古希腊罗马神话: Jupiter`s Love Europa（转）

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古希腊罗马神话: Jupiter`s Love Europa


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! K( ]  f, K# I4 f$ dEuropa was the daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, son of the god Neptune. A sweet dream was once sent to Europa by Cypris. In the dream Europa beheld two continents at strife for her sake, Asia and the further shore, both in the shape of women. Of these one had the guise of a stranger, the other of a lady of that land, and closer still she clung about her maiden, and kept saying how she was her mother, and herself had nursed Europa. But that other with mighty hands, and forcefully, kept haling the maiden, nothing loth; declaring that, by the will of aegis-bearing Jupiter, Europa was destined to be her prize.

) m7 S- O3 g- I9 V, ^5 i* e( U1 CEuropa arose, and began to seek the dear maidens of her company. And the girls, so soon as they were come to the flowering meadows, took great delight in various sorts of flowers.
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) `1 _8 t( r7 H, r1 l' m6 m; eEuropa, however, was not for long to set her heart`s delight upon the flowers. There in the meadow, Jupiter beheld her, and was troubled. Both to avoid the wrath of jealous Juno, and being eager to beguile the maiden`s tender heart, he concealed his godhead, and changed his shape, and became a bull.
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  j4 \6 ]# J( EThe bull stood before the feet of fair Europa, and kept licking her neck, and cast his spell over the maiden. And she still caressed him, and gently with her hands she wiped away the deep foam from his lips, and kissed the bull. Then he bowed himself before her feet, and bending back his neck, he gazed on Europa, and showed her his broad back. Then she spake among her deeptressed maidens, saying,--

"Come, dear playmates, maidens of like age with me, let us mount the bull here and take our pastime, for, truly, he will bear us on his back, and carry all of us! And how mild he is, and dear, and gentle to behold, and no whit like other bulls! A mind as honest as a man`s possesses him, and he lacks nothing but speech. "

So she spake, and smiling, she sat down on the back of the bull, and the others were about to follow her. But the bull leaped up immediately, now he had gotten her that he desired, and swiftly he sped to the deep. The maiden turned, and called again and again to her dear playmates, stretching out her hands, but they could not reach her. The strand he gained, and forward he sped like a dolphin, faring with unwetted hooves over the wide waves. Timidly Europa looked around, and uttered her voice, saying,--

"Whither bearest thou me, bull god? What art thou? How dost thou fare on thy feet through the path of the sea beasts, nor fearest the sea? The sea is a path meet for swift ships that traverse the brine, but bulls dread the salt sea ways. What drink is sweet to thee, what food shalt thou find from the deep? Nay, art thou then some god, for god-like are these deeds of thine."
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% F( E9 i7 ~+ t& l* [* T3 z# bSo spake she, and the horned bull made answer to her again: "Take courage, maiden, and dread not the swell of the deep. Behold, I am Jupiter, even I, though, closely beheld, I wear the form of a bull, for I can put on the semblance of what thing I will. But `t is love of thee that has compelled me to measure out so great a space of the salt sea, in a bull`s shape. So Crete shall presently receive thee, Crete that was mine own foster-mother, where thy bridal chamber shall be."

8 g5 b: I" }. e! A9 x5 LAccording to tradition, from this princess the continent of Europe acquired its name. Her three sons are famous in Greek myth: Minos, who became king of Crete, and after his death a judge in the lower word; Rhadamanthus, who also was regarded as king and judge in the world of ghosts; and Sarpedon, who was ancestor of the Lycians.

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朱庇特对欧罗巴的爱慕

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/ \% M6 v  e8 I$ j　　欧罗巴是阿革诺耳的女儿，阿革诺耳是尼普顿的儿子，腓尼基的国王。有一次赛甫里斯给欧罗巴托了一个美梦。梦里欧罗巴看见两个大陆为了争夺她而相斗，一个是亚细亚，另一个是远方的那片海岸，双方都呈现出女人的形象。一个是外乡人打扮；另一个是当地妇人的装束。这一个紧紧地抱着欧罗巴，一再诉说是她生养并哺育了欧罗巴；而那一个用一双强有力的手使劲地把欧罗巴往她那边拽，而欧罗巴竟也有些不能自持，那女人还说欧罗巴命里注定是她的战利品，这是身穿胸铠的朱庇特的意旨。

　　欧罗巴起床来，去找那一群跟她一同游乐的姑娘。这些少女来到了鲜花盛开的草地上，眼前的万千花朵立刻使得她们个个心花怒放。可是，欧罗巴并没有从容的时间去观赏吐艳的鲜花。就在那草地上，朱庇特见到了她。为她神魂颠倒。朱庇特于是隐去了自己的神祗头面，变形成一头牡牛，这样既可以避过多疑善妒的朱诺的震怒，又易于骗取这位少女的柔情。
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　　牡牛停在娇美的欧罗巴脚前，一下一下地舔着她的脖颈，对她施着魔法。她也抚爱着它，用手轻轻抹去它唇旁嘘着厚厚一层的泡沫，然后吻了它一下。这时它在欧罗巴脚下卧了下去，昴起头，望着她，向她展示自己阔大的脊背。于是她向那些长着满头鬈发的女伴们说：

; x5 I' @$ O! Z- F! K/ G0 U) d　　“来啊，亲爱的伙伴们，和我同庚的少女们，咱们坐到这头牛背上玩吧，说真的，它能把咱们承在背上，咱们大家都能坐得下！它多么驯服、可爱，看上去是那么温顺，和别的牡牛完全不同！它有一颗象人一样的老实的心，其实它和人一样，只是不会说话罢了。”

　　说着她笑眯眯地坐到了牛背上，别的女孩子也跟着要往牛背上爬。可是当这头牛得到了它的意中物，就立即跃身向大海奔去。那少女回过头来，再三向着伙伴们呼唤，向她们伸出双手，但她们已够不着她了。牡牛奔到海岸上，跳进了海里，四蹄不沾水，象只海豚似地乘风破浪疾驰而前。怯生生地，欧罗巴望着四周的环境，说出了下面的话：

　　“神牛啊，你要把我带到什么地方？你是哪位神明？你怎么能用脚走在海兽的航道上，对大海毫不惧怕？大海是来往于咸水之中的快艇的运动场，不是牡牛行走的地方。在海上有什么饮品于你是甘甜的？从深海里你能找到什么充饥？你一定是某位神明，因为你行的事只有神明才能做到。”

　　她说完这些话，那长了角的牡牛回答道：“鼓起勇气，姑娘，不要害怕大海的波滔。看哪，我是朱庇特，虽然我现在是头牡牛的形状，但只要你仔细看就能认出我来。我是可以随心所欲变化形体的。出于对你的爱，我才变成了牛身，在咸海中这样奔波着。不久克里特将接纳收容你，那是养育了我的地方，我们的新房也将安的那里。”

& v" o4 H9 i. b4 q' C% Z  [, l　　按照传统说法，欧洲大陆就是因欧罗巴公主而得名的。欧罗巴的三个独生子都是希腊神话中赫赫有名的人物。弥诺斯做了克里特的国王，死后成为阴曹的法官；拉达曼提斯也被认为幽冥间的国王和法官；而萨耳珀冬则是吕西亚人的祖先。


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