《奥德赛·卷10》第2节
“So they spake, and the evil counsel of my company prevailed. They loosed the wallet, and all the winds brake forth. And the violent blast seized my men, and bare them towards the high seas weeping, away from their own country; but as for me, I awoke and communed with my great heart, whether I should cast myself from the ship and perish in the deep, or endure in silence and abide yet among the living. Howbeit I hardened my heart to endure, and muffling my head I lay still in the ship. But the vessels were driven by the evil storm-wind back to the isle Aeolian, and my company made moan. “There we stepped ashore and drew water, and my company presently took their midday meal by the swift ships. Now when we had tasted bread and wine, I took with me a herald and one of my company, and went to the famous dwelling of Aeolus: and I found him feasting with his wife and children. So we went in and sat by the pillars of the door on the threshold, and they all marvelled and asked us: “‘How hast thou come hither, Odysseus? What evil god assailed thee? Surely we sent thee on thy way with all diligence, that thou mightest get thee to thine own country and thy home, and whithersoever thou wouldest.’ “Even so they said, but I spake among them heavy at heart: ‘My evil company hath been my bane, and sleep thereto remorseless. Come, my friends, do ye heal the harm, for yours is the power.’ “So I spake, beseeching them in soft words, but they held their peace. And the father answered, saying: ‘Get thee forth from the island straightway, thou that art the most reprobate of living men. Far be it from me to help or to further that man whom the blessed gods abhor! Get thee forth, for lo, thy coming marks thee hated by the deathless gods.’
注释摘要
这是奥德修斯在费埃克斯人宫廷里追述往事的一段。他讲到自己一行离开风神埃俄洛斯之后，眼看故乡在望，却因同伴的猜忌与贪婪，酿成一场无可挽回的灾难。 此刻说话的仍是奥德修斯本人，场景却在他讲述的故事里频频变换：从海上惊醒的那一刻，到被暴风吹回埃俄利亚岛，再到他带着使者和一名同伴走进埃俄洛斯那座终日飘着宴饮香气的殿堂。埃俄洛斯是希波塔斯之子，众神托付他掌管诸风，他…