GreekMyty希娜神话中英文简介.doc

Greek Mythology The beginning of the world Chaos Gaea (Earth) and Uranus (Heaven) Their children --- the original Titans, a group of mighty beings who rules the world. Cronus became leader of the Titans. Scared of being overthrown, Cronus, ate his children. Rhea pretended to give Cronus a child to eat, but it was really a stone. She took Zeus away and raised him secretly. Zeus grew to be a mature Titan. He challenged Cronus, won, and freed his siblings from Cronus’ belly. Zeus and his siblings became the mighty Olympians. The Olympians Zeus the god of the heaven and ruler of the Olympian gods lord of the sky, the rain god and the cloud gatherer His wielded thunderbolt His bird was the eagle, his tree the oak. Hera Queen of Heaven the supreme goddess, goddess of marriage and childbirth Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock. Apollo the son of Zeus and Leto; The Greek god who personified youthful masculinity, and a god of many roles. the god of light and sun the god of archery（剑术） the god of music and poetry the god of truth and prophesy（预言）, is famous for his oracle at Delphi His tree was the laurel. The crow his bird. The dolphin his animal. Athena The goddess of intelligent activity, arts and war The daughter of Zeus. She was born from the head of Zeus. The goddess of the city, handicrafts, and agriculture. The embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity Her tree is the olive. The owl is her bird. Artemis the goddess of the hunt, animals, childbirth and moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo Aphrodite The goddess of love, desire and beauty The patroness of sailors The myrtle（香桃木）is her tree. The dove, the swan, and the sparrow her birds. Her favorite lover is the god of war, Ares. Names Greek Roman 天神 Zeus 宙斯 Jupiter 朱庇特 天后 Hera 赫拉 Juno 朱诺 智慧与战争女神 Athena 雅典娜 Minerva 密涅瓦 太阳神 Apollo 阿波罗 Apollo 阿波罗? 月亮女神 Artemis 阿尔特弥斯 Diana 黛安娜 战神 Ares 阿瑞斯 Mars 玛尔斯 锻冶神，工匠神? Hephaestus 赫淮斯托斯 Vulcan 伏尔甘 爱神，美神 Aphrodite 阿芙洛迪特? Venus 维纳斯 信使，商业之神 Hermes