古希腊神话故事(中英文对照).docVIP

古希腊神话故事古希腊神话故事:海尔墨斯 Hermes immediately after he was born，ermes was appointed God of thieves at Olympus．and a thief he became when he was barely a few hours old．feeling hungry，the infant left his cradle after nightfall to hunt for food．he chanced ponapollos oxen grazing on a meadow and drove a number of these animals away，tying tree branches around the feet of the cattle to make their footsteps dim．he killed two of these oxen and had a magnificent dinner．then he slipped back into his little bed in his mother\\s house．when pollo came to question him hermes pretended to be innocent．the angry sun god dragged him up to lympus，where he was accused of the stealing and made to return the cattle to their master．in reconciliation little hermes gave pollo the lyre he had made out of a tortoise shell，and pollo was so pleased with the gift that he presented his little brother with a magic stick．the stick could pacify hostile forces． in due time hermes was appointed messenger of zeus and the gods．the gods equipped him with a pair of winged sandal sand winged cap to enable him to travel swifter than sight．it was hermes who took the messages of zeus to the world below． hermes was a patron of traellers．his busts and statues were set up as dividing marks at crossroads or street corners to guide passersby．the hermes，as these statues were called，were regarded as sacred，and their mutilation was sacrilegious sand punishable by death．the destruction of the numerous hermes within the city of Athens caused a terrible excitement among its citizens that it might be no exaggeration to state that it changed the whole course of historic development of Athens ． 海尔墨斯 海尔墨斯一生下来就被任命为奥林波斯山的贼神。他出生后几个小时的时候就做了贼。黄昏时分，他感到饥饿，于是还是婴孩的海尔墨斯离开了他的摇篮去找食物吃。他碰巧看见阿波罗的牛在草地里吃草，于是他偷走了许多牛，并将树枝绑在牛脚上，让脚印变得模糊不清。他杀了其中两头牛，美餐了一顿。然后悄然地回到他妈妈的房里，爬上床。当阿波罗发现牛少了，来质问他时，海尔墨斯佯作不知。愤怒不已的太阳神把他拖到奥林波斯山上，告他偷窃并责令将牛如数还给主人。为了平息这件事，小海尔墨斯将他用乌龟壳做的琴送给阿波罗。阿波罗得到这件礼物非常高兴，并送给他的小兄弟一支魔棍，这支魔棍可以化解敌对力量。 到了一定的时候，海尔墨斯被指定为宙斯和众神的传令官。众神赐他一双带翅膀的草鞋和一顶带翅膀的帽子