的那艘大船下面。

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崂山顽石2015年4月5日于青岛，未完待续。