2015-06-29
【Aiden in English】
Honestly, I don't know much about Apollo and the goddess Artemis. Sure, they're one of the 12 Olympians in Greek Mythology. Well, as for the details, I learned a great deal on the island of Delos in Greece. Delos is an island 7.0 kilometers/4.3 miles long and 2.5 kilometers/1.6 miles wide. Like the town of Mykonos, everything had to be white since the heat was unbearable. The only thing is that all the buildings are in ruins, ranging from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the Paleochristian era. The archaeological site consisted of walls and pillars with no roof. They left just enough to see a sacred site to which the pilgrims paid tributes, as well as the square houses where people lived. Delos was a very populated island and a prosperous trading port at the time. Markets flourished in the center. Merchants came and went. People from all over the Mediterranean came here. This place was also arguably the first multicultural city. Oddly, they had the same religion. Delos was a Cyclades Island dedicated to Apollo and Artemis. The legend says that Zeus fell in love with a Titaness, Leto, and his wife, Hera, was angry. She cursed the baby. Not a single person in Greece would accept. What happened was that two children came: Apollo and Artemis, brother and sister. As I mentioned, please refrain from asking for details, as I don't have much information. But somehow, people came to this island and settled down here. They celebrated the god of the Sun joyfully, because Apollo was the god of music and sounded terrific at the parties the people participated in. The other god these people celebrated was the opposite of Apollo, but not Artemis. Dionysus was the god of wine. He originated from an Indian god of wine, and the Greeks adopted him, considering that everyone, even 5,000 years ago, loved alcohol. And what I must say, I would love to be a part of that religion, when all the other Islam, Christian, Jewish, etc., the people following Dionysus are the partiers. I am saying the true parties! As a prayer, people got drunk. Yep, they drank their bladders full of wine and danced into the night until they were knocked out cold. The party was usually followed by a few, uh, an inside-out stomach. The island of Delos is one of Greece's most famous archaeological sites, filled with the history of gods, and people pray their stomachs to one of them. But for me now, it's a learning opportunity. 【紅霞譯文】
坦率地說，我對阿波羅“太陽神”和阿爾特彌斯“月亮女神”了解不多，沒錯，他們是希臘神話十二個奧斯匹克神中的兩位，至於詳細情節，我總算在出遊希臘提洛“清澈”島之後才加深了認識。
提洛島全長7.0公里／4.3英里，總寬2.5公里／1.6英里。與米科諾斯“石堆”島相似，由於天氣熱得夠嗆，因此所有建築物一律被塗成白色；不同的是，這個從公元前3,000年伊始橫貫古基督教時代的歷史名城如今早已變成了廢墟，所謂考古遺址無非是一堆上無片瓦下無卓椎的殘垣斷壁，唯有朝聖者祭拜之地和平衣百姓生活場所仍然依稀可見，作為當時繁榮興旺的貿易港口，提洛島曾一度人口稠密，城中市場熱鬧非凡，小商小販們忙裡忙外，地中海人紛紛從四面八方雲集於此，提洛島堪稱史上第一個多元化城市，奇怪的是所有人共有同樣的宗教信仰。
