词源典故记单词

词源学词源典故记单词GreekMythsAreEverywhere

--dailylanguagePlants:

cereal-谷物;narcissus-水仙花;laurel-月桂，etc.Geographicalnames:

Aegean爱琴海;Europe;Atlantic;Commonwords:chaos,panic,echo,siren,Idioms:

theTrojanhorse,Achilles’heel,appleofdiscord,Whatelsecanyouthinkof?GreekMythsAreEverywhere

--moderncommerceManymodernbrandsusenamesorimagesofGreekgods/goddesses,suchas

Olympus,Nike,Amazon,Ajax(埃阿斯,)

GreekMythsAreEverywhere

--theplanetarysystemMercury--水星Venus--金星Earth--地球Mars--火星Saturn--土星Jupiter--木星Uranus--天王星(第一代神王)Neptune--海王星Pluto--冥王星ApolloProgramPoseidonSubmarineTridentI&IImissile ……OtherAspectsCreation

Inthebeginningtherewasnoearth,skyorsea.Therewasonlyconfusionanddarkness,called

Chaos.ChaosgavebirthtoMotherEarth(Gaea).Sheeventuallygavebirthtoason,Uranus,alsoknownasFatherHeaven.MotherEarthandFatherHeavenhadmanychildren.First,theyhadthreemonstroussons.Eachhadfiftyheadsandonehundredhands.Then,theyhadthreemoresons.Theywerejustasbigandjustasugly.TheywerecalledCyclops（独眼巨人）.Theyhadoneeyeinthemiddleoftheirforeheads.TheywereasstrongasEarthquakesandTornadoescombined.Finally,theyhadthefirstgods,sixsonsandsixdaughterscalledtheTitans.

AmongtheirchildrenwasthegreatestTitan,Cronus(Kronus).Cronusgainedpowerfromhisfather,Uranus,bycastrating（阉割）

him.Then,CronusbecameruleroverheavenandEarthandmarriedhissister,Rhea.FromtheirunioncametheOlympiangods.CronusThebiggeryouare,theharderyoufall…

PowerchangedCronusandmadehimevil.Hewassoafraidthatoneofhissonswasgoingtodotohimwhathedidtohisfatherthatheswallowedallofhischildrenimmediatelyaftertheirbirth.Onebyone,CronusswallowedHestia,Demeter,Hera,Hades,andPoseidon.WhenRheawaspregnantwithhersixthchild,shethoughtofaplan.Shesecretlygavebirthtohersixthchild,Zeus,andgavehimtoMotherEarth.MotherEarthdecidedthatthechildwouldbesafeifshehidhimasfarawayfromCronusasshecould.WhenCronusaskedtoseethesixthchild,Rheahandedhimarockwrappedinablanket.Justlikeherpreviouschildren,Cronusswallowedtherockwithouthesitation,justasshehadplanned.RheawashappyandcouldnotwaitforthedayZeuswouldgrowupanddestroyhisfather.LikeFather,LikeSon

Zeuswassafelyraisedbynymphs（宁芙）

andshepherds（牧羊人）.EventuallyZeusgrewupandRhea,hismother,toldhimaboutwhatCronusdidtohissiblings（同胞）.ZeusmadeapromisetohismotherthathewouldmakeCronuspayforwhathedid.Apromiseisapromise…RheaandZeus’plan

WhenZeusreturnedtohismother,shedisguisedhimasaservant，andputapoisonouspotion（剂）

inCronus’drink.Theconcoction（调味品）

causedCronustogetsickandvomit.First,Cronusvomiteduptherock.Theneachofhisfivechildren,onebyone.Zeuswasseenasaheroforsavinghissiblings.Theywereextremelythankful.Onceeveryonewasfreed,thesixchildrendecidedtobattleagainstCronus.Thebattlebetweenfatherandsons

