《奥德赛·卷11》第14节
“Therewith he departed again into the house of Hades, but I abode there still, if perchance some one of the hero folk besides might come, who died in old time. Yea and I should have seen the men of old, whom I was fain to look on, Theseus and Peirithous, renowned children of the gods. But ere that might be the myriad tribes of the dead thronged up together with wondrous clamour: and pale fear gat hold of me, lest the high goddess Persephone should send me the head of the Gorgon, that dread monster, from out of Hades. “Straightway then I went to the ship, and bade my men mount the vessel, and loose the hawsers. So speedily they went on board, and sat upon the benches. And the wave of the flood bore the barque down the stream of Oceanus, we rowing first, and afterwards the fair wind was our convoy.
注释摘要
赫拉克勒斯的魂影说完这番话，便转身回返冥府深处。奥德修斯仍站在原地，心中还抱着希望——也许还会有哪一位早在古时死去的英雄走近前来。他最想见的是忒修斯（Theseus）与佩里托奥斯（Peirithous），这两位传说中与神明同列、声名显赫的人物。然而这个愿望终究没能实现。无数死者的魂灵从四面八方喧腾而来，呼声震天。奥德修斯登时被一种苍白的恐惧攫住——他担心冥…