Abstract: The mortals in Homers Epics encounter the dual “other” of “nature” and “alien” because of their living conditions. They are completely limited to the “body” level of “knowing yourself” and project the “other” onto the imaginary gods, making their appearance change and difficult to identify. With the gradual change of the living conditions in ancient Greece and the release of the double “other” cage, the later philosophers promoted “knowing yourself” to the “soul” level, and the gods wonderful deformation ability was inevitably criticized by the philosopher Plato. The discussion of the transformation of gods points out the diachronic coordinate and position of Platos “quarrel between poetry and philosophy” in the ancient Greek thought history of “knowing yourself” and deepens our understanding of Platos “quarrel between poetry and philosophy” from a new perspective.

Key words: Homers Epics; metamorphosis; the other; Plato; quarrel between poetry and philosophy

摘要： 《荷马史诗》中的凡人因生存境况中遭遇自然与异族的双重他者，对“认识你自己”完全限于肉体层面并将他者投射到所幻想的诸神身上，使其外貌变来变去，难以辨识。随着古希腊人生存境况的逐渐改变与双重他者牢笼的解开，后起的哲人们推动“认识你自己”深入灵魂层面，诸神的绝妙变形本领自然遭到哲人柏拉图的不断批评。对诸神变形现象的探讨指出柏拉图“诗哲之争”思想在古希腊人“认识你自己”的思想史中的历史坐标与地位，从新的视角深化对“诗哲之争”思想的认识。

关键词: 《荷马史诗》；变形；他者；柏拉图；诗哲之争