英语学习_希腊神话连载4_必备.doc

弃我去者，昨日之日不可留乱我心者，今日之日多烦忧希腊神话连载4PalladiumWhen Ilus had first built his new seat，the city of Troy， he prayed Zeus to show some sign of blessing for it His prayer was heard，and a wooden image of Pallas- A-thena fell from heaven to within the walls of the city Known as the Palladium， the statue afforded the city safety and protection At religious meetings of the goddess it was carried through the city streets amid joys and songs of praiseAfter the flames of war had spread for ten years before the walls of Troy， a prophet foretold that Troy could never be expected to fall as long as the Palladium was treasured by itspeople In order to steal it out，Odysseus and Diomedes slipped into the capital one night indisguise ，known to none but HellenThe bad woman took out them to He cuba， the queen of Troy， at whose feet Odysseus immediately bowed down and asked formercyThe queen granted their request，and with the help of Helen，they successfully brought the image back to the Greek camp at dawnLater it was said that Aeneas got hold of it and carried itwith him to his new land，where it was Preserved together with the goddess fire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爱戴，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。The Flood Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel Men grew hungry，impolite and ungodlyNeither rightn or law was respected any longer，and the rule of hospitality was forgottenDressed up in human form，Zeus visited Arcadia andThessaly，and disliked the deadly wrongs of men He decidedto clear the earth of them allWithout hesitation he released therainy south wind and called upon the heartless Poseidon to helpSoon the whole world sank in a vast ocean， and the entire humanrace disappeared in the unheard of flood，all but two poor Thessalians These were an old childless couple，kind and faithful and contented with lifeThe man was called Deucalion and his wife PyrrhaSon of Prometheus，Deucalion had been warned beforehand by his father of the coming floodand made himself a hugechestWhen the roaring flood came the couple hid themselves init and floated for nine days until it touched land again on Mt Parnassus The once active world presented a frightening sightIt was all death and ruinFeeling lonely and unsafe，the old coupleprayed to the gods for helpA sage instructed them to cast the bones of their mother about The son of the wise Titan， havingguessed the true meaning of the mysterious command， started throwing stones behind him A miracle occurred The stonesthat the man cast became men；the stones that the woman threwturned into womenSince then，people appeared on the land againThe Heroic Age had begun 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。 Ajax（the Great） Ajax was a man of giant stature，daring but slowWhen the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the Greek army at AulisAs one of the trustiest champions of the Greek cause，he was given thejob of guarding one end of the Greek camp near TroyHe was noted in the battlefield for his bravery and courageAfter Achilles death he became one of the two hot contestants for the dead heros shield and armour，the other being OdysseusWhen the weapons were finally judged to his rival，Ajax went mad for griefUnable to get over the hardships，he took his own lifeWhen，in order to seek the advice of，Odysseus came to visit the lower world，the shade of Ajax frowned uponhimIn the lower world Ajax chose to be a lion，guided clearly by the bitter recollection of his former life 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