《伊利亚特·第20卷》第10节
As through deep glens rageth fierce fire on some parched mountain-side, and the deep forest burneth, and the wind driving it whirleth every way the flame, so raged he every way with his spear, as it had been a god, pressing hard on the men he slew; and the black earth ran with blood. For even as when one yoketh wide-browed bulls to tread white barley in a stablished threshing-floor, and quickly is it trodden out beneath the feet of the loud-lowing bulls, thus beneath great-hearted Achilles his whole-hooved horses trampled corpses and shields together; and with blood all the axletree below was sprinkled and the rims that ran around the car, for blood-drops from the horses’ hooves splashed them, and blood-drops from the tires of the wheels. But the son of Peleus pressed on to win him glory, flecking with gore his irresistible hands.
注释摘要
这一节写的是阿喀琉斯在众神退场后、全副怒火投入特洛伊阵中的情形。整段由两个连续展开的荷马式明喻撑起，中间夹着车驾碾压战场尸体的直写，最后以一句收束性的短句点出他仍在追逐荣耀。 先说内容。此时战场已不再是神明双双对阵的局面。波塞冬救走埃涅阿斯（Aineias，安基塞斯之子，特洛伊一方），阿波罗又用浓雾裹走赫克托耳，阿喀琉斯失掉了最想杀的两个对手，便转而朝着普…