特洛伊的陷落（6）（2/2）
《泰西故事30篇》作者：李汉昭 2017-04-10 17:32
stolen from her temple. That is why the storms rage so fiercely on the sea; and they will continue to rage until you do something to atone for the wrong that she has suffered.’
“‘Tell us what we must do,’ said the chiefs.
“‘You must make a statue of a horse and leave it on this shore as a token of your shame and repentance,’ answered Calchas. ‘Never can your ships return to Greece until that is done.’ “Then another soothsayer was called. Ulysses had instructed him what to say. ’The ships of Greece,’ said he, ‘can never sail until a hero well known in the councils of the Greeks shall be sacrificed to Apollo.’
“‘Who is the hero that must thus be sacrificed?’ asked the chiefs.
“‘It is Sinon,’ answered the soothsayer, being urged on by Ulysses. For the man of wiles desired my death, being offended at me without cause.
“I was at once bound with thongs and confined in a tent on the outskirts of the camp. I was told that at sunrise on the following day I was to die. But in the dead of night I broke the cords and I would have escaped unhurt had I not been discovered by Ulysses. Fiercely he attacked me as I fled from the camp, and with unpitying blows he gave me the wounds that you see upon my body. Yet in the darkness I eluded him and found shelter in the slimy marshes by the shore. There I lay hidden till I saw the last of the ships sail away. But, as I was creeping out of my hiding place these rude fellows seized me and dragged me hither. Now, as to whether I am a friend of the Greeks you may readily know.”
Ⅳ The Doom of Laocoon
“But what about the horse?” cried the rabble of Trojans. “What about the horse?”
“The horse,” said Sinon, “wars built as the soothsayer, Calchas, had directed. Otherwise, the ships could never have sailed. There it is now, standing among the reeds. The soothsayers declared that it would carry happiness and prosperity and peace wherever it should go. But the Greeks were unwilling that it should ever be a benefit to Troy. Therefore they built it so wide and high that it cannot be taken through your gates. They placed it among the reeds by the shore, hoping that the waves might undermine it and carry it away to the deep sea.”
“‘Tell us what we must do,’ said the chiefs.
“‘You must make a statue of a horse and leave it on this shore as a token of your shame and repentance,’ answered Calchas. ‘Never can your ships return to Greece until that is done.’ “Then another soothsayer was called. Ulysses had instructed him what to say. ’The ships of Greece,’ said he, ‘can never sail until a hero well known in the councils of the Greeks shall be sacrificed to Apollo.’
“‘Who is the hero that must thus be sacrificed?’ asked the chiefs.
“‘It is Sinon,’ answered the soothsayer, being urged on by Ulysses. For the man of wiles desired my death, being offended at me without cause.
“I was at once bound with thongs and confined in a tent on the outskirts of the camp. I was told that at sunrise on the following day I was to die. But in the dead of night I broke the cords and I would have escaped unhurt had I not been discovered by Ulysses. Fiercely he attacked me as I fled from the camp, and with unpitying blows he gave me the wounds that you see upon my body. Yet in the darkness I eluded him and found shelter in the slimy marshes by the shore. There I lay hidden till I saw the last of the ships sail away. But, as I was creeping out of my hiding place these rude fellows seized me and dragged me hither. Now, as to whether I am a friend of the Greeks you may readily know.”
Ⅳ The Doom of Laocoon
“But what about the horse?” cried the rabble of Trojans. “What about the horse?”
“The horse,” said Sinon, “wars built as the soothsayer, Calchas, had directed. Otherwise, the ships could never have sailed. There it is now, standing among the reeds. The soothsayers declared that it would carry happiness and prosperity and peace wherever it should go. But the Greeks were unwilling that it should ever be a benefit to Troy. Therefore they built it so wide and high that it cannot be taken through your gates. They placed it among the reeds by the shore, hoping that the waves might undermine it and carry it away to the deep sea.”