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Prometheus prometheus was a titan 。in the war between zeus the giants
he had stood on the side of the new olympiangods。out of the clay he made
the first man ，to whom athena gave soul and holy breath。prometheus spent
a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire。and fire raised
man above all animals 。later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men。the
meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods
and what to men。prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts
：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，
for he knew the selfish zeus loved fat。 zeus saw through the trick and
felt displeased at the prometheus' favor towards men。so in a masterful
way he took away the gift of fire from mankind。however，prometheus managed
to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen。flying into
an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion ，zeus let the other gods
chain prometheus to a rock on mountain caucasus ，where a hungry eagle
ever tore at his liver which ever grew again。his period of pain was to
be thirty…thousand years。prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never
lost courage before zeus。at last heracles made prometheus and zeus restore
to friend ship，when heracles came over in search of the golden apple
and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free。普罗米修斯普罗
米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯与巨人的战争中，他站在新的奥林波斯山神一边。
他用粘土造出了第一个男人。雅典娜赋予了这个男人灵魂和神圣的生命。普
罗米修斯还花费了很多时间和精力创造了火，并将之赠予人类。火使人成为万物
之灵。
在这之后，举行了第一次神与人的联席会议。这个会议将决定烧烤过的动物
的哪一部分该分给神，哪一部分该给人类。普罗米修斯切开一头牛，把它分成两
部分：他把肉放在皮下，将骨头放在肥肉下。因为他知道自私的宙斯爱吃肥肉。
宙斯看穿了他的把戏。普罗米修斯偏袒人类，这使宙斯感到不快。因此，他专横
地把火从人类手中夺走。然而，普罗米修斯设法窃走了天火，偷偷地把它带给人
类。
宙斯对他这种肆无忌惮的违抗行为大发雷霆。他令其他的山神把普罗米修斯
用锁链缚在高加索山脉的一块岩石上。一只饥饿的老鹰天天来啄食他的肝脏，而
他的肝脏又总是重新长出来。他的痛苦要持续三万年。而他坚定地面对苦难，从
来不在宙斯面前丧失勇气。最后，海格立斯使普罗米修斯与宙斯恢复了他们的友
谊，找到了金苹果，杀死了老鹰，因而解救了人类的老朋友。
＇ 中英文对照＇ 古希腊神话故事：纳鲁斯和普鲁吐斯
Nereus and Proteus of all the small sea divinities nereus and proteus
stood out as peculiar sea…gods。nereus ，known as“the old man of the sea”，
represented the pleasant aspect of ocean waters。he lived beneath the sea
with his fifty lovely daughters ，of whom the most famous were amphritrite，
thetis，galate a and panope。it was nereus who advised heracles to seek
prometheus in the hero's search of the golden apples。 proteus was poseidon's
herdsman。 he was well known for two qualities ：the gift of prophecy and
the power to take various forms。at one time he was a lion with a curly
wavy hairs；at another he appeared in the shape of a wild boar；and still
another he stood a stately tree covered with rich leaves。when ，after
all these and many other changes，he failed to get rid of his questioner，
the god offered detailed answers。 纳鲁斯和普鲁吐斯在所有的小海神中，纳
鲁斯和普鲁吐斯异常独特。纳鲁斯是人们熟知的“海中的老人”。他代表了海水
友善的一面。他和50个可爱的女儿一起生活在海中。她们当中最著名的有；安菲
瑞垂托、塞提丝、盖拉蒂和潘诺珀。在勇敢地寻觅金苹果的时候，纳鲁斯建议赫
格立斯寻找普罗米修斯。普鲁吐斯是波塞冬的牧羊人。他有两种非凡的能力：他
能预言，他还能够变成不同的动物。有时他是一头狮子，有着波浪般的卷发。有
时他是一头凶猛的野猪。而有时他又是一棵枝叶繁茂、外表威严的大树。经过这
些变化之后，当他无法摆脱询问者时，神就替他作出详尽的回答。
＇ 中英文对照＇ 古希腊神话故事：厄洛斯（丘比特）
Eros（Cupid ） eros was the god of love ，better known by hislatin
name cupid。son of aphrodite by ares ，he took his place among the small
gods of olympus。he was represented asa little naked boy ，with sparkling
wings ，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered。shooting
his thrilling arrows in evils ，he inspired the passion of love and provided
all nature with life and power of reproduction。the lovely ，naughty god
had two kinds of arrows ：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse
of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it。 besides ，he had a torch
to light hearts with。 though sometimes he was blindfolded ，no man nor
god ，zeus himself included ，was safe from his evils。at one time the
little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love
was awakened in him for the human maiden psyche that he disregarded the
constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg
zeus for justice。another famousstory where eros played an important part
was the argonautic expedition。medea ，daughter of king aeetes ，was wounded
by eros'' arrows，took jason''s part in recovering the golden fleece and
eventually became the hero''s wife。 厄洛斯（丘比特）厄洛斯是爱神，它的
拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波
斯山神。他的形象是一个裸体的小男孩，有一对闪闪发光的翅膀。他带着弓箭漫
游。他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭，唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机，授予
万物繁衍的能力。这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的金头
神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。另外，他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。尽管有时他被
蒙着眼睛，但没有任何人或神，包括宙斯在内，能逃避他的恶作剧。有一次这位
淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于
他不顾他母亲的干预，鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。厄洛斯起了重大作用的另
一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚，国王埃厄忒斯的女儿，被厄洛斯
的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛，最后成为这位英雄的妻子。
＇ 中英文对照＇ 古希腊神话故事：阿瑞斯
Ares son of zeus and hera ，ares was appointed god of war。hewas terrible
and majestic，and his march shook the world。of all the major gods at olympus，
he was the most hateful ，loving struggle and war and ever thirsty for
blood 。on the other hand he signified courage and victory in battle ，
and was devoutly worshipped by soldiers going to war。prayers were addressed
to him before the war and spoils presented at his altar after it。 he was
the one god who ever had to submit to the power ofhis inferiors 。at one
time lack of tact and good udge ment led to his shame。he was fighting
with two giants ，and finding himself no match for the two monstrous creatures，
laid down hisarms and was imprisoned in chains。 he was set free in the
end by the artful hermes，but not before he had suffered all the humiliations。
he was as thoughtless as he was unkind 。a son of poseidon''s，attempting
to kidnap his daughter，made the war…god unhappy，so that he killed the
youth without he sitation。in retaliation，poseidon dragged him before
a group of athenian judges for trial。the court was held on a hill outside
athens。ares presented his case and was declared innocent 。 the hill was
ever after called areopagus ，“the hill of ares”，and the judges receivedthe
names of areopagitae。 阿瑞斯阿瑞斯，宙斯和赫拉之子，被委任为战神。他威
严而可怕。他一走动，整个世界都会摇晃。在奥林波斯山上的所有主神中，他是
最可恨的、最喜欢争斗和战争的神，并且永远对血腥有一种渴望。另一方面，他
代表勇气和胜利，被即将上战场的战士们疯狂地崇拜。这些崇拜者战前都要向他
祈祷，战后将战利品供奉在他的祭坛前。他是惟一一位曾经不得不屈于部下威力
的神。有一次，由于缺乏机智与正确判断使他蒙受羞辱。他和两个巨人决斗，发
现自己不能抵挡。他自动放下武器，被铐上铁链关了起来，最后他被老练的赫尔
墨斯救出来，但在此之前，他已饱尝了受侮辱的滋味。他做事不加思考，就像他
的残暴一样典型。波塞冬的一个儿子企图诱拐他的女儿，弄得战神非常不悦。于
是，他毫不留情地把他干掉了。为了替儿子报仇，波塞冬拉着阿瑞斯到雅典法官
面前要求审判战神。审判是在城外的一座小山上开庭的，阿瑞斯叙述了案情，最
后被判无罪。从那以后，这座山就称作雅典的最高法院，即“阿瑞斯之山”；而
出审的法官们被称作雅典最高法院的法官。
＇ 中英文对照＇ 古希腊神话故事：狄俄尼索斯
Dionysus dionysus was the god of wine。he was the son of zeus by semele。
when his mother was burnt to death in the glory of zeus 。he was still
a helpless infant。his father trusted his upbringing to some mountain fairy
maidens 。they tookthe greatest care of him。 under the tutorship of silennus，
the satyr ， he was introduced to all the secrets of nature and the culture
of the wine。 he travelled far and wide in his carriage drawn by wild beasts。
he was said to have been to india and ethiopia 。wherever he went， there
was music and song and revelling。hisattendants，known as the bacchantes
，were noted for their noiseand disorder。a most wild ，noisy crow，they
drank ，danced andsang in a careless way。the women bacchantes were infamous
for their excessive immodesty and disgraceful excitement 。in their madness
and intoxication they mitted cruel violence。 they tore orpheus ，the
gifted musician ，limb from limb。king pentheus of thebes，for frowning
on the worship of bacchus in his kingdom， suffered the same treatment
at the hands of a band of these fanatical women ，of whom his own mother
was the leader。 狄俄尼索斯狄俄尼索斯是酒神，他是宙斯和塞梅莱的儿子。当
他的妈妈被宙斯的璀璨之焰烧死时，他还只是个孤弱的婴