赫拉克勒斯 英文PPT【课资运用】

1、Heracles,1,发现技巧,Heracles was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. In Rome

2、 and the modern West, he is known as Hercules。,2,发现技巧,Occasionally，Heracles suck milk of Hera，and from that on, he was of the amazing strength. So, when he just stayed in the cradle,Hera sent two snake to kill Heracles.Heracles throttled a snake in each hand and was found by his nurse playing with t

3、heir limp bodies as if they were childs toys.,3,发现技巧,Later in Thebes, Heracles married King Creons daughter, Megara. In a fit of madness, induced by Hera, Heracles killed his children by Megara. After his madness had been cured with hellebore by Antikyreus, the founder of Antikyra, he realized what

4、he had done and fled to the Oracle of Delphi.,4,发现技巧,Unbeknownst to him, the Oracle was guided by Hera. He was directed to serve King Eurystheus for ten years and perform any task, which he required. Eurystheus decided to give Heracles ten labours but after completing them, he said he cheated and ad

5、ded two more, resulting in the Twelve Labors of Heracles.,5,发现技巧,The Twelve Labors,Labor One:the Nemean Lion The first labor-to kill the Nemean Lion(涅墨亚狮子) blocking off the entrances to the cave He fought face to face killed it with his bare hands.,6,发现技巧,Labor Two:the Hydra Hydra,a many headed wate

6、r-snake With the help of Iolaos(伊俄拉俄斯) Heracles nephew,7,发现技巧,Labor Three:Captureing Ceryneian Hind alive (刻律涅牝鹿) Heracles took a whole year to capture the Cerynitian Hind- which was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt.,8,发现技巧,Labor Four:the Ery manthian Boar(厄律曼托斯山野猪) an enormous boar

7、 A challenge to bring it back alive,9,发现技巧,Labor five:the Augean Stables to clean the Augean stables（牛厩） No cleaning for 30 years Rerouting the rivers,10,发现技巧,Labor Six:the Stymphilian Birds(杀死斯廷法利斯湖怪鸟) man-eating birds beaks of bronze ,sharp metallic feathers, toxic dung,11,发现技巧,Labor Seven: the Cr

8、etan Bull(制伏克里特公牛) Heracles overpowered it and shipped it back to the mainland.,12,发现技巧,Labor Eight:the Mares of Diomedes(制伏狄俄墨得斯牝马) the Mares were man-eating and uncontrollable But eating can make the horses calmer,13,发现技巧,Labor Nine:Hippolytes Girdle(夺取亚马逊女王 希波吕忒的腰带) When Heracles landed the Amazo

9、ns received him warmly and Hippolyta came to his ship to greet him. Upon hearing his request, she agreed to let him take the girdle. Hera, however, was not pleased, as was often the case with Heracles. To stop him, Hera came down to the Amazons disguised as one of their own and ran through the land,

10、 crying that Heracles meant to kidnap their queen. Probably remembering all too well what Theseus had done, the Amazons charged toward the ship to save Hippolyta. Fearing that Hippolyta had betrayed him, Heracles kissed her briefly then hastily killed her, ripped the girdle from her lifeless body, a

11、nd set sail, narrowly escaping the raging warriors.,14,发现技巧,Labor Ten: the Cattle of Geryon(牵回巨人革律翁的牛群) After crossing the Libyan desert，killing the watchdog, and killing Geryon, Heracles then herded the cattle back to Eurystheus.,15,发现技巧,Labor Eleven:the Apples of the Hesperides(摘取赫斯珀里得斯的金苹果) After Heracles completed his first ten Labours, Eurystheus gave him two more claiming that neither the Hydra counted (because Iolaus helped Heracles) nor the Augean stables (either because he received payment for the job or because the rivers did the work). The first of these two additional Labours