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希腊神话故事中英文版希腊神话洪水
[11]The FloodTheFloodTowards theend of the Ageof Bronzethe humanworldbecame verycruel.Men grewhungry,impolite andungodly.Neither rightnor lawwasrespected anylonger,and therule ofhospitality wasforgotten.Dressed upin humanform,Zeus visitedArcadia andThessaly,anddisliked thedeadly wrongsof men.He decidedtoclear theearth ofthemall.Without hesitationhe releasedtherainy southwind andcalledupon theheartless Poseidonto help.Soon thewhole worldsankin avast ocean,and theentire humanracedisappeared in theunheard offlood,all buttwo poorThessalians.These werean oldchildless couple,kind andfaithful andcontentedwith life.The manwas calledDeucalion andhis wifePyrrha.Son ofPrometheus,Deucalion had been warnedbeforehandby hisfather of the comingflood andmade himselfahugechest.When theroaring floodcame thecouple hidthemselvesinit andfloated fornine daysuntil ittouched land again onMtParnassus.The onceactive worldpresented afrightening sight.It wasalldeath andruin.Feeling lonelyand unsafe,the oldcoupleprayed tothegods forhelp.A sageinstructed them to castthe bonesof theirmotherabout.The sonof the wise Titan,havingguessed thetruemeaning of the mysteriouscommand,started throwingstonesbehind him.A miracleoccurred.The stonesthat the mancastbecame men;the stonesthat thewoman threwturnedinto women.Since then,people appearedonthe landagain.The HeroicAge hadbegun.洪水到了青铜期末代,人类世界变得非常残忍,人类也变得贪婪、粗鲁且不虔诚公理与法律不再受到尊重殷勤好客的风俗被遗忘宙斯装扮成凡人的样子查看了阿卡迪亚和色萨利两地他不喜欢凡人极度的罪恶,决心将他们从地球上铲除他毫不犹豫地释放了夹雨的南风,并召来冷酷无情的波塞冬协助他很快整个人类世界被淹没在一片汪洋之中除了两名恭顺的色萨利人幸免于难外,人类被史无前例的洪水吞噬这对老夫妻没有孩子他们善良、虔诚、对生活心满意足丈夫是普罗米修斯的儿子,名叫丢卡利翁,妻子名为皮拉丢卡利翁的父亲事先就警告他会爆发洪水,因此,他制了个巨大的箱子当咆哮的洪水涌来时,夫妻俩就躲藏在箱中,这样漂泊了九天,最终漂到了帕那萨斯山曾经生机勃勃的大地呈现出恐怖的景象死亡与毁灭四处可见老夫妻深感孤独和危险他们就向上帝祈祷,乞求帮助一位圣人指示他们把母亲的遗骨掷向四周这位聪明的泰坦的后代,马上悟出了这个神秘指示所隐含的意义他们开始将石头抛向身后奇迹出现了男人抛出的石头变成了男人,女人抛的则变成了女人从此人类再次在陆地上出现,英雄时代来临希腊神话伊俄
[14]IIoIo was the daughterof arivergod.She wasloved,run afterandwon byZeus.Hera becameso greeneyedthat sheflew downfromOlympus oneday topay herrival back.Zeus,however,hadforeseen herarrival andchanged Iointo abeautifulwhite littlecow.Seeing through the trick,Hera askedfor the cow asa presentandZeus hadto givein to her wish.Then sheleft thecow tothe careofa hundredeyedmonster,Argus.Argus eyeswere everopen andnoescape