20170212—the eleventh year

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τοῖς δ᾽ ὁ γέρων ἐλθοῦσιν ἀνὰ κρητῆρα κέρασσεν

οἴνου ἡδυπότοιο, τὸν ἑνδεκάτῳ ἐνιαυτῷ

ὤιξεν ταμίη καὶ ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσε: (Od. 3.390-392)

and on their coming the old man mixed for them a bowl of sweet wine, which now in the eleventh year the housekeeper opened, when she had broken the seal upon it.

κρατήρ mixing vessel

ἡδύποτος sweet to drink

ἑνδέκατος eleventh

ἐνιαυτός anniversary

欣賞Nestor如何展現古希臘文化的基本「待客之道」， 除了提供吃、住，這裡我們還看到一樁雅事，Nestor拿出了釀了十年的好酒與Telemachus分享。希臘文說的第十一年(νδεκάτῳ ἐνιαυτῷ)，也就表示已經過了十年，這不正是希臘人戰勝特洛伊的那年釀的酒！當時希臘大軍中，戰勝當年安全返鄉的只有Nestor，因為他年長，所以先返家，因此這酒意義非凡。還有，希臘人會用大碗 (κρατήρ, mixing vessel)來調酒，之後再分杯。這些陶製大碗會繪製許多希臘神話、歷史、文化的圖樣，是重要的非文字的史料。

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