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赫拉克勒斯与涅墨亚猛狮
大力士赫拉克勒斯的第一项任务:打败刀枪不入的涅墨亚猛狮。箭射不进,木棒打不倒,他只好钻进山洞徒手对付它。胆小的国王欧律斯透斯一见狮子,吓得躲进了铜罐里。
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About this story
涅墨亚猛狮是赫拉克勒斯十二项任务中的第一项,记载最清楚的是公元 1 至 2 世纪成书的阿波罗多洛斯《书库》第二卷:这头狮子刀枪不入,赫拉克勒斯箭射棒打都不管用,便把它逼进有两个洞口的山洞,徒手扼住了它。出发前他借住在克勒俄奈的穷雇工莫洛尔科斯家,约好以三十天为期;胆小的欧律斯透斯从此不许他进城,还躲进埋在地下的铜罐,只派传令官科普柔斯传话,这些也都出自《书库》。阿波罗多洛斯说赫拉克勒斯身上的狮皮来自他更早打死的喀泰戎山狮子,更常见的说法则是涅墨亚猛狮的皮,所以这一版只在结尾用“后来的人说”带过。
What it teaches
力气再大也要动脑子:箭和木棒不管用,赫拉克勒斯就换个办法,先堵洞口再近身。他对穷苦的莫洛尔科斯说到做到,这才是英雄的样子;又胆小又爱摆架子的国王,则是故事里最好笑的人。
Suits
5–10 岁
Tips for telling it
- 国王钻铜罐、传令官替他打圆场那段可以演得夸张一点,孩子最爱听。
- 讲到“两个洞口”时可以停下来问孩子:如果你是赫拉克勒斯,你会怎么办?
- 十二项任务可以一天讲一个,下一个就是勒拿九头蛇。
Questions people ask
- 赫拉克勒斯的十二项任务是什么?
- 按阿波罗多洛斯《书库》的顺序:涅墨亚猛狮、勒拿九头蛇、刻律涅亚山的金角鹿、厄律曼托斯山的野猪、清扫奥革阿斯的牛圈、斯廷法利斯湖的怪鸟、克里特公牛、狄俄墨得斯的食人马、亚马孙女王希波吕忒的腰带、革律翁的牛群、赫斯珀里得斯的金苹果,最后是把冥界的看门狗刻耳柏洛斯带上人间。
- 赫拉克勒斯为什么要完成十二项任务?
- 按阿波罗多洛斯的说法,天后赫拉一直为难他,让他在神志不清时犯下了大错。为了赎罪,德尔斐的神谕命他为欧律斯透斯效力十二年、完成交代的任务,事成之后便能成为不朽的神。任务原本只有十项,因为欧律斯透斯不承认其中两项,最后成了十二项。
- 狮子座和涅墨亚猛狮有什么关系?
- 古希腊罗马的星座传说(比如托名埃拉托色尼的星座书和罗马作家许癸努斯的著作)说,狮子座就是被赫拉克勒斯打败的涅墨亚猛狮,它被放上了天空,成了星座。
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