waspossible.Unable to bear tosee herso unhappy,Zeussent Hermesdown todestroythe monster.Dressed upas ashepherd,Hermes lulledArgus tosleep withhis sweetsongs andlongstories,then killedhim andset Iofree.But Herasanger wasnotto becalmed downyet.She senta gadflyto attackthecowanddrive herfrom land to land.In hermisery thecow passedover thestraitwhich dividesEurope andAsia.In thisway thestrip ofwatergot itsnameBosporus,the wayofthecow.She wanderedoverthesea,which bychance gotfrom herits namethe IonianSea.Inthe endshe arrivedin Egyptwhere she was turnedback intohernaturalform.She settleddown andgave birthto ason,Someof herchildren remainedin Egyptand ruledas kingsfor alongtime.伊俄伊俄是河神的女儿,宙斯爱她、追求她、并得到了她赫拉对此嫉妒不已一天她飞下奥林波斯山向情敌施加报复然而宙斯早已预见到她的光临,就将伊俄变成了一头美丽的小白牛犊,赫拉看穿了其中的诡计,非要一头牛犊作为礼物宙斯无奈,只得让她如愿以偿赫拉便将牛犊托付给百眼魔鬼阿刚斯看管阿刚斯的眼睛永远睁着,要想逃脱是不可能的看到伊俄如此忧郁,宙斯简直无法忍受,便令赫耳墨斯将魔鬼铲除赫耳墨斯乔装成牧羊人给阿刚斯唱悦耳动听的歌,讲冗长乏味的故事以哄他入睡之后便寻机杀死魔鬼,释放了伊俄但赫拉的狂怒并未消除她派了一只牛虻去攻击牛犊,使她颠沛流离在十分悲痛之中,牛犊穿越了分隔欧亚大陆的海峡从此这片狭长的水域被称作博斯普鲁斯海峡,意为牛犊之路她接着漫游过海,这片大海也就在偶然中有了名称——伊奥尼亚海,最后她到了埃及,并恢复了她本来的体态和容貌她在那里落户并生了个儿子她的一些子孙就呆在了埃及,当了很长时间的国王希腊神话杰森
[13]JasonJasonAmong thepupils ofthewiseand justCentaur,there wasaboynamed Jason.He wasby birtha prince.His fatherAeson wasonceking oflolcus,but wasoverthrown byhis ownhalf brotherPelias.So hesent hisbaby sonJason tothe Centaurfor safekeeping.As aboyJason tookpart inthe boarhunt.When hegrew upinto astrongyouth he was toldofthesecret ofhis birth.So hewent toavengehis fatherswrongs.On hisway back to hisnative cityhe meta weakold womanwaitingto behelped acrossa mountainstream.Kind andpolite,Jason carriedthe oldlady onhis backand walkedacross the stream.Little hadhe thoughtthat theold womanwas justHera herself.Thus hegot the help andprotection of a powerfulfriend atthebeginning ofhis life.As helost oneshoe inthestreamhe hadto1enter Peliaspalace inonly oneshoe.Pelias wasquite scaredto seesucha strangerbecause hehadbeenwarned bya prophetto becarefulofa man wearingonly oneshoe.He wasnot surprisedwhenJason toldhim whohewasand whathis businesswas about.Theartful Peliaswelcomed hisnephewwith falsepride andjoy;hepromised togive upthe kingdomto onewho hadproved himselfworthyof it.And heurgedthe youthto bringthe goldenfleeceback fromColchis.He feltquite certainthat hisnephew would1never comeback alivefromthe hopelesstask.Pelias predictionwasquite right.Jasondied apoor deathinthekingdom ofColchis.