希臘神話(huà)介紹

1、,Greek Mythology,Great Wall,Yellow river,Taj Mahal,Ganges,Babylon,pyramid,Nile river,China: 盤(pán)古開(kāi)天辟地，女?huà)z造人補(bǔ)天，大禹治水，炎帝戰(zhàn)蚩尤，封神榜，嫦娥奔月，夸父追日，后奕射日，牛郎織女 India: Ramayana(羅摩衍那), Mahabharata (摹呵婆羅多) Babylon: Gilgamesh(吉爾伽美什) Egypt: Ennead(九柱天神) Ra (Atum): 太陽(yáng)神 古埃及的法老們(pharaoh)都視自己為荷露斯的化身(incarnation),Horus,Pharaoh

2、(incarnation),Aegean Sea,Greece,Mt. Olympus,The Parthenon,Athena,Eros,Cupid,Aphrodite,Venus,Prometheus,Trojan War,Influence on language Influence on literature Influence on brand names Influences on astronomy,The influence of Greek mythology,Pandoras Box:災(zāi)難的根源 an Apple of Discord: something can caus

3、e dispute不和的根源 Helen of Troy: a beauty who ruins her country; a terrible disaster brought by sb or sth you like best The Trojan Horse: spy, potential danger The Heel of Achilles: fatal shortcoming Oedipus Complex: 戀母情結(jié) museum; music,Sphinxs riddle: What is the creature that walks on four legs in the

4、 morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening?,Herculean task 極為艱巨的工作 Damon and Pythias: D (人質(zhì)); P (死)生死之交 adonis: 美男子 arachnid: 蜘蛛(Arachne) cereal: 谷物 Ceres（Demeter） daphne: 月桂樹(shù) gorgon: 丑陋可怖的女人 narcissus: 水仙 echo: 回聲 Penelopes web:一項(xiàng)永遠(yuǎn)也完不成的工作 the sword of Damocles: 形勢(shì)危急，千鈞一發(fā)；,Shakespeares “V

5、enus and Adonis” Shelleys “Prometheus Unbound” keatss “Endymion”, “Lamia”, “Hyperion” Yeats: “Leda and Swan” J.K. Rowlings “Harry Potter” ( a hippogriff, a phoenix, and centaurs).,hippogriff,Cerberus,Ajax a hero in the Trojan War who rescued the body of Achilles: a brand of cleaner and football team

6、 in Holland Amazon. com: race of warrior women: an online shopping site Nike: Goddess of victory: a brand of athletic shoe,Mercury (Hermes)：水星 Venus (Aphrodite):金星 Mars (Ares): 火星 Jupiter (Zeus):木星 Saturn (Cronus): 土星 Uranus：天王星 Neptune (Poseidon): 海王星 Pluto (Hades): 冥王星 (dwarf planet),Cancer:巨蟹座 Ce

7、ntaur: 人馬座 Perseus: 英仙座 Andromeda: 仙女座 Cassiopeia:仙后座 Leo: 獅子座 Lyra: 天琴座 Orion: 獵戶(hù)座,The Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-thronged by his son Zeus.,wisest Titan of forethought creator and protector

8、 of man He gave mankind a number of gifts including fire,Prometheus,punished by Zeus to be chained to a rock with an eagle (vulture) tearing at his liver eternally,Epimetheus (afterthought) and Pandora,Helius: god of the sun (heliocentricism),Selene,Goddess of the moon Roman name: Luna (lunar calend

9、ar),Eos,Goddess of dawn Roman name: Aurora,The Olympians,Zeus,Roman name: Jupiter (木星) the supreme god and lord of sky,thunderbolt,sacred animal: eagle (kingly power),Zeuss love affairs,Metis (the goddess of wisdom): athena, swallowed Leto: Apollo and Artemis Maia: Hermes Dione: Aphrodite Demeter: P

10、ersephone Semele: Dionysus, Zeus used various disguises a. Spartan queen Leda- beautiful swan (Helen) b. Phoenician princess Europa-bull (Minos),c. princess Danae-shower of gold (Perseus) d. Trojan prince Ganymede- eagle (cup-bearer),Hera,Roman name: Juno the goddess of women, marriage and childbirt

11、h the wife of Zeus and Queen of heaven famous for her jealousy and temper,Hera imprisoned Zeuss lover Io and ordered the hundred-eyed giant Argus to watch over her. Hermes charmed the giant with his flute to sleep and then cut off his head and released Io. Hera, as a gesture of thanks to her loyal s

