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1 A Tour of the World's Literature
“阅”游世界
Basemap - Blank Outline Map of World (Ancient Rome)
世界地图（古罗马）线稿示意图
*The basemap may not reflect National Geographic’s current map policy.
KEY WORDS本期关键词
Poem · Drama · Prose
诗歌 · 戏剧 · 散文
A The Republic
共和时代
古罗马文学的开端
The Beginning
Under the influence of ancient Greek literature, ancient Roman literature was born! Ancient Roman literature can be referred to as "A bridge between ancient Greek literature and modern European literature".
在古希腊文学的影响下，古罗马文学诞生了！古罗马文学可被称为“连接古希腊文学和欧洲近代文学的桥梁”。
The first poet in the history of ancient Roman literature—Livius Andronicus translated Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" into Latin for the first time. His adaptation of a Greek play was performed in Rome. Pioneered the history of ancient Roman theater.
古罗马文学史上的第一位诗人李维乌斯·安德罗尼库斯，首次将荷马史诗《奥德赛》译成拉丁文。他改编的希腊剧本在罗马上演，开启了古罗马戏剧史先河。
Tragic writers of Ancient Rome—Ennius, Pacuvius, Accius. Only fragments of their works survive.
古罗马的悲剧家恩尼乌斯、 帕库维乌斯、阿克齐乌斯，他们的作品只存零散片断。
The Comedy of Ancient Rome is based on and imitates the New Comedy of Greece. Plautus, the first comic writer in ancient Rome to have a complete work in print. A total of 130 comedies have been written, twenty of them have been handed down. The famous ones are Menaechmi (or The Twin Brothers), The Pot of Gold, etc.
古罗马的喜剧取材和模仿希腊的新喜剧。普劳图斯，他是古罗马第一个有完整作品传世的喜剧作家。一共写了一百三十部喜剧，据称流传下来的有二十部，著名的有《孪生兄弟》《一坛黄金》等。
Terentius has written six plays, all have been preserved. Representative works include The Mother-in-law, The Brothers, etc.
泰伦斯共写有6部剧本，据称都保留了下来，代表作有《婆母》《两兄弟》等。
B The Augustans
奥古斯都时代
古罗马文学的“黄金时代”
The Golden Age of Classical Latin Literature
Virgil, famed Roman poet Virgil, is best known for his national epic, the Aeneid.
维吉尔，著名的罗马诗人维吉尔，以其民族史诗《埃涅伊德》而闻名。
The Aeneid
《埃涅伊德》
Written in 12 books, the poem heavily relied upon Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey from the eighth century B.C. It told the saga of an exiled hero Trojan prince named Aeneid, after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks in the 12th century B.C. The poem reflected on the realm of Roman history from its earliest days, foretelling significant events leading to its current reign by Augustus.
这首诗写有12册，主要源于公元前8世纪荷马的《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》，讲述了公元前12世纪希腊人摧毁特洛伊城后，一位名叫埃涅伊德的流亡英雄的传奇故事。
Horace 贺拉斯
The Art of Poetry
《诗艺》
The Poetic Art embodies a spirit of realism that seeks innovation in the inheritance of traditions, inheriting from Aristotle and starting from the Renaissance and later Classical theories, which had a profound influence on literary creation, especially drama and poetry, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
《诗艺》体现了一种在继承传统中求创新的现实主义精神，上承亚里士多德，下启文艺复兴与古典主义理论，对十六世纪到十八世纪的文学创作，尤其是戏剧与诗歌的影响非常深远。
Ovid 奥维德
Metamorphoses
《变形记》
Ovid's Metamorphoses have been seen as both the culmination of and a revolution in the classical epic tradition, transferring narrative interest from war to love and fantasy.
奥维德的《变形记》被视为古典史诗传统的顶峰与革新，将叙事兴趣从战争转移到了爱情和幻想上。
C Imperial Rome
帝国时代
古罗马文学的“白银时代”
The Silver Age of Classical Latin Literature
Lucan 卢肯
Civil War
创作了史诗《法萨利亚》 一称《内战记》
The unfinished 10-volume epic poem has been passed down. The poem describes the civil war between Caesar and Pompey from 49 to 47 BC. The author condemns the civil war and the monarchy. The language of the epic is concise and rhetorical, representing a generation of poetic style.
这首史诗共10卷，未完稿传世。诗中描绘了公元前49至47年凯撒与庞培之间的内战。作者谴责内战，谴责君主专制。史诗语言简练，修辞色彩浓厚，代表了一代诗风。
Petronius 佩特罗尼乌斯
The Satyricon
《萨蒂利卡》
The original work has 20 chapters, but only chapters 15 and 16 remain. This is the first Roman novel that has survived. The novel exposes the corruption of the upper classes and describes a wide range of social insights. This earliest tramp novel uses the first-person narrative style, interspersed with various characters and life episodes, and uses folk language in a lively way.
原作20章，现仅存第15、16两章。这是流传至今的第一部罗马小说。小说揭露上层的腐败，描写了广阔的社会见闻。这部最早的流浪汉小说，用第一人称叙述式，穿插各种人物与生活插曲，使用民间语言，生动有趣。
Lucian 琉善（又译卢西恩）
A True Story
《一个真实的故事》
It was the first time in history that someone had imagined a planet with inhabitants, cities and nations based on the primitive astronomy of ancient Greece. His whimsical and satirical style has influenced countless future generations of authors.
这是史上第一次有人基于古希腊原始的天文学想象出了一个有居民、城市与国家的星球。他的奇思妙想与讽刺风格影响了无数后世的作者。
2 A Tour of the Chinese Literature
“阅”历九州
《古罗马文学史》
作者：王焕生
这部文学史是古罗马文学通史性著作，大家可以从中结合古罗马各时期的社会历史状况，理解其文学发展的历史进程和具体情况。作者王焕生是我国著名学者，主要从事古希腊罗马文学研究，主要著作有《古罗马文学史》、《古罗马文艺批评史纲》等，其译作《伊利亚特》（与罗念生合译）和《奥德赛》于1999年荣获第四届国家图书奖，《奥德赛》于2001年荣获第二届鲁迅文学奖翻译奖。
3 A Tour @Ningbo Library
“阅”在@甬图
Photo from Ningbo New Library
感兴趣的读者朋友们，快来宁波图书馆（新馆）阅读吧。记得提前上宁波图书馆官网查询，可在新馆三楼外文阅览室阅读。
My dear readers and friends, come and read at Ningbo Library.Check on the Ningbo Library website in advance.Books are currently available for reading in the Foreign Languages Reading Room on the Third Floor.
活动最终解释权归宁波图书馆所有。
