《奧德賽》· 第23卷

橄欖樹床的秘密

乳母帶來好消息,佩涅羅珀一時還是難以相信。她用只有兩人知道的婚床秘密試探丈夫,奧德修斯便把那張用橄欖樹做成的床原原本本說了出來。分別二十年後,夫妻再度相認,雅典娜也把他們的夜拉得更長。

先看一段 Learner’s Edition

Eurycleia hurried upstairs and woke her mistress, who was still asleep.

歐律克勒亞跑上樓,叫醒熟睡的女主人。

Homer, Odyssey, Book 23, lines 1-9 (場景對照)

The nurse said the ragged stranger was really Odysseus, now home at last.

她說,那個穿破布的陌生人其實就是奧德修斯,終於回家了。

Homer, Odyssey, Book 23, lines 5-9 (場景對照)

At first Penelope did not believe what the old nurse told her.

佩涅羅珀起初不相信老乳母的話。

Homer, Odyssey, Book 23, lines 10-24 (場景對照)

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