20170201—the favor of the gods

20170201—the favor of the gods

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‘Τηλέμαχ᾽, ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις,

ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται: οὐ γὰρ ὀίω

οὔ σε θεῶν ἀέκητι γενέσθαι τε τραφέμεν τε. (Od. 3.26-28)

Telemachus, some things you yourself will devise in your breast, and other things heaven too will prompt you. For I do not think you were born and reared without the favor of the gods.

Telemachus正式出發了! 出門前, 化身為Mentor的雅典娜再三叮嚀，鼓勵年輕人不要怕，強調老天和眾神(δαίμων god, goddess, heaven)會督促與幫助他，因為深信他出生與長大都蒙眾神祝福!

        每一個生命的是如此，不管翻譯成老天爺、天父、上帝、神、宙斯、眾神....，每一個生命都是神聖與寶貴的，我們不可看輕自己，也不要輕視他人，深信生命的誕生與成長都是如此神聖的!

圖:　 Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest heavens; from Gustave Doré's illustrations to the Divine Comedy.