希腊神话阿波罗【下】.doc

希腊神话：阿波罗【下】 标签:来源 希腊神话：阿波罗【下】Apollo was handsome and intelligent indeed, but he was not romantic at all. Unlike his fortunate father, who always won in the field of love, with all his glory, Apollo often failed to win the hearts of nymphs1) and mortals. 阿波罗确实长得英俊，也相当聪明，可是他却一点儿都不浪漫。他那幸运的父亲在爱情的战场上是个常胜将军，尽管阿波罗满身荣誉，却与他父亲不同，他常常无法俘获林泽仙女和凡间女子们的芳心。 Apollo and Daphne2) Apollo was a proud god. With his manly figure and handsomeness and intelligence, and with his victory over the great serpent3)Python, he came to despise4) the god of loveEros, who was playing with his weapons. Apollo said to Eros, What are you doing with these warlike weapons, saucy5) boy? Leave them for hands worthy of them. Eros was offended, he answered, Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you. With these words, Eros shot Apollo with an arrow that caused him to fall in love with a beautiful nymph named Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, but shot Daphne with an arrow which caused her to flee6) from Apollo. As a result, as soon as Daphne saw Apollo, she would run as fast as she could. The quick footed maiden made the best of her legs, but the passionate Apollo pressed hard upon7) her. Through rough fields and pathless woods she ran, but the sound of his pursuing feet ever grew nearer. As Apollo ran he begged his beloved maiden to slow down, for he feared that she might fall and hurt her sparkling skin on the rocky roads. But the escaping maiden never cared so much about that. She did not even throw one glance backwards. At last she was quite breathless and cried to her father for help. No sooner had her prayer been realized than answered, for she had instantly found herself glued to the ground and a layer of soft bark growing over her fair skin. She had been turned into a laurel tree. Sighing, Apollo put his arms around the tree trunk, and the trunk responded by turning thinner. However, Apollos passion did not cease8), he cried out, Certainly you could not be my love, but at least you could be my tree! To show his undying love for the maiden, he decided that the laurel would be one of his favorite trees and should be the prize of honor and fame for deathless poets and poetry. Thus the most outstanding poet always desires to be made a poet laureate. Apollo and Cassandra9) Daphne was not the only one who refused this brilliant god. Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam10) of Troy, was not interested in him neither, but she made a bargain with him. She would agree to his love and honey words, if he would make her a prophetess11). Apollo agreed. But the girl ate her words as soon as her goal was reached. This made Apollo angry, so he demanded a final kiss from the girl and the girl complied12) this time. Using this chance, Apollo spat13) into her mouth and cursed her, You may still have the power of prophesy, but no one would ever believe you. This is the reason why when we watch the movie Troy, Cassandra the princess clearly saw the future of Troy, but no one listened to her and dragged her out. Apollo and Marpessa Another girl Apollo chased in vain was Marpessa, who was the only daughter of King Evenus. She was noble and graceful. When Apollo fell in love with Marpessa, she had already been engaged to Idas, son of Poseidon. Therefore, Apollo stole Marpessa from Idas. Idas ran after Apollo, feeling quite ready to fight and die for his love. Apollo held his inescapable arrows. Idas went forward with his sword. The duel14) was about to start when suddenly they heard a thunder bolt round about, and Zeus himself arrived to stop the unequal contest. He gave the maiden the choice between immorality and eternal glory on one side and on the other a mortal life of faithful love mixed with endless cares and grief. Marpessa turned down the sweet promises of Apollo and chose Idas, with a very simple but convincing reason that being a god, Apollo would one day leave her and fell in love with others, while Idas, being a mortal, at least would be growing old with her. Apollo left in sad spirits. Apollo and Coronis As a lover of Apollo, Coronis was unfaithful to him. Apollos bird, a white raven15), revealed Coronis infidelity16) to him. Artemis, Apollos twin sister, killed the girl. Coronis was already pregnant, when she was placed upon a funeral pyre17) to be burned, Apollo felt sorrow for his unborn son and saved the child Asclepius from his mothers body, saving him from death. Apollo then handed Asclepius to the Centaur18) Chiron19) to teach. Still in a rage, Apollo turned the ravens feathers into black for not stopping it in time, and put it into the sky, which then became the constellation20) Corvus21). 阿波罗与月桂女神达佛涅 阿波罗是一位骄傲的神。他富有男子气概，英俊潇洒，足智多谋，而且在与巨蟒皮同的战斗中赢得了胜利，因此他开始瞧不起正在把玩着自己的武器的爱神厄洛斯。 阿波罗对厄洛斯说：“小鬼，你摆弄这些看上去像战争武器的玩意儿干什么呢？还是让那些更配使用它们的手拿着吧！” 厄洛斯被激怒了，他回答说：“你的箭也许能伤害其他的任何东西，阿波罗，可是我的箭却能伤害你。” 说话间，厄洛斯向阿波罗射出了一支让他爱上河神佩内乌斯的女儿，美丽的林泽仙女达佛涅的箭，却向达佛涅射出了一支让她逃避阿波罗的箭。因此，只要一看见阿波罗，达佛涅就会用她最快的速度逃跑。快步如飞的仙女拼命奔跑，但情绪激昂的阿波罗紧追不放。她越过旷野，穿过人迹罕至的树林，但追赶的脚步声愈加逼近。阿波罗一边追赶，一边恳求心爱的仙女放慢脚步，因为他担心仙女在石道上跌倒会擦破她那闪光的皮肤。但奔逃的仙女根本无暇顾及这些。她甚至没朝身后瞥一眼。最终她气喘吁吁地向她的父亲求救。她的恳求马上得到了回答，因为她很快就发现自己紧附着地面，紧接着，她娇嫩的皮肤上长出了一层松软的树皮，她被变成了一棵月桂树。阿波罗唉声叹气地抱着树干，回应他的却是树干变得愈加纤细了。尽管如此，阿波罗的激情却没有就此熄灭，他大声喊道：“也许你不能成为我的爱人，可是至少你可以成为我的圣树！”为了表示他对仙女永不泯灭的爱情，他决定将月桂树作为他最喜爱的树种之一，并决定将它作为一种对荣誉与威望的奖励，把它授予那些永恒的诗人和流芳百世的诗歌。因此最杰出的诗人总希望获得“桂冠诗人”的称号。 阿波罗与特洛伊公主卡珊德拉 达佛涅并不是唯一一个拒绝这位光明之神的人。特洛伊国王普里阿摩斯的女儿卡珊德拉公主也对阿波罗不感兴趣，但是她和他进行了一笔交易。她说如果阿波罗能让她成为一名女先知，就接受他的追求和甜言蜜语。阿波罗同意了。可是女孩在达到自己的目的后，马上就食言了。这让阿波罗很恼火，他要求女孩给他最后一吻，这次女孩顺从了。利用这个机会，阿波罗向女孩嘴里啐了一口唾沫，并诅咒她：“你依旧可以拥有预言的能力，但却没有人会听信你的话。”这就是为什