[希臘神話]泰索尼斯

Tithonus

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Every day，when Helios drove his wonderful horses and his fiery carriage across the sky，it was Aurora who opened the gates of pearl and drew back the dark curtains of the night；for Aurora was the goddess of the dawn was so beautiful that the whole sky became pink with pleasure
when she appeared in the east．

On the earth lived a man called Tithonus，who loved Aurora so well that he never failed to leave his bed while it was still dark，to watch for her coming．Aurora loved Tithonus too，and one day she flew to the king of the gods，and begged of him that Tithonus might be given a cup of magic liquid ，and so become living forever．

Zeus allowed this request， and Aurora took Tithonus up to Mount Olympus to live in her golden house.

The goddess had forgotten to ask that Tithonus might never grow old．Therefore，the time came when gray hairs could be seen among his golden curls . Aurora was kind to him in spite of this，and continued to give him beautiful clothes，and to feed him on the food of the gods．Still， Tithonus grew older and older，and in time，after several hundred years，he was so old that he could not move at all．Little was left of him but his voice ，and even that had grown high and thin． Then he was so weak that he had to be shut up in a room，for safekeeping．Aurora felt so sorry to see him become weaker and weaker in this way that she changed him into a little insect，and sent him down to the earth again，where men called him the grasshopper．

Very glad to be free and active once more，Tithonus jumped about in the fields all day，chirping happily to Aurora.

每天赫利阿斯駕着他的神馬和紅馬車走過天空時，也就是歐洛拉撩起夜晚的黑幕打開珍珠般雪白大門的時間，歐洛拉是晨曦女神。她很美麗，所以她在東方出現時，整個天空都發出可愛的粉紅色的光芒。

地球上有個叫泰索尼斯的凡人，他很愛歐洛拉，所以天還沒有亮時他就起牀，以免錯過看她的來臨。歐洛拉也愛泰索尼斯，所以一天她去見衆神之王要求賜給泰索尼斯一杯神祗的甘液讓他能永遠活着。

宙斯答應了她的要求，歐洛拉就帶泰索尼斯到奧林波斯山上她的金屋生活。

這位女神忘記要求讓泰索尼斯永遠年輕。所以時間到了，他金黃的捲髮中可以看到白頭髮了。雖然這樣，歐洛拉還是對他很好，給他穿漂亮的衣服，吃神祗的食物。可是泰索尼斯還是一直老下去，幾百年以後他已經老得無法行動了。甚至他僅剩的聲音也變得又高又尖。他身體很虛弱，以致爲了安全必須把他鎖在房間內。歐洛拉着他身體那樣虛弱很難過，就把他變成一隻小蟲送到地球上，人類叫他蚱蜢。

泰索尼斯很高興能再自由行動，就整天在田野裏亂跳，同時很愉快地對歐洛拉叫着。