Name: 拜占庭：三城記 | BBC Select (Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities | BBC Select)
Uploaded: 2026-01-13T02:32:58.000Z
Duration: 4 min 8 s

基礎被動語態

Istanbul's story begins with the legend of a sea voyage by a Greek king named Byzas, son of the sea God Poseidon, who is said to have arrived here for the first time over two and a half thousand years ago.

伊斯坦堡的故事，要從一段傳奇的海上航行說起，故事的主角是一位希臘國王，名叫拜佔斯，他是海神波塞頓的兒子，據說他在兩千六百年前的今天，第一次來到了這裡。

King Byzas went to see the Delphic oracle and the oracle told him, you will build a great city opposite.

拜佔斯國王去請教了德爾斐神諭，神諭告訴他，你將會在對面建造一座偉大的城市。

He was bewildered and mystified by this Delphic utterance.

他對這德爾斐的預言感到困惑和神祕。

And he only understood its meaning when he sailed right down here into the Golden Horn.

當他一路航行到金角灣時，才明白了它的意思。

For one side he saw a Greek settlement, and

因為一邊他看到了一個希臘聚落，

on the other side, he saw the perfect strategic position for a great city.

而另一邊，他看到了一個偉大城市絕佳的戰略要地。

But with no city built there, he understood immediately that they must have been blind to build it in the wrong place.

但那裡卻沒有城市，他立刻就明白了，他們一定是瞎了眼，才會把城市蓋在錯誤的地方。

He went to the right place and he started to build.

他找到了對的地方，並開始建造。

Byzas gave his name to the city he founded and the empire it ultimately became.

拜佔斯將他的名字，留給了他建立的城市，以及後來發展成的帝國。

Here a metropolis was built which would itself become a legend.

在這裡，一座大都會拔地而起，本身也成為了一段傳奇。

The bridge of continents, the battleground of faiths.

And along with Jerusalem and Rome, one of the greatest holy cities in the world.

與耶路撒冷和羅馬並列，是世界上最偉大的聖城之一。

This is the view that you saw when you arrived at this famous city.

這就是你抵達這座著名城市時，所見到的景象。

And this is how you caught your first glimpse of its palaces, its churches, its temples.

這也是你第一次瞥見它的宮殿、教堂和寺廟。

Conquerors and pilgrims, traders and travelers came here for its power, its holiness and its pleasure.

征服者、朝聖者、商人與旅人，都為了它的權力、聖潔與享樂而來到這裡。

No wonder they called it the city of the world's desire.

難怪人們稱它為「世界渴望之城」。

Today, Istanbul's skyline is defined by the minarets of the Muslims who've made this city their own.

今天，伊斯坦堡的天際線由穆斯林清真寺定義，他們讓這座城市成為自己的家。

The air is filled with the calls to prayer for a mainly Islamic population.

空氣中瀰漫著為主要為伊斯蘭教人口而設的祈禱聲。

But this is only the latest manifestation of this multi dimensional, ever changing city.

但這只是這座多面向、不斷變化的城市最新的展現。

Before them, the temples and churches of Greek, Roman and Christian gods dominated these streets.

在他們之前，希臘、羅馬和基督教眾神的廟宇和教堂主宰著這些街道。

It was in Constantinople that the Virgin Mary was said to have defended the city on the ramparts.

據說聖母瑪利亞就是在君士坦丁堡的城牆上保衛這座城市。

It was here that the Muslim armies burst into the Christian city.

穆斯林軍隊就是在這裡衝進這座基督教城市。

These are the streets that have been the battleground for some of the fiercest political and religious conflicts of the last two millennia.

這些街道是過去兩千年來一些最激烈的政治和宗教衝突的戰場。

Istanbul has been the focus of passion for the believers of two world religions.

伊斯坦堡一直是兩種世界宗教信徒熱情關注的焦點。

And I've come here with the questions of both historian and traveler to examine the fabric of a place which has been the sacred imperial capital of two empires, one Islamic, one Christian, and

我帶著歷史學家和旅人的問題來到這裡，檢視這座曾是兩個帝國——一個伊斯蘭，一個基督教——的神聖帝都的本質，

yet started out as little more than a humble fishing village.

但最初卻只是一個卑微的漁村。

In this series, I want to find out just how Byzantium became the very definition of heaven.

在這個系列裡，我想找出拜占庭是如何成為天堂的代名詞。

Blessed legitimacy when it began, with no claims at all to divine favorite Sam.

一開始就享有神聖的合法性，沒有任何權威聲稱自己是神寵愛的。