雅典鏡外場N°6- Hors-champ sur Athènes N°6

【枝繁葉茂的橄欖樹】

穿著有根的靴鞋，步行，爬階，11點抵達古衛城。售票處標示的開放時間是8:00 －14: 30。

什麼意思啊！天氣這麼好，大白天就謝絕訪客早早關門，道理是什麼呢？而這一張票其實是可以參觀七個景點，四天份的聯票。

所以，完了！再一天就要離開了⋯⋯酒神劇場，宙斯神廟，還有蘇格拉底講學的Agora古跡，Hadrian古圖館，就，全部泡湯了。

好吧，苦笑接受現實，畢竟我還會回來，今天就把全部的時間，都貢獻給古衛城。

沒想到才進入口，相機拍了幾張Herodes Atticus劇場，Propylaea城門後，竟然耍賴地沒電了，鏡頭完全卡住不動。

啊！我要哭了，卻欲哭無淚。用運氣差到可以去撞牆形容，對嗎？唉！

還是還是，這個與雄偉比較無關，卻優雅驕傲的雅典古衛城，希望我能，百分之百地，專情，只，凝視，他，一個人呢？

哈哈，能這樣發問，我想，我安慰自己的能力算不錯吧。

這一整個禮拜，每天早上，我都在算計著，哪一天是親自爬上古衛城的好日子。可數學能力卻不太靈光，一直到最後一天，才因為再不去就來不及的理由，慢吞吞地上路。

我記得相機顯示充電標示之前，曾經成功地按下一張照片，對焦的是⋯⋯與藍空對話，枝繁葉茂的橄欖樹⋯⋯。

可是那張照片，竟神奇地，不見了。⋯⋯

智慧女神Athena在衛城Acropolis送給居民的禮物，就是一株枝繁葉茂的橄欖樹。她的對手海神Poseidon的禮物則是一匹馬，當時雅典人據說沒看過馬，不過，即使海神對市民的允諾是強大與勝利的邦國，可雅典人最後，還是選擇了代表和平與幸福富足的橄欖樹，選擇了智慧女神雅典娜為守護神。

藍空下枝繁葉茂的橄欖樹，讓我想到這些好聽的希臘神話典故。

雖然可惜，照片不見了。不過沒關係，枝繁葉茂的橄欖樹，和藍色天空下的雅典衛城，彼此之間親密連結的意象，大概是不會消失的。


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小記：突然想到一件事了。不久前，「枝繁葉茂」被一個朋友拿來和「不快」放在一起，他認為有些事情不必太解釋，因為越解釋的話，不快只會更加枝繁葉茂。當時我想，嗯！這其實是很不錯的修辭法。這樣的描寫，很容易讓專心的讀者好奇，而很想瞧瞧這株枝繁葉茂的不快之樹，到底會長怎樣？

只可惜沒有機會，不然調皮的讀者像我，一定會勤勞地灌溉施肥。

寫到這裡，又讓我想到可愛又快樂的羅蘭巴特了。他認為有一種文字書寫，讀者勢必要積極參與作者的勞動行為，不能懶散，因為意義浮動不穩，飄盪在字裡行間。

 真希望幸運喜愛閱讀的讀者， 能一直有灌溉施肥的勞動機會。

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 我看見你們在遠眺Acropolis
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Herodes Atticus 劇場
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The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheater with a three-story stone front wall and a wooden roof, and was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000.
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Propylaea城門：the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens
相機至此，完全沒電⋯⋯ 門都還沒跨進去啊！


The monumental gateway to the Acropolis, the Propylaea was built under the general direction of the Athenian leader Pericles, but Phidias was given the responsibility for planning the rebuilding the Acropolis as a whole at the conclusion of the Persian Wars. The building was designed by the architect Mnesicles. Construction began in 437 BCE and was terminated in 432, when the building was still unfinished.

The Propylaea was constructed of white Pentelic marble and gray Eleusinian marble or limestone, which was used only for accents. Structural iron was also used, though William Bell Dinsmoor[1] analyzed the structure and concluded that the iron weakened the building. The structure consists of a central building with two adjoining wings on the west (outer) side, one to the north and one to the south. The core is the central building, which presents a standard six-columned Doric façade both on the West to those entering the Acropolis and on the east to those departing. The columns echo the proportions (not the size) of the columns of the Parthenon. There is no surviving evidence for sculpture in the pediments.

The central building contains the gate wall, about two-thirds of the way through it. There are five gates in the wall, one for the central passageway, which was not paved and lay along the natural level of the ground, and two on either side at the level of the building's eastern porch, five steps up from the level of the western porch. The central passageway was the culmination of the Sacred Way, which led to the Acropolis from Eleusis.

Entrance into the Acropolis was controlled by the Propylaea. Though it was not built as a fortified structure, it was important that people not ritually clean be denied access to the sanctuary. In addition, runaway slaves and other miscreants could not be permitted into the sanctuary where they could claim the protection of the gods. The state treasury was also kept on the Acropolis, making its security important （ source : wiki )

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