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古希腊语是西方文明中第一门伟大的语言。许多人认为它是人类设计出来的最有效最值得赞赏的交流的方式。它清晰的结构和概念,连同那多样化的表达方式,使他特别适合严肃思想家和充满灵感的诗人的需要。今天我们只能猜测古希腊语的发音,但它的音调之美很可能不比书写之美逊色。
英译:
My friends, whoever's wise in ways of evil
Knows how, when a flood of evil comes,
Everything we grow to fear; but when
A god our voyage gladdens, we believe
Always that fortune's never-changing wind
Will blow. As my eyes behold all things
As fearful visitations of the gods,
So my ears already ring with cureless songs:
Thus consternation terrifies my sense.
AESCHYLUS, The Persians
[ 本帖最后由 Hermes 于 2006-6-22 23:25 编辑 ] |
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