继承与重塑——试析斯特拉波笔下的荷马形象

Inheritance and Reconstruction:An Analysis of the Image of Homer in Strabo's Geography

斯特拉波在《地理志》中花费大量篇幅将荷马描述成希腊地理学的创始人、如实记录古希腊英雄时代的历史学家以及城邦的教育家。他对荷马的解读显然既是对希腊人崇尚荷马之传统的继承和发扬,更是一位希腊知识精英基于罗马统治所做的现实思考。他对新的荷马形象的刻意塑造,反映了公元1世纪部分希腊文人试图将希腊文化传统融入罗马时代的尝试。

In his work Geography, Strabo describes Homer as the founder of the science of geography, a reliable historian who documents the heroic age, as well as the educator for the city states. As for hisrepresentation of Homer, Strabo inherits the Greek cultural tradition, but he also demonstrates his own thinking as a Greek intellect under the Roman rule. The way he interprets Homer reveals how some Greekintellects of the first century try to use the Greek Paideia to cater for the preferences of the Roman government.