点评:That this monastery "suspended" over the water may have been inspired by an act of the god Poseidon, namely, the petrification of the Phaeacians' ship returning from bringing Odysseus home, is an indication of how much this unique location of the islet and the monastery captured the imagination.
Indeed, what most impressed me (and perhaps also impressed the first observers) was the monastery's unusual position, just above the water. This position, I imagine, is permitted by the nature of the gulf in which the islet stands, protected from the open sea's high waves. Its location, in fact, is a lagoon.
This combination of circumstances, and also the contrast between the reddish color of the tiles and the white plaster of the monastery against the blue water, makes it perhaps the most famous view on the entire island of Corfu.
翻译:这座修道院“悬浮”在水面之上,这一景象或许是受到了海神波塞冬行为的启发——即他将载着奥德修斯归来的费埃克斯人的船只变成了石头。这一事实足以说明,这座小岛及修道院的独特位置是多么能激发人们的想象力。
事实上,最令我印象深刻(或许也是最初的观察者们所惊叹的)的,就是修道院那处于水面之上的奇特位置。我想,正是这种位置才造就了它的独特性吧。由于小岛所处的海湾性质特殊,能够阻挡外海的巨浪,因此这种景象得以呈现。实际上,此处就是一个潟湖。
种种环境的共同作用,加上红褐色的瓷砖与修道院的白色灰泥在碧蓝海水映衬下形成的鲜明对比,使得这一景致或许成了整个科孚岛上最负盛名的景观。