12、ervant, scattered the hundred eyes of Argus over the tail of her sacred bird -peacock,sacred bird: peacock,Poseidon,Roman: Neptune god of the sea, earthquakes and horses.,Athena,Roman name: Minerva Athena (Athene): the virgin goddess of wisdom, arts, craft and war prototype of career woman,Birth of

13、Athena,Demeter,Demeter,Goddess of corn (agriculture), harvest and fertility. Romans name Ceres Demeter is best known for her fierce defense of her daughter, Persephone.,Hestia the virgin goddess of the hearth fire Roman name: Vesta tends the sacred fire on the Olympus,The living flame of Hestiawas t

14、ended constantly and never allowed to die out. The Olympic Torch is just one example of the living flame that has survived to modern times, which originally honored the Greek goddess Hestia.,goddess of love Hera offered to make him ruler of the richest and powerful kingdom; Aphrodite offered him the

15、 most beautiful woman in the world in marriage: Helen of Sparta.,Odysseus,Tales of Lovers,Echo was a mountain nymph. Echo helped Zeus to hide his frequent love affairs with other nymphs, by her endless chatter, to distract and detain Hera, allowing the nymphs to escape from her anger. When Hera disc

16、overed the truth, Hera made Echo suffered from a strange speech impediment. Echo could only repeat the last words from another person.,Like many other nymphs, Echo fell in love with a beautiful youth named Narcissus. However, Narcissus refused all the advances. Echo wasted away in her longing for Na

17、rcissus. Only her voice remained in the mountain. One day, one scorned admirer of Narcissus, prayed to the goddess Nemesis, to punish the cold-hearted youth.,When Narcissus went to a spring for a drink of water, Nemesis made Narcissus to fall in love with himself. Narcissus would not leave the spot

18、as he looked longingly at his own reflection. Narcissus also pined away from longing.,Shortly after his death, Narcissus was transformed into flower by Aphrodite. Aphrodite let the flower grow by the river in order to allow Narcissus to see his reflection for ever. That is why the flower narcissus s

19、hould be planted in or near water. In psychology: narcissism 自戀,Pygmalion could not find any mortal woman he wanted to marry. Pygmalion began carving marble of his ideal woman. Then Pygmalion fell madly in love with the beautiful statue, which he named Galatea. Aphrodite had pity on the king, so she

20、 gave life to the statue. Pygmalion married Galatea and they lived happily ever after.,Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers. Their families were neighbours, but were rivals. Both families refused to allow them to marry. A wall was built to separate the two young lovers.,One day the pair agreed to meet at

21、night at the tomb. Thisbe arrived early, and was frightened away by a young bloody lion. In her haste to flee from the lion, she had dropped her cloak. When Pyramus arrived, he thought the lion had killed Thisbe. In despair, Pyramus killed himself with his sword.,Thisbe returned to the tomb, to find

22、 her lover, dead. Inconsolable, Thisbe laid on top of Pyramus before using the same sword on herself. Their parents had them burnt on the same pyre, and placed in a single tomb. William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.,Hyacinthus was beautiful youth. Apollo fell in love with young Hyacinthus. One day

23、they decided to throw discus. Apollo threw the discus at great distance. Hyacinthus went to fetch the discus, but the discus bounced off a rock and struck the boys face. Zephyrus, god of the west wind, also fell in love with Hyacinthus, and he was jealous of Apollo. Zephyrus had caused the discus to

24、 hit Hyacinthus.,From Hyacinthus blood, violet flowers grew where the blood landed, which was called Hyacinth.,粉色風(fēng)信子傾慕，浪漫 紫色風(fēng)信子憂(yōu)郁 黃色風(fēng)信子與你相伴很幸福 紅色風(fēng)信子讓我感動(dòng) 白色風(fēng)信子不敢表白,Baucis and Philemon,Zeus and his son Hermes had decided to visit a town. They disguised as two mortal beggars. Each household rudely turn

25、ed the gods away. Finally they arrived at a little old hut, where dwelled an elderly couple Baucis and Philemon. They welcomed the tired travellers, treating their guests with their generosity and kindness.,The couple then became aware that the cups of wine that their guests drank remained full. The

26、y were shocked that their guests were divine. The gods asked them to follow them to the high hill. When the elderly couple looked behind them, they saw that the town in the valley had vanished beneath a lake. The whole town was destroyed and only their cottage remain untouched.,The cottage was trans

27、formed into a temple. They were made priest and priestess of the temple. Zeus asked the couple of what benefit they wished. The man and wife asked that they would live the rest of their lives together, and that they would die at the same instance, such was their love. Zeus granted their wish.,They lived the rest of their lives, tending the temple, the moment when they were to die, the gods was gradually transforming them into trees. They said their la