Name: 分享火種| 普羅米修斯神話 (Sharing Fire! | The Myth of Prometheus)
Uploaded: 2025-10-13T20:20:04.000Z
Duration: 25 min

In a strange way, today's episode is about humanity's first tech revolution, which has nothing to do with Silicon Valley, nor steam, nor steel.

奇妙的是，今天的節目講述的是人類第一次的科技革命，這跟矽谷、蒸汽或鋼鐵都沒關係。

In Greek thought, fire is technocraft, which has less to do with the warmth that it can provide and more to do with know how, ingenuity, creation, knowledge, becoming.

在希臘思想中，火是 technocraft，它與其提供的溫暖關係不大，反而更關乎技術、巧思、創造、知識和成長。

And in the story that we're covering today, the myth of Prometheus, that fire is stolen from from the gods by a rebel titan willing to sacrifice himself to give this great gift, to share fire with humanity, sprinkle in some insane punishments, some heroic victories, as well as a woman that is created by all of the gods with a cursed jar that unleashes all the evil upon the world, and

在我們今天要講述的普羅米修斯神話故事裡，這火是由一位反叛的泰坦從眾神那裡偷來的，他願意犧牲自己，將這份偉大的禮物，將火分享給人類，其中還穿插了一些瘋狂的懲罰、一些英雄式的勝利，以及一位由眾神創造、帶著一個釋放世間所有邪惡的詛咒之罐的女人，

you have one of the greatest stories ever told.

就有了這一個有史以來最偉大的故事之一。

Which is why it is episode one of my new channel, Sharing Fire, a name that literally echoes the Promethean myth.

這也是我新頻道「分享火」的第一集名稱，這個名字 literalmente 呼應了普羅米修斯的神話。

We're going to deep dive into this story so that there's some grounding for my channel for what I'm trying to accomplish here.

我們要深入探討這個故事，為我的頻道、為我在此想達成的目標打下基礎。

If you want to jump straight to that story, there's a timestamp down below.

如果你想直接跳到故事內容，下方有時間戳。

But first, I just want to welcome you to the new channel.

不過首先，我想歡迎大家來到這個新頻道。

我對這個新嘗試感到非常興奮。

My tagline is igniting curiosity and illuminating truth.

我的標語是「點燃好奇心，照亮真理」。

I hope to do so by sharing this fire with you.

我希望透過與大家分享這份火種來達成這個目標。

These embers and sparks of philosophy and psychology and history and mythology and art and science and so much more.

這些是哲學、心理學、歷史、神話、藝術、科學等等的餘燼與火花。

Hopefully in doing so and sharing these things, well, you too will be able to share that fire with those in your life.

希望透過這樣分享這些東西，你也能將這份火種分享給你生命中的其他人。

I'm hoping to just add a little bit of positivity and optimism and knowledge and wisdom into the world from all of the many things that I love and have learned about.

希望從我所熱愛和學習到的許多事物中，為這個世界增添一點點的正面能量、樂觀精神、知識和智慧。

Also, I apologize for the radio voice today.

另外，今天我的聲音有點沙啞，請大家多多包涵。

But without further ado, let's dive in to the first episode, sharing Fire, the myth of Prometheus.

但我們話不多說，直接進入第一集，分享普羅米修斯的火種神話。

Now, there's two main sources where we get this story in general and the earliest tracks back to the 7th or 8th century BCE by a man named Hesiod.

關於這個故事，我們主要有兩個來源，最早可以追溯到西元前七、八世紀，一位名叫赫西俄德的詩人。

That's where we get the sacrifice trick, the stolen fire and the punishment.

這部作品記錄了獻祭的詭計、被盜取的火種以及懲罰。

And then works in days where we get the add on story of Pandora and her jar.

接著是《工作與時日》，我們在這裡看到了潘朵拉和她的罐子的附加故事。

I do want to point out that in any classical mythology retelling or compilation like These two books here, you will get a clear version of Hesiod's tale.