提洛島是基克拉迪“環”群島上獻給阿波羅和阿爾特彌斯的島嶼，傳說中宙斯因愛上勒托“泰坦女神”而惹怒了他的夫人赫拉“天后”，她發誓要讓勒托在希臘找不任何地方生孩子，沒想到阿波羅和阿爾特彌斯兄妹倆卻先後降生在提洛島上。我有言在先，千萬莫問我到底怎麼回事，因為我自己也不太清楚，無論如何，移民們來到提洛島並定居了下來。大家載歌載舞，以極其熱烈的形式頌揚阿波羅，主要因為阿波羅掌管音樂，而音樂帶給聚會無限歡樂。同時，百姓也會慶祝另一位神，不是阿爾特彌斯，而是狄俄尼索斯“酒神”。狄俄尼索斯最早源於印度，希臘人毫無保留地將他融入自己的文化之中，即使在五千年前的過去，古人照樣嗜好喝酒。鑑於所有追隨酒神的回教徒、基督徒、猶太徒這麼熱衷聚會，我鄭重聲明本人巴不得成為那個宗教團體一員。教徒們一邊禱告，一邊喝酒，真的，不喝得爛醉不跳得失控，誰都不肯善罷甘休，可以說每次狂歡總有幾位吐爬下的。 就這樣，提洛島因蘊藏着大量神話歷史包括那位讓多少人肝腦塗地的大仙而一躍成為希臘最有名的考古遺址之一，但對我而言，不失為一次學習機會。
Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2015: Cycladic Mykonos, Greece(希臘環島風城軼情) 2013: Drama Camp-1(戲劇夏令營之一) 2012: Fat Friday(逍遙星期五) 2011: Drama-Sports Camp-2(文體營之二)  Rhenia or the Great Delos
(雷內亞“聖地”島·大提洛島 06-29-2015)  Rhenia, an Uninhabited, Protected Archaeological Island Next to Delos
(雷內亞島·無人居住、受保護的考古島嶼，緊鄰提洛島)
 St. George (Agios Georgios) on the Rocky Islet of Mpaos Close to Mykonos
(聖喬治“農夫”教堂·位於米科諾斯島附近岩礁小島姆帕奧斯“美麗”上 06-29-2015) 
Dolphins of Delos (“提洛島海豚”渡輪 06-29-2015)
 Sacred Harbor (聖港 06-29-2015)
 House of Hermes (赫爾墨斯“眾神的使者”之家)
 Mount Cynthus & Temple of Isis
(辛西婭“月亮女神”山與伊希斯“生育女神”神廟)
 Artemision (阿爾忒彌斯“狩獵女神”聖所 06-29-2015)
 Nikos & Colossus of Naxians
(尼科斯“人民的勝利”與納克森“尊嚴”人巨像)  Archaeological Site (考古學遺址 06-29-2015)
Stone Headless Statue of Men (無頭石人雕像)
 Portico of Philip V
(腓力“愛馬仕”五世柱廊 06-29-2015)  Portico of Philip V (腓力五世柱廊 06-29-2015)
 Sacred Way (聖道 06-29-2015)
 Sanctuary (聖所)
 Temple of Apollo (阿波羅“毀滅者”廟 06-29-2015)
 Agora of the Italians (意大利人集市)
 Bust of Hermes (赫爾墨斯半身像)
 Terrace of the Naxian Lions (納克遜獅子台 06-29-2015)
 Stoibadeion, Dedicated to the God Dionysus
(斯托伊巴迪翁“垛”·獻給酒神狄俄尼索斯“宙斯之子”的神廟遺址)  Agora of the Competaliasts (競爭者集市)
 Bases of a Square & a Round Marble Monument, Dedicated to Hermes
(方形和圓形大理石紀念碑的基座·均獻給赫爾墨斯)
 Apollo Greek Mythology Site (阿波羅古希臘神話遺址)
Ancient Tablet (古代碑刻) 
Artemis (阿爾忒彌斯) 
Bull Heads (牛頭飾物)  Minoan Fountain Relief (米諾斯人噴泉浮雕)
 Tablet Inscription (石刻碑文)
 Wall Decor (牆飾)
 Ancient Greek Theater, Constructed in the Mid-3rd Century B.C. Hellenistic Structure
(古希臘劇場·公元前3世紀希臘化時期建築 06-29-2015)  Ancient Greek Theater w/ a Large 5,000–6,500 Seat Capacity, the Central to Festivals Honoring Apollo & Dionysus
(古希臘劇場·擁有約5000至6500個座位，祭祀阿波羅和狄俄尼索斯的節日中心 06-29-2015)  House of Cleopatra
(埃及豔后克利奧帕特拉“父之榮”宮 06-29-2015) 
Temple of Foreign Gods (外來神廟 06-29-2015) 
Mansion of Dionysos, Named after a Mosaic of the Greek God Dionysus Riding a Panther (酒神故居·以希臘神狄俄尼索斯騎豹的馬賽克圖案命名 06-29-2015) 
A Hellenistic Greek Mosaic Depicting the God Dionysos as A Winged Daemon Riding on A Tiger (希臘化時期的馬賽克·描繪了酒神狄俄尼索斯作為騎着老虎的有翼惡魔)  House of Trident (波塞冬的三叉戟之家)
 Central Cistern (中央蓄水池)
 Botticelli Dining Rm @ Emerald Princess
(“公主·翡翠”號遊輪——波提切利“小桶”餐廳 06-29-2015)  Dinner @ Botticelli Dining Rm
(波提切利餐廳·晚餐 06-29-2015) Crosslinks(相關博文):
Greece(出遊希臘)
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