四级阅读:智慧女神雅典娜

2024年3月21日发(作者：郭牌西瓜)

Pallas Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

智慧女神雅典娜

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陈昉 译

上期神话中的美杜莎的故事想必大家还记忆犹新吧，你瞧！这幅图中，盾牌上刻着美

杜莎的头颅以及她的儿子飞马座佩加索斯的饰纹。而这位手持盾牌的美女神色冷峻、高贵

典雅。她是谁呢？她就是智慧女神雅典娜。

Athena, goddess of wisdom and war, was the

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embodiment of strategy,

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tactics and reason. Remember the

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Trojan Hor? Just one of Athena’s great

ideas! Handsome,

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benevolent, fair, and merciful, she won the admiration of all of

the gods.

雅典娜，智慧女神及战神, 是策略、战术及理性的化身。特洛伊木马想必大家不陌生

吧？这只是雅典娜的妙计之一。她的端庄、仁慈、公正及富于同情心为她赢得了众神的褒

扬。

Birth of Athena 雅典娜的降生

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and

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Metis, the

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Titaness of wisdom. When

Zeus was walking through the gardens on Olympus, he saw the beautiful Metis,

and fell in love with her. After their union, Zeus went to consult the Oracle of

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Delphi, and received word that Metis would bear him two children: first a girl,

and then a boy that would overthrow him, just as he did to his father. He feared the

conquences and decided to swallow Metis. He challenged her to a game of

shape

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shifting. The two of them assumed many forms, shifting into smaller and

smaller forms. Finally, Metis

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assumed the form of a small fly, and Zeus opened his

mouth and swallowed her immediately. He was too late: Metis had already

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conceived a child. Weeks after swallowing Metis, Zeus was suddenly stricken

with vere head pains. None of the gods could do anything to heal him. Finally, he

called on his son Hephaestus to split his head open with his sledge. Other versions

say that inside Zeus’ stomach, Metis immediately began making a helmet and

robe for her

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fetal daughter. The hammering as she made the helmet caud

Zeus great pain and Hephaestus

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cleaved Zeus’ head with an axe. Athena

leaped from Zeus’ head, fully grown and clad in battle armor with her spear held

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aloft.

雅典娜是宙斯和提坦女神中的智慧神墨提斯的女儿。当宙斯在奥林匹斯花园散步时，

他看到美丽的墨提斯，并且爱上了她。他俩结合后，宙斯去特尔斐神殿询问，得知墨提斯

将会生一对儿女：第一个是女孩，然后是个男孩，这个男孩将会推翻他的统治，如同他以

前对其父亲做的一样。他害怕这样的结果，于是决定把墨提斯吞进肚里。宙斯提出跟墨提

斯玩一种变形游戏。他俩变了各种样子，而且越变越小。最后，墨提斯变成一只小苍蝇。

宙斯立即张开嘴，把她吞入腹中。不过已经太晚了，墨提斯已经怀了一个孩子。吞下墨提

斯几周后，宙斯的头突然疼痛异常。众神都无法医治他。最后，他命令他的儿子赫菲斯托

斯用雪橇劈开他的脑袋。其他版本说，在宙斯的腹中，墨提斯立即开始为她未出生的女儿

制作头盔和长袍。制作盔甲过程中的锤打使得宙斯痛苦不堪，于是赫菲斯托斯用斧头劈开

他的头。体态婀娜、披坚执锐的雅典娜，从宙斯的头里跳出来。