但我想指出的是，在任何古典神話重述或彙編中，就像這兩本書一樣，你都能找到赫西俄德故事的清晰版本。

By the way, I'm going to be covering a lot of books on this channel.

對了，我這個頻道會講很多書。

You can always check the description down below for a link to get your own.

你隨時可以查看下方的說明，裡面有購買連結。

I will also have a recommended reading link in general that I'll be adding to every single time we cover a work here.

我還會準備一個總體的推薦閱讀連結，每次我們在這裡介紹一本書時，都會加上去。

But then you have the drama that made it all come alive a few centuries later.

但幾百年後，有齣戲劇讓這一切變得栩栩如生。

A Greek play by a man named Aeschylus called Prometheus Bound.

這是一齣由埃斯庫羅斯寫的希臘戲劇，叫做《被縛的普羅米修斯》。

這就是讓一切變得如此真實的原因。

There's also some added details, like the taunting from Hermes, the staging of the actual torture, the encounter with IO, and

還有一些額外的細節，像是赫爾墨斯的嘲諷、實際的折磨場景、與伊娥的相遇，以及

then they kind of go off in their own directions as other writers and thinkers pick them up.

其他作家和思想家接手後，他們就各自朝著自己的方向發展了。

So that by today we have many iterations and variants of this incredible myth.

所以到了今天，我們有許多這個令人難以置信的神話的演變和變體。

So it's kind of hard to tell a univocal story here.

所以在這裡要講一個單一的、統一的故事有點難。

But that's what I'm going to attempt to do.

I'm going to stitch it all together and tell you the main parts of the myth, and

我會把它們串起來，告訴大家這個神話的主要部分，

I hope to bring you through even all of this message.

希望能夠帶大家深入瞭解整個訊息。

A clear depiction and a deeper dive than usual of this story of Prometheus.

一個清晰的描繪，以及比平常更深入地探討這個普羅米修斯的故事。

So though it deserves its own episode, the beginning of all of this is a great fight.

所以雖然它值得有自己的單元，但這一切的開端，是一場大戰。

A battle between the Titans of old and the new Olympian gods.

一場古老的泰坦和新興的奧林匹斯眾神之間的戰鬥。

In quite literally a tale as old as time, it always boils down to a son trying to usurp his father.

這是一個貨真價實的古老故事，總是會演變成兒子試圖篡奪父親的權力。

And in this case, it is Zeus trying to usurp his father, Kronos.

而這次，是宙斯試圖篡奪他父親克羅諾斯的權力。

And Zeus, along with the help of his siblings and some Cyclops.

宙斯在他的兄弟姐妹和一些獨眼巨人，

And the Hundred Handers, eventually overthrow the Titans.

以及百臂巨人的幫助下，最終推翻了泰坦。

But there were three Titans that were not sent to Tartarus.

但有三位泰坦沒有被送往塔耳塔羅斯。

You have Atlas, who is chosen to hold up the sky.

你看到了阿特拉斯，他被選中要支撐天空。

And you have a set of brothers, Prometheus and Epimetheus.

還有你看到一對兄弟，普羅米修斯和伊皮米修斯。

Prometheus meaning forethought, and Epimetheus meaning afterthought.

普羅米修斯的意思是先見之明，伊皮米修斯的意思是後見之明。

We'll see that played out in many different ways because of Prometheus's forethought, he saw that the gods would end up winning.

我們會看到這一點以許多不同的方式上演，因為普羅米修斯的先見之明，他預見到眾神最終會獲勝。

Now, this is our first look at the character of Prometheus, and

現在，這是我們第一次認識普羅米修斯這個角色，

it's one that doesn't quite follow him through.

而且這不是他一直以來都遵循的。

Other than his cunning, why did he not fight with his own kind?

除了他的狡猾之外，為什麼他沒有和自己同類戰鬥？

The Titans, yes, the gods were the underdogs, but we don't see that as his motivation.

泰坦，是的，眾神是弱勢方，但我們看不到這是他的動機。

We see him being able to see which is going to win out and joining the right side.

