The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The approach to the Garden sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on all this, the earth had been was thickly planted with trees of every kind that, by their great size and other charm, gave pleasure to the water machines(raised) the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it. ——Diodorus Siculus
通往花园的道路象山坡一样倾斜着,建筑物的几个部分一层一层地向上交错排列着……泥土在这些上面堆积着……并且浓密地种植着各种各样的树木,它们以其巨大的身躯和其他一些魅力,令观赏者赏心悦目……抽水的机器把大量的水从河中(提升到)上面,尽管没有人从外面能看到它。 ——Diodorus Siculus
ruits and flowers... Waterfalls... Gardens hanging from the palace terraces... Exotic is the picture of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in most people's may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the minds of Greek poets and historians!
通往花园的道路象山坡一样倾斜着,建筑物的几个部分一层一层地向上交错排列着……泥土在这些上面堆积着……并且浓密地种植着各种各样的树木,它们以其巨大的身躯和其他一些魅力,令观赏者赏心悦目……抽水的机器把大量的水从河中(提升到)上面,尽管没有人从外面能看到它。 ——Diodorus Siculus
Location
On the east bank of the River Euphrates, about 50 km south of Baghdad, Iraq.
位置:
位于幼发拉底河的东岸,距伊拉克的首都巴格达南约50公里。
History
The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi[2] (1792-1750 BC[3]) was not until[4] the reign of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian [5] civilization reached its ultimate chadnezzar II[6] (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging is said that the Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubinewho had been "brought up in Media[7] and had a passion for mountain surroundings".
历史:
古巴比伦王国在著名的国王汉谟拉比(公元前1792~1750)的统治下曾经繁荣一时。但是直到新巴比伦王朝,美索不达米亚文明才达到了它的鼎盛时期。人们相信传说中的空中花园是由尼布甲尼撒二世(公元前604年~562年)建造的。据传,尼布甲尼撒为了取悦于其在米底亚长大并对山景怀有深厚感情的王后或者是妃子而建造了空中花园。
While the most descriptive accounts of the Gardens come from Greek historians such as Berossus and Diodorus Siculus,Babylonian records stay silent on the ets from the time of Nebuchadnezzar do not have a single reference to the Hanging Gardens,although descriptions of his palace, the city of Babylon, and the walls are the historians who give detailed descriptions of the Hanging Gardens never saw rn historians argue that when Alexander[8] 's soldiers reached the fertile land of Mesopotamia and saw Babylon, they were they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at Mesopt the palace of Nebuchadnezzar... About the Tower of Babel[9] and the it was the imagination of poets and ancient historians that blended all these elements together to produce one of the World Wonders.
虽然对花园最详尽的记述是出自Berossus 和 Diodorus Siculus等希腊历史学家笔下, 但巴比伦的历史记录却对此事只字未提。尽管在尼布甲尼撒时期存留下的各种书写板上发现了对他的宫殿、巴比伦城以及巴比伦的城墙的种种描述,但这些书写板上却没有一处提到过空中花园。甚至那些对空中花园进行过详细描述的历史学家们也从没有亲眼目睹过它们。现代历史学家争论说:当亚力山大的士兵们到达了富饶的美索不达米亚地区并看到了巴比伦时,他们深为(眼前的美景)所震撼。当他们后来回到崎岖不平的家乡时,带回了有关美索不达米亚的令人惊叹的花园和椰子树……、有关尼布甲尼撒的宫殿……以及有关巴别塔和金字型神塔的各种故事。是诗人和古代历史学家的想象力把这所有的元素混合在一起制造出了世界奇观之一。
It wasn't until the twentieth century that some of the mysteries surrounding the Hanging Gardens were aeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the Gardens, their irrigation system, and their true appearance.
直到二十世纪,围绕着空中花园的一些不解之迷才被揭示出来。在得到关于花园的地理位置、灌溉系统,和真正面目的最终结论之前,考古学家们仍在努力地收集足够的证据。
注释:
1.Babylon:古代西亚两河流域的最大城市,古巴比伦王国与新巴比伦王国的首都。位于幼发拉底河中游,距今巴格达南约89公里。“空中花园”位于新巴比伦王国的都城中。
2.Hammurabi:汉谟拉比(公元前1792~1750)古巴比伦王国第六代国王。他在位其间,重新统一了两河流域。实行中央集权统治,兴修水利,发展经济。颁布有名的《汉谟拉比法典》。
3.BC:BC是“公元前”、AD是“公元后”。你知道为什么有公元前和公元后之分吗?其实公元记年是由后来的一位知识渊博的大主教发明的,以基督(Christ)的出生为分界线来划分。BC 就是Before Christ;而AD来自拉丁文anno Domini(=Since Christ was born)。
4.It was not until...:这个句子看起来挺让人迷惑,其实这是 il...(直到……才……)的强调句型。It is ...是英语的情调句型。比如:It's man that counts.(出自《实用英语语法》)起作用的是人。强调 il...时,是把not和 until引导的从句放在that 前。
5.Mesopotamian:美索不达米亚,西亚一古地区,地处幼发拉底河和底格里斯河之间,是世界文明发祥地之一。公元前4000年苏美尔人在南美索不达尼亚建立起世界最早的文明,约公元前2340年,阿卡帝国首次兴起,此后巴比伦和亚述两帝国相继崛起。
6.NebuPage: 1 chadnezzar II:尼布甲尼撒二世(前605~前562),新巴比伦王国国王。即位后,大举进攻腓尼基和巴勒斯坦,与埃及争夺势力范围。公元前586年攻陷耶路撒冷,灭犹太王国,俘虏大批犹太居民。前567年远征埃及,并掠夺大量财富,是为新巴比伦王国鼎盛时期。
7.Media:米底,西亚古国,在今伊朗西部和阿塞拜疆东部地区。
8.lexander the Great:亚历山大大帝(前356~前323)马其顿国王。前334年以无敌之师大举东进,入小亚细亚,转埃及,建立亚历山大城,挺进两河流域,入侵中亚细亚,南下印度。后因气候不适,士兵厌战而退兵巴比伦。前324年,建立了以亚历山大城为中心的东起印度河、西至尼罗河与巴尔干半岛领域的古代大帝国——亚历山大帝国。
9.the Tower of Babel:巴别塔,据《圣经·旧约》,诺亚在巴比伦的子孙想建造一座“塔顶通天”的塔以扬名,同时反抗上帝。上帝便变乱他们原来统一的语言,使之互不相通,结果塔未能建成,而人类分散到世界各地。
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