lunes, 16 de marzo de 2009

"Arrea jacta est"

O César o nada. La famosa divisa de César Borgia se atribuye a los soldados de la legiones de Cayo Julio César. Antes de cruzar el Rubicón y entrar en Italia, dicen que César pidió a sus hombres que lo siguiesen sólo aquellos que quisieran. Se atribuye a los legionarios haber respondido al grito de "aut Caesar aut nihil". Se cuenta que es entonces cuando César espoleó a su yegüa y pronunció la celebérrima frase "arrea jacta est", que como bien es sabido significa "la jaca está arreada".

Vanas discusiones aparte sobre mis conocimientos de latín, uno se pregunta a menudo por los sutiles hechos aletorios que sin apercibirnos de ellos, pueden condicionar nuestras vidas. Es asunto de polémico debate si estos sucesos son producto de la ciega casualidad o bien del menos ciego pero sin duda más terco destino (en cuyo caso, como quedó expuesto más arriba, habría que reconocer que el destino es una gran jaca o yegüa a la que los romanos dieron el nombre de Fatum y derivó en el vocablo "ale Pachecaaá" muy extendido en zonas de alta montaña de la península Ibérica).

Y obviando también el vano debate sobre mis conocimientos de mitología y no nombrando aquí las leyes de Murphy porque no quiero que se me joda el ordenador precisamente ahora, ¿qué hubiera ocurrido si, por ejemplo, Paris se hubiese comido la manzana en vez de entregársela a Afrodita? No habría habido guerra de Troya, no hubiera habido Ilíada... ¿Y sin Homero, cuantos poetas no hubieran dejado de serlo? Bueno, también hay que decir que si el hijo del Rey de Troya se hubiese comido una manzana de oro, podríamos considerarlo sin duda el primer antepasado conocido de Homer Simpson.

Pues sí, buscando en le baúl de la memoria uno se pregunta qué habría sucedido de haber dicho aquella frase que nació y murió en el pensamiento, de haber perdido aquel tren o , quién sabe, haber eligido otro sitio en que sentarse el primer día de clase.
Nada escapa, ni aun los grandes personajes de la Historia. Pensemos en el emperador Carlos V. Tal vez nunca hubiera sido rey de España si su abuela se hubiese cambiado la camisa. En tal caso Fernando el Católico (que no Fernado sin olfato), se hubiera acercado a Isabel, hubieran tenido más hijos y Juana la Loca no habría sido reina.
¿El destino o la casualidad? Tal vez Einstein tuviera razón: no es Dios* quien juega a los dados con el universo, es una yegüa.

*Obviamente, El Queso no tiene manos.
Pd. ¿Se puede hacer queso con leche de yegüa?

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