我們看到他能夠預見誰會獲勝並加入正確的一方。

He acts more as just a support, a counselor bringing his brother along with him.

他更像是一個支援者，一個帶領他兄弟的顧問。

This is where the story can kind of go in different directions about which event happens first.

這就是故事可以朝不同方向發展，關於哪個事件先發生的部分。

But they are essentially given the task of creating mankind, not humankind.

但他們實際上被賦予了創造人類的任務，而不是「人」這個物種。

Now, I want you to be on the lookout for all the comparisons between this origin story of humanity and that of the Christian origin story in Genesis.

現在，我希望你們留意這個人類起源故事和基督教《創世記》起源故事之間的所有比較。

There's many other parallels that we're going to cover at the end of this video.

還有許多其他平行之處，我們將在本影片結尾時討論。

But man, there are some similarities here that are just too coincidental.

但說真的，這裡有一些相似之處實在太巧合了。

And yes, keep in mind that the Prometheus story comes first by a few centuries.

而且，請記住，普羅米修斯的故事比基督教的創世記早了幾個世紀。

所以男人和野獸是先被創造出來的。

Now we see where Epimetheus is going to get us in trouble with his afterthought.

現在我們可以看到，後思（Epimetheus）會給我們帶來什麼麻煩。

He is too quick to action all of the time.

And he has all these great gifts at his disposal.

而且他擁有一切很棒的禮物可以使用。

But Prometheus is over in the corner just thinking, how do I make the perfect creation?

但普羅米修斯卻在一旁思考，我該如何創造出完美的造物呢？

And while he is being careful and diligent, Epimetheus is over there, just using all the gifts right away.

當他在謹慎而勤奮地思考時，後思卻在那裡，立刻就用掉了所有的禮物。

He makes the lion and gives the lion speed and fur to keep him warm, and sharp teeth.

他創造了獅子，給了獅子速度、保暖的毛皮和鋒利的牙齒。

Birds have the power of flight and beautiful feathers and coloring and on and on until he uses up all of the great gifts.

鳥類擁有飛行的能力、美麗的羽毛和色彩等等，直到他用光了所有很棒的禮物。

He brings him to the workshop and he says, look at what I have done.

他把他帶到工作室，說：「看看我做了什麼。」

So Prometheus, left to create man with none of these gifts, wants to imbue him with at least something unique and special.

所以普羅米修斯，沒有這些禮物，只好創造人類，他想至少賦予他一些獨特而特別的東西。

And so first he decides to build man in the image of God, to walk upright, to be like the Olympians.

於是，他決定按照神的形象來塑造人類，讓他們能直立行走，就像奧林匹斯山上的神一樣。

And some versions have him breathe in the breath of life into him.

有些版本說他將生命氣息吹入其中。

Others have the gods or Zeus imbuing that life.

另一些版本則是由神明或宙斯賦予生命。

Mankind is born, but naked, without shelter, without warmth, without tools, without know how.

人類誕生了，但他們赤身裸體，沒有庇護所、沒有溫暖、沒有工具、也沒有知識。

那這些問題又是怎麼解決的呢？

But before we get to that, we need to introduce another scene.

但在我們講到那之前，我們要先介紹另一個場景。

It is clear that the gods demand sacrifice, but there was a negotiation.

很明顯，眾神要求獻祭，但這其中有一場談判。

And Prometheus, always looking out for his creation, whom he loves, his humans, sets up a bit of a trap for Zeus.

而普羅米修斯，總是關心他所創造、他所愛的、他的人類，為宙斯設下了一個小小的陷阱。

He stages two portions for Zeus to choose from.

The first is all the edible meat from the sacrifice.

第一份是獻祭中所有可食用的肉。

But it is hidden under a gross stomach and intestines.

但這些肉藏在噁心的胃和腸子下面。

The second are just bare white bones, but they're hidden underneath glistening, beautiful fat.

第二份只是光禿禿的白骨，但它們藏在閃閃發光、美麗的脂肪下面。

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