上一篇引用了魯迅的靈臺無計逃神矢，愛神丘比特的箭究竟射甚麼出來的：愛與恨。
這頑皮小孩是維納斯(Venus)的兒子，恍似是來自單親家庭，神話故事裏很少提及Venus的老公----Vulcan，這醜怪的跛子。為甚麼會跛呢？因為他時常跌倒。Milton在Paradise Lost裏也潤他一筆：
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star,
怪不得Venus不論人神，也搞了幾段婚外情出來。有一天，Venus問Themis，這精通天律的法律專家，為何丘比特總是佻皮長不大的孩子，Themis的見解是丘比特是一孩，太孤獨，所以長不大，建議Venus多生一個。Venus生了Anteros之後，丘比特就快高長大*。 可是，丘比特長大，再不是胖嘟嘟的小可愛，想像一下，滿身肌肉，赤裸裸的麻甩佬，還有一雙翅膀，救命。
言歸正傳，丘比特的箭怎樣射出愛與恨呢？原來丘比特的箭有些是金造的，箭頭銳利，凡被射中的人，立即燃生愛火，墮入相思河，另外一些箭卻是鉛造的，箭頭很鈍，被射中的人妒火中燒，互相仇恨。標少手頭沒有Grace H Kupfer的Legends of Greece and Rome，未能引用原文。一般人只知丘比特的箭射出盈盈愛意，而不知他也可以反轉豬肚。8世紀羅馬詩人Ovid在Metamorphoses裹這樣描述丘比特的箭：
*Venus, complaining to Themis that her son Eros (Cupid) continued always a child, was told by her that it was because he was solitary, and that if he had a brother he would grow apace. Anteros was soon afterwards born, and Eros immediately was seen to increase rapidly in size and strength. (p.13 The Age of Fable)
這頑皮小孩是維納斯(Venus)的兒子，恍似是來自單親家庭，神話故事裏很少提及Venus的老公----Vulcan，這醜怪的跛子。為甚麼會跛呢？因為他時常跌倒。Milton在Paradise Lost裏也潤他一筆：
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star,
怪不得Venus不論人神，也搞了幾段婚外情出來。有一天，Venus問Themis，這精通天律的法律專家，為何丘比特總是佻皮長不大的孩子，Themis的見解是丘比特是一孩，太孤獨，所以長不大，建議Venus多生一個。Venus生了Anteros之後，丘比特就快高長大*。 可是，丘比特長大，再不是胖嘟嘟的小可愛，想像一下，滿身肌肉，赤裸裸的麻甩佬，還有一雙翅膀，救命。
言歸正傳，丘比特的箭怎樣射出愛與恨呢？原來丘比特的箭有些是金造的，箭頭銳利，凡被射中的人，立即燃生愛火，墮入相思河，另外一些箭卻是鉛造的，箭頭很鈍，被射中的人妒火中燒，互相仇恨。標少手頭沒有Grace H Kupfer的Legends of Greece and Rome，未能引用原文。一般人只知丘比特的箭射出盈盈愛意，而不知他也可以反轉豬肚。8世紀羅馬詩人Ovid在Metamorphoses裹這樣描述丘比特的箭：
Two diff'rent shafts he from his quiver draws;
One to repel desire, and one to cause.
One shaft is pointed with refulgent gold:
To bribe the love, and make the lover bold:
One blunt, and tipt with lead, whose base allay
Provokes disdain, and drives desire away.
One to repel desire, and one to cause.
One shaft is pointed with refulgent gold:
To bribe the love, and make the lover bold:
One blunt, and tipt with lead, whose base allay
Provokes disdain, and drives desire away.
愛恨善惡神妖陰陽，二元論也好，相對論也可，人同時受到這兩股力量支配。現時的香港，鉛箭泛溢，金箭匱乏，心理失衡，境況堪憂。
*Venus, complaining to Themis that her son Eros (Cupid) continued always a child, was told by her that it was because he was solitary, and that if he had a brother he would grow apace. Anteros was soon afterwards born, and Eros immediately was seen to increase rapidly in size and strength. (p.13 The Age of Fable)
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