在讀這本書之前,我對Achilles的故事所知不多,只知道他的弱點是Achilles heels,不過還讀得很開心(而且這本書採用了不同的版本,Achilles並沒有刀槍不入,只是很有戰鬥天賦)。而也是讀了《The Song of Achilles》之後,才認識Patroclus。他與Achilles一同參與特洛伊戰爭,兩人的關係也常被學者們討論——他們到底好友還是愛人?
這一句話我覺得也很適合《The Song of Achilles》。我想,這本書會好看的原因,是因為讀者們讀到的是「Patroclus眼裡的Achilles」。愛人的目光畢竟還是帶著一點濾鏡,書的前半部分,Patroclus注意到的是Achilles優越的才能與英俊的外表。根本就是Achilles的迷弟,喜歡到會追著他跑XD
Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows?" He smiles. "Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you."
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
讀嘛讀嘛
由於Circe在希臘神話中算是個小角色、旁觀者,讀這本書時像是隔著一段距離看著史詩一樣,離英雄們遠了一點,卻更能貼近那些被英雄的故事影響的人。而且從Circe的角度看過去,換了個觀點,能看到神還有英雄的另一面。
根本就是Achilles的迷弟,喜歡到會追著他跑XD花心爛男人宙斯原本對她有興趣,可是有預言說Thetis所生的兒子會超越父親,因此眾神便決定將Thetis配給凡人Peleus,以免她生出比宙斯更強大的兒子。然後雖然wiki前面的話很有爭議,但古希臘文獻的確把這兩人視為伴侶。
我沒讀過《伊利亞德》(小聲),對希臘神話的印象也都是從其他小說中東拼西湊來的XDDD 作者本身是讀古典文學出身,感覺對原版會比較有研究~
武藝精通的帕特克羅斯也太帥!!!
一方面赫拉與宙斯要給他不朽的榮耀,另一方面,不上戰場的阿基里斯,帕特也必定不上戰場。所以他兒子就能繼續存活。
《阿基里斯之歌》寫的是帕特的愛情故事,對於特洛伊戰爭的描述並沒有那麼詳細,沒想到後面的糾葛居然這麼多!(我也是後來去查資料才發現特洛伊戰爭背後還有諸神搞鬼XD)