【Art History】7. 罗马帝国 The Roman Empire

是呀，出土文物幫助考古學家研究人類歷史。如果拿破崙的軍隊沒有挖到Rosetta Stone，古埃及歷史就永遠是無法破解的謎。
Etruscan的石棺Sarcophagus 很獨特。

羅馬史很有意思。線留在這。以後慢慢補。

“盐野七生的《羅馬人的故事》中講得很詳細，可惜喜馬拉雅聽書已下架。”

还好我已经下载了。

亨德尔有一出歌剧《凯撒在埃及》, 故事内容在这里  全剧将近四个钟头，我们现代人现在很难有耐心一口气听下来。我的经验是从全剧的片段开始。或者像这个视频，它是highlights。

"Se pietà" (Giulio Cesare), G.F. Handel

Se pietà di me non senti,
Giusto ciel, io morirò.
Tu da pace a' miei tormenti,
O quest'alma spirerò.

大意：

公正的上蒼啊，你若不憐憫我
我將會死去。
你撫平我的痛苦
不然這顆靈魂將逝去。

这是溪山上课的教材还是给学生读物？很实用的，多谢转贴。

Mercury is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld.


In Roman mythology, he was considered to be either the son of Maia, one of the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas, and Jupiter, or of Caelus and Dies. In his earliest forms, he appears to have been related to the Etruscan deity Turms; both gods share characteristics with the Greek god Hermes. He is often depicted holding the caduceus in his left hand. Similar to his Greek equivalent Hermes, he was awarded a magic wand by Apollo, which later turned into the caduceus, the staff with intertwined snakes.

The name "Mercury" is possibly related to the Latin word merx ("merchandise"; cf. merchant, commerce, etc.), mercari (to trade), and merces (wages); another possible connection is the Proto-Indo-European root merĝ- for "boundary, border" (cf. Old English "mearc", Old Norse "mark" and Latin "margō") and Greek οὖρος (by analogy of Arctūrus/Ἀρκτοῦρος), as the "keeper of boundaries," referring to his role as bridge between the upper and lower worlds.

墨丘利是罗马神话中为众神传递信息的使者，相对应于希腊神话的赫耳墨斯（Hermes）。他的形象一般是头戴一顶插有双翅的帽子，脚穿飞行鞋，手握魔杖，行走如飞。由于水星在天上运行的速度很快，所以用了他的名字而命名。汞亦因其流动性而以他的名字命名。