Thewarlastedtenyears.Neithersidecouldgettheupperhandbecausetheywereequalinstrength.MotherEarthsuggestedthatZeusandhisbrothersgofreetheCyclopsandhavethemfightontheirside.Zeusandhisbrothersdidastheywereadvisedandfreedtheiruncles,theCyclops.TheCyclopsgavethemtheadvantagetheyneeded.Finally,thewarwasover.Zeusandhissiblingswerevictorious.Afterthebattlewasover…

Nowthatthebattlewasover,thethreebrothershadtodecidewhowasgoingtoruletheuniverse.Theydecidedthefairestwaytochoosewastodrawlots（抓阄）.Hadeswontheunderworld.PoseidonwontheseaZeuswontheheavenandbecamerulerofallthegodsofMt.Olympus.Thegodsandgoddesses

ofMt.OlympusMt.OlympuswasthelargestmountaininGreece.Itwasthehomeofthegodsandgoddesses.Godsandgoddesseswereimmortal,theycouldnotdie.ThePrincipalGodsFamilyTree

ZeusHeraAthenaApolloArtemisAphroditeAresHephaestusHermesDemeterDionysusPoseidonHadesPersephoneErosJupiterJunoMinervaApolloDianaVenusMarsVulcanMercuryCeresBacchusNeptunePlutoProserpinaCupid宙斯赫拉雅典娜阿波罗阿耳特弥斯阿弗洛迪特阿瑞斯赫菲斯托斯赫尔墨斯德墨特耳狄俄尼索斯波塞冬哈得斯珀耳塞福涅厄洛斯朱庇特朱诺密涅瓦阿波罗迪安娜维纳斯马尔斯伏尔甘墨丘利克瑞斯巴克斯涅普顿普路同普洛塞庇娜丘比特TheOlympiansZeusRomanName:Jupiter(alsoJove)SupremegodoftheOlympians.Godofthunder&lighteningMarriedhissisterHeraFatheredmanycharactersinmythologyHeraRomanName:JunoZeus’ssisterandwifeGoddessofmarriage,protectorofchildbirth&heroesJealousprotectorofmarriagePunishedthewomenZeusfellinlovewithPoseidonRomanName:NeptuneGodoftheSeasandWaters“TheEarthshaker”HadesRomanName:PlutoGodoftheUnderworld/DeadKidnappedPersephoneHestiaRomanName:VestaGoddessofHomePowerfulProtectorDemeterRomanName:CeresGoddessoftheHarvestAGoddessoftheEarthAthenaRomanName:MinervaGoddessofWisdomandWarSprangfromZeus’sheadAresRomanName:MarsGodofWarSonofZeusandHeraBloodthirstyandmercilessHephaestusRomanName:VulcanGodofFire/Forge锻造SonofZeusandHeraKind,unlikehisbrotherApolloRomanName:ApolloGodofLight/SunandMusicBrotherofArtemisArtemisRomanName:DianaGoddessoftheMoon/HuntSistertoApolloHermesRomanName:MercuryMessengeroftheGodsAppearsinmoremythsthananyothercharacterAphroditeRomanName:VenusGoddessofLoveandBeautySprangfromtheoceanfoamDionysusRomanName:BacchusGodofWinePatrongod守护神oftheGreekstageAGodoftheEarthPersephoneRomanName:ProserpinaGoddessoftheUnderworldDaughterofZeusandDemeterAbducted绑架byHadesHebeRomanName:JuventasGoddessofYouthCupbearer斟酒人

totheGodsRestoredyouthtotheagedErosRomanName:CupidYoungGodofLoveSonofVenusandHephaestusArmedwithbowandarrowsTheMuses缪斯（技艺女神）NinedaughtersofZeusandMnemosyne(Memory)InspiredartistsofallkindsGoddesseswhopresidedovertheartsandsciences,andpromptedthememoryClio,Urania,Thalia,Melpomene,Erato,Calliope,Euterpe,Terpsichore,PolyhymniaPrometheus[prəˈmiθiəs]Prometheusgavehumanitythegiftoffire.Forthistransgression（违反）againstthegodZeus,Prometheuswaschainedtoarock,whereaneaglecontinuallypreyedonhisliver.StoryofPandoraPandoraOpenstheBoxPandor