欧美人文风情第168篇:博物馆巡礼罗马 - 卡比托利博物馆

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The conquering generals rolled down the street with carts of booty.  凯旋的将军们带着满载战利品的推车沿着街道行进。

Triumphant¹ horns blare while citizens ooh and aah at the plunder² of conquered lands.  市民们赞叹着来自征服地的掠夺物，同时胜利的号角响起。

That captive king is led by in handcuffs.  那受俘的国王铐着手铐被带进来。

And then Marcus Aurelius, the Eisenhower of the day, 接着马可·奥理略(罗马皇帝)，等同于那时的艾森豪总统，

rolls through on his four-horse chariot, rose petals³ strewing⁴ in his path. 驾着他的四马战车通过，玫瑰花瓣洒落在他行经的道路上。

The Dying Gaul is a Roman copy of a Greek original made in the third century B.C. 《垂死的高卢人》是座造于西元前三世纪的希腊原作的罗马复制品。

It was used as propaganda, part of the monument celebrating a victory over the barbarians⁵.  它被用来作宣传用途，纪念碑的一部分颂扬一场击败野蛮人的胜利。

You can ponder scenes of Romans slaughtering⁶ barbarians, and look into the eyes of now-forgotten emperors. 你可以遥想罗马人屠杀野蛮人的场景，并且望进现已被遗忘的皇帝们的双眼。

And the museum also shows a more peaceful and intimate side of Roman life.  博物馆也展示出罗马生活较宁静且怡人的一面。

Here's a boy quietly pulling a thorn from his foot. 这儿是个男孩静静地从他脚上挑出一根刺。

At first glance, these look like paintings.  乍看之下，这些看起来像画。

But a closer look shows they are micro-mosaics made of thousands of tiny fragments. 但再靠近点会看见它们是由数千个小碎片组成的马赛克拼贴画。

This one hung in Emperor Hadrian's villa⁷. 这一幅作品曾挂在哈得良大帝的别墅内。

The Capotaline Venus, another Roman copy of a Greek original, is one of the truest represantations of the concept of feminine beauty from ancient times. 卡比托利版维纳斯，另一件仿希腊原作的罗马复制品，是最合乎古代女性美感观念的代表作之一。

And this statue, called the Drunken Faun, is a playful reminder⁸ that a thread of ancient Rome that survives today is a fondness for good food and fine wine. 而这座雕像，名为《醉酒牧神》，是个有趣的提醒，提醒着这条留存至今的古罗马历史脉络，是关于对佳肴和美酒的钟爱。

 

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