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普鲁塔克:希腊罗马名人传·摘录 115

普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 健康 · 历史

A few days after, those that watched the hanging body of Cleomenes, saw a large snake winding about his head, and covering his face, so that no bird of prey would fly at it. This made the king superstitiously afraid, and set the women upon several expiations, as if he had been some extraordinary being, and one beloved by the gods, that had been slain. And the Alexandrians made processions to the place, and gave Cleomenes the title of hero, and son of the gods, till the philosophers satisfied them by saying, that as oxen breed bees, putrefying horses breed wasps, and beetles rise from the carcasses of dead asses, so the humors and juices of the marrow of a man's body, coagulating, produce serpents. And this the ancients observing, appropriated a serpent, rather than any other creature to heroes.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/674
定位:Excerpt 115 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

几天后,看守克列奥墨涅斯尸体的人看到一条大蛇缠绕在他的头上,遮住他的脸,使猛禽不敢靠近。国王因此感到迷信的恐惧,让妇女们举行各种赎罪仪式,仿佛克列奥墨涅斯是受神眷顾的非凡人物。亚历山大人也列队前往该地,称他为英雄和神之子。直到哲学家们解释说,就像牛生蜜蜂、腐马生黄蜂、死驴生甲虫一样,人骨髓中的体液凝结会产生蛇。古人观察到这一点,便将蛇而非其他生物归于英雄。这说明,面对无法解释的现象,人们容易产生迷信,而理性解释可以消除恐惧。

上下文

普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》中《克列奥墨涅斯传》的片段,描述其死后异象。

今日一问

当遇到无法解释的现象时,你倾向于迷信还是寻求理性解释?

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