杰森半人半马的怪物()既英明又公正他的学生中有个名叫杰Centaur森的男孩杰森是位王子,他的父亲埃宋曾是伊俄卡斯的国王,但后来王位却被他同父异母兄弟珀利阿斯夺去了因此他把还在襁褓中的儿子送给照料还是个孩子时,杰森就参加过捕猎野猪当他长成一位强Centaur壮的小伙,知道自己身世的秘密后,他决定要为父亲所受的不公报仇雪恨在返回祖国的路上,他遇到一位老婆婆她希望能有人帮她渡过山里的一条小溪出于善良的天性和谦恭有礼的本能,杰森背起老人,淌过了小溪他并未想到这位老婆婆竟是赫拉本人因此他在生活的起点便得到了一位神通广大的朋友的帮助和保护由于他在过河时遗失了一只鞋子,他不得不赤着一只脚走进了珀利阿斯的宫殿当珀利阿斯看到这个陌生人时,他惊恐异常,因为一位预言家提醒他提防一个只穿了一只鞋的男人当杰森告诉他自己是谁以及自己此行的目的时,他并没有感到奇怪狡诈的珀利阿斯带着假惺惺的自豪和喜悦迎接了这位侄子他发誓说,他愿意放弃王位,但接替他继承王位的人必须能够用事实证明自己确配接受王冠于是,他怂恿年轻人去科尔切斯取回金羊毛他断定他的侄子再不会活着回到他面前,因为这根本就是个不可能完成的使命珀利阿斯的预言千真万确杰森悲惨地死在科尔切斯王国希腊神话埃杰克斯巨人
[12]Ajax theGreatAjax theGreatAjax wasamanof giantstature,daring butslow.When theTrojanWar wasabout tobreak outhe ledhis forcesfrom Salamistojoin the Greek armyat Aulis.As oneofthetrustiest championsofthe Greekcause,hewasgiven thejobof guardingone endof theGreekcamp nearTroy.He wasnoted inthe battlefieldfor his1bravery andcourage.After Achillesdeath hebecame oneof thetwohot contestantsfor thedead herosshield andarmour,theother beingOdysseus.When theweapons werefinally judgedtohis rival,Ajax wentmad forgrief.Unable toget overthe hardships,he tookhis ownlife.When,in orderto seekthe adviceof,Odysseus cameto visitthe lower world,the shadeof Ajaxfrowneduponhim.In thelowerworldZ\jax chosetobea lion,guidedclearly by the bitterrecollection ofhis formerlife.埃杰克斯(巨人)埃杰克斯是位身材魁梧、骁勇善战、但头脑迟钝的人当特洛伊战争即将爆发时,他率领军队从萨拉米斯到达奥尔墨斯加入了希腊军队作为一名为希腊事业奋斗的最可信赖的斗士,他被派去保卫靠近特洛伊的希腊军营边界战场上,他因作战勇猛而出名阿基里斯死后,他成为两个最有可能获得阿基里斯的盾甲的有力竞争对手之一另一名对手是奥德修斯最后,他的对手胜利了,并得到了盾甲埃杰克斯悲伤至极,无法自拔,最终结束了自己的生命奥德修斯为了得到盲人底比斯的忠告而来到阴间;埃杰克斯的幽灵冲着他直皱眉头在阴间,由于受到前世痛苦记忆的折磨,埃杰克斯选择了做一头狮子希腊神话雅典娜的神像
[10]PalladiumPalladiumWhen Ilushad firstbuilt his new seatthe cityof Troyhez zprayedZeus toshow somesign ofblessing forit.His prayerwasheard,andawooden imageof Pallas-A-thena fellfrom heaventowithin thewalls ofthe city.Known asthe Palladium,the statueaffordedthe citysafety andprotection.At religiousmeetings ofthegoddess itwas carriedthroughthecity streetsamid joysand songsofpraise.After theflames ofwar hadspread forten yearsbefore thewallsof Troy,a prophetforetold thatTroy couldnever beexpectedto fallas longasthePalladium wastreasured byits people.In ordertosteal itout,Odysseus andDiomedes slippedinto thecapital onenightin disguise,known tonone butHellen.The badwoman tookoutthemtoHe cubathe queenof Troy,at whosefeet Odysseuszimmediatelybowed downand askedformercy.The queengrantedtheir request,and withthehelpof Helen,they successfullybroughtthe imagebacktotheGreekcamp atdawn.Later itwas saidthat Aeneasgot holdof itand carrieditwithhim to hisnewland,where itwas Preservedtogether withthe1goddess fire.