《伊利亚特》开篇：英文原著带中文翻译

The quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles—Achilles withdraws from the war, and sends his mother Thetis to ask Jove to help the Trojans—Scene between Jove and Juno on Olympus.

阿伽门农与阿喀琉斯的争吵。阿喀琉斯退出战争，并派他的母亲忒提斯去求朱庇特帮助特洛伊人。朱庇特与朱诺在奥林匹斯山上的场景。

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.

歌唱吧，女神，歌唱佩琉斯之子阿喀琉斯的愤怒，那愤怒给阿开亚人带来了无数的灾难。它把许多勇敢的灵魂匆匆送往哈得斯，把许多英雄的尸首丢给狗和秃鹫，就这样实现了朱庇特的意志，从阿特柔斯之子，人民的国王，和伟大的阿喀琉斯第一次争吵的那一天起。

And which of the gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the son of Jove and Leto; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. Now Chryses had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant’s wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs.

是哪位神让他们争吵起来的呢？是朱庇特和勒托的儿子。因为他生国王的气，给军队降下瘟疫来折磨人民，因为阿特柔斯之子侮辱了他的祭司克律塞斯。克律塞斯来到阿开亚人的船边，要赎回他的女儿，带来了丰厚的赎金。此外，他手里拿着阿波罗的权杖，上面缠着祈求者的花环，他恳求阿开亚人，尤其是阿特柔斯的两个儿子，他们是他们的首领。

“Sons of Atreus,” he cried, “and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove.”

「阿特柔斯的儿子们，」他喊道，「以及所有其他的阿开亚人，愿住在奥林匹斯山上的众神让你们攻下普里阿摩斯的城市，并安全回到家乡。但请释放我的女儿，接受她的赎金，以表示对朱庇特之子阿波罗的尊敬。」

On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. “Old man,” said he, “let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing. I will not free her. She shall grow old in my house at Argos far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting my couch; so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for you.”

听到这话，其余的阿开亚人异口同声地赞成尊重祭司，接受他提供的赎金。但阿伽门农不这样，他凶狠地对他说，粗暴地把他赶走。「老头，」他说，「别让我发现你逗留在我们的船边，以后也不要再来。你的神的权杖和你的花环对你毫无用处。我不会释放她。她将在我的家里，在遥远的阿尔戈斯，远离她自己的家，渐渐老去，忙着她的织布机，还要上我的床。所以走吧，别惹我生气，否则你会更糟。」

The old man feared him and obeyed. Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. “Hear me,” he cried, “O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaans.”

老人害怕他，服从了。他一句话也没说，沿着喧闹的海岸走去，独自向国王阿波罗祈祷，可爱的勒托所生的阿波罗。「听我说，」他喊道，「啊，银弓之神，你保护克律塞和神圣的基拉，你以你的力量统治特涅多斯，听我说，啊，斯明透斯。如果我曾经用花环装饰你的神庙，或者在公牛或山羊的脂肪中烧过你的腿骨，请答应我的祈祷，让你的箭为我的眼泪向达那俄斯人复仇。」

Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He came down furious from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his shoulder, and the arrows rattled on his back with the rage that trembled within him. He sat himself down away from the ships with a face as dark as night, and his silver bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his shafts at the people themselves, and all day long the pyres of the dead were burning.

他这样祈祷，阿波罗听到了他的祈祷。他从奥林匹斯山顶愤怒地下来，肩上背着弓和箭袋，箭在背上嘎嘎作响，因为他内心的愤怒在颤抖。他坐在离船远的地方，脸色黑如黑夜，他的银弓在中间射出箭，发出死亡之声。首先他射中了他们的骡子和猎犬，但不久他就把箭对准了人民本身，整整一天，死者的火葬堆都在燃烧。

For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon the tenth day Achilles called them in assembly—moved thereto by Juno, who saw the Achaeans in their death-throes and had compassion upon them. Then, when they were got together, he rose and spoke among them.

整整九天，他在人民中射箭，但到了第十天，阿喀琉斯召集他们开会，这是朱诺促使的，她看到阿开亚人垂死挣扎，怜悯他们。当他们聚集在一起时，他站起来对他们说话。