Greek Stories

1、Greek Mythology 制作人 ： 馬嘉欣 班級：金融英語三班 學(xué)號： 30 Greek mythology is a group of tranditional tales told by the ancient Greeks about the deeds of gods,heros,and their relations with human beings.Greek mythology is the spirit of the original clan (氏族氏族)society,and the earliest form of literature in Europe in

2、 the 8th century BC.Due to the greek hominids(原始居民）原始居民）long-term oral transmission and referred stories from other countries which have been spreaded，Greek mythology formed the basic scale gradually . Greek mythology mainly recorded in Homers Epics and Theogony written by Hesiod(赫西俄德) and ancient G

3、reek poetries, dramas, histories, philosophies, etc目錄Origin1The main gods2The main monsters3Half-gods4Twelve constellations5Infulence6OriginGreek mythology originated from the ancient Aegean (愛海）civilization, and somewhat similar in Chinese chow civilisation.Greeks are the father of western civiliza

4、tion, have excellent nature and extraordinary imagination. In the primitive times, to the natural phenomenon, to the persons life and death, all feel mysterious and hard, so they constantly fantasy（幻想）, constantly thinking. In their imagination, the universe has life.However，after dorians(多利亞人） who

5、invaded Aegean civilization, the Greek peninsula has the issue of overpopulation, they would have to find out other living space. Then they began to worship heroes, and they produced many gods and half-gods to ruscue them. The gods of Greek mythology have something in common with man.They all have d

6、esires and know the joys and sorrows. They also participate the same activities as man. The difference between gods and men only lies in the eternal life the fomer one have, no death，but the life of human is limited, because of sickness and death. There had been four ages since the human world first

7、 cameinto being They are the Age of Golden，the Age of Silver，the Age of Bronze (青銅） and the Age of Iron.The gods of the Golden Age can be understood as a creation of god or the gods of the first generation, according to the order of the birth of sorting as follows.In Greek mythology, everything is s

8、tarting from the Chao(混沌）.The Golden AgeThe Golden Age was the best of allIt was an age when Kronus (克洛努斯）sat on the throne（王座）Generous nature met all the needs of men There were no extremes of cold and heatAnd the evils of the human world were still kept in the cask（木桶）Epimetheus（厄庇墨透斯） guarded the

9、 cask and Pandora was not yet made to openMen lived a happy lifeThey were forever youngThey were always eating richly and knew neither hard labour nor sorrowWhen death came ，which just likes apeaceful sleepAnd they became good spirits in heaven uThe Silver Age was one in which the human race was som

10、ewhat less valuable in body and mindThe period was of helpless be ginningIt lasted a hundred yearsAnd it was the time of manhood，short and troubledMen spent in ignorance and evilThey no longer admired the gods and offered no sacrifices（供奉）However，as the race of the Silver Age was not entirely lack o

11、f goodness，they had some honour and lived on as spirits under the earthuDuring the age of Bronze men became further degenerated Dressed in bronze and armed with weapons of bronze，they live din the houses of bronzeCruel and heartless，they delighted inwar and died in endless struggleWhen they passed a

12、way，they came into the darkness of the lower worldLOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMETThe Age of IronThe last age，that of Iron，was one of continual care and griefThere was no family love，no sense of respectful duty，no friend ship and hospitalityNor was there any faith，truth and justiceEvil was widespread，migh

13、t was right，and the flames of war burnt the surface of the earthIt was a race of men given up by gods ZeusThe god of sky,Zeus is the king of sky and earth.Ruler of the Olmpian gods.He was the rain god,and the cloud gatherer,who holds the terrible thunderbolt,His bird is eagle,his tree is the oak.His

14、 married to Hera but,famous for his many affairs.He is also known to punish those that lie or break oaths.HeraZeus wife and sister.Queen of the gods.Godness of marrige and childbirth and takes special care of married women.Most stories concerning Hera have to do with her jealous revenge for Zeus inf

15、idelities.PoseidonBrother of Zeus.God of the sea,protector of all waters.HIs weapen is a trident,which can shake the earth.,and shatter any objects.He is second only to Zeus in power among gods.He was widely worshiped by seamen.Brother of Zeus.God of the dead.ruler of the unrworld.God of wealth,due

16、to the precious metals mined from the earth.He has a helmet that makes invisible.He rarely leaves the underworld.HadesDaughter of Zeus.The Greek virgin godness of reason,intelligent activity,arts and literature.Godness of wisdom victory and war.She is firece and brave but, only wars to defined the s

17、tate and home from outside enemies.She is the godness of city,handicrafts and agriculture.She invented the bridle ,the trumpt,the flute,the pot,the plow,the yoke,the ship and the chariot.She was Zeus favorite child and was allowed to u his weapons including his thunderbolt.Her favorate city is Atnen

18、a.Her tree is olive.The owl is her bird. AthenaSon of Zeus.God of sun.God of right.God of truth,who can not speak a lie.The archer,far shooting with a sliver bow.Apollo also was the god of music and poetry.He could stir up all feelings.These feelings are expressed in lofty songs.With his lyre of gol

19、d and the sweet accents of his goodlike voice held the choir of the Muse sat Olmpus. ApolloThe main godsArtemisHermesHephaestusAphroditeAresDionysusThe virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon and twin sister of Apollo.T h e g o d o f c o m m e r c e , invention, cunning, and theft, who also served a

20、s messenger, scribe, and herald for the other gods.T h e g o d o f f i r e a n d metalworking and the son of Hera and Zeus.The goddess of love and b e a u t y, a l s o c a l l e d Cytherea.The god of war.The god of wine and of an orgiastic religion celebrating the power and fertility of nature.The g

21、oddess of youth and spring and the daughter fo Zeus and Hera, cupbearer to tho Olympian gods.HebeAny of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.MuseThe goddess of the dawn, the sister of Heios.EosThe goddess of the moon, the sister of Helios.Se

22、leneThe sun god, son of Hyperion and Theia, depicted as driving his chariot across the sky from east to west dailyHeliosThe god of love ,son of Aphrodite.ErosMedusa is one of the three banshee. Her father is foer library, mother is a sea monster families. Her hair is the snake. Some versions said th

23、at because medusa thought she was more beautiful than Athena.So Athena was so angry that she gave her the curses, anyone looking straight medusa eyes will become stone, therefore Medusa became really ugly monster.Cerberus is a huge dog which of hell with three heads.In Triple,each of the three heads

24、 uses different,The main monstersPhorcysMinotaurEchidnaHalf-godsGreek heros were almost as impotant as the gods in Greek mythology.Heros were bigger,braver,and more beatiful than ordinary men and women.In most cases their fathers or grandfathers were gods,but their mothers were mortals,so they were often called half-gods. The son of Zeus.Got the help from Athena and Hermes,he killed Gorgon Medusa.He fixed his eyes on Medusas reflectionin the polished surface of his shield and then cut off her head.PerseusTheseusThe son of Poseidon.While having all the qualities of a traditional ghero,s