雅典娜的神像当伊拉斯最初建造特洛伊城时,他祈求宙斯赐福于这座城市宙斯听到祈求后,一尊木制的智慧雅典娜像从天堂落到了城墙里人们将它称作雅典娜神像这尊木像担任着保卫和看守城市的任务在祭神的宗教仪式中,它在欢快的气氛和赞美的歌声中被抬着走过城市的所有街道在特洛伊建成之前,战火已弥漫了十年一位预言家说只要雅典娜的神像受人民的爰戴,特洛伊城就永远不会衰灭为了将神像偷出城,一天夜里奥德修斯和狄俄墨德斯乔装改扮潜入首都,这一切只有海伦知道这个可恶的女人把他们介绍给特洛伊皇后赫克犹巴奥德修斯立刻跪倒在她的面前乞求怜悯皇后答应了他们的要求,在海伦的帮助下,他们在拂晓的时候成功地带着雕像回到希腊营地据说后来埃弥斯得到了雕像并带着它到了自己的新领地木像和神火一起被保存在这块土地上希腊神话菲勒美拉
[9]PhilomelaPhilomelaKing Pandionof Athenshad twodaughters,Procne andPhilomela.When Athenswas threatenedbythewild menKingzTereus ofThrace cameto itshelp.Out ofgratitude KingPandionoffered Tereuseither ofhis daughtersin marriageand theThracianking choseProcne aswife.For yearstheylived inThrace andhadone son,Itylus byname.Then Procnebecame homesickandlonged tosee herdear sisterPhilomela.At herrepeated requestsTereussailed toAthens tofetchPhilomela.On theway backhis evilhearttook flameatthesight ofPhilomela whowas thenin herbeautyof maidenhood.He seizedand carriedher awayby force,cut outher tongueand imprisonedher ina lonelyhut inthe woods.To Procnehe lied,saying thatPhilomelawas dead.Philomela stayedin prisonfor ayear,whereshe hadwoven herpainful storyinto theweb ofa robe.Then shemanagedto sendthe robetohersister.As soonas shereceived thewebProcne cameover tothe woodsandtoreher sisteraway fromthekeepers.Back atthe palace,the twowomen,hot forpaying back,killedlittle Itylusand servedhim uptohisfather.When Tereuslearned oftheterrible truthhe graspedhis swordand chasedthe sistersintothe woods.There thegods turnedProcne intoa swallow,Philomelaa nightingaleand Tereusa hoopoe.菲勒美拉雅典国王潘底翁有两个女儿,普鲁丝妮和菲勒美拉当雅典受到蛮人的威胁时,色雷斯国王泰诺斯伸出了援助之手出于感激,国王潘底翁让泰诺斯从自己的女儿中任选一位作他妻子泰诺斯选择了普鲁丝妮他们在色雷斯生活了许多年,并且生了一个儿子,名叫意大拉斯由于远离故土,普鲁丝妮患了思乡病,她非常想见亲爰的妹妹菲勒美拉在她的一再要求下,泰诺斯乘船去雅典接菲勒美拉来与她姐姐团聚在返回的途中,看到菲勒美拉浑身散发出的青春和美丽,泰诺斯非常嫉妒,顿生歹意他强行带走了菲勒美拉,并割去了她的舌头,将她关在森林中一个偏僻的小茅屋里在普鲁丝妮面前,他撒谎说菲勒美拉已经死了菲勒美拉被囚禁了整整一年在囚禁期间,她将痛苦的经历编织成了一件长袍;然后,她想方设法让长袍落到她姐姐的手中普鲁丝妮一收到那件长袍就来到了森林,将她妹妹救了出来回到宫殿后,姐妹俩急于复仇,杀死了小意大拉斯,并派人将尸体送到他父亲那里国王泰诺斯得知事情真相后,提起剑来把姐妹两人赶到森林里在林中,众神将普鲁丝妮变为一只麻雀,将菲勒美拉变为一只夜莺,而将泰诺斯变成了一只戴胜科鸟。