古希腊罗马神话中的植物展示.pptVIP

Myrtle [m??t ? l] 桃金娘） Aphrodite’s representative objects are dove、peony 、poppy 、apple and myrtle . Since the evergreen leaves and pretty white flowers just represent youth and beauty ,like the goddess herself ,the Greeks respected myrtle very much. She has this plant to represent her identity because it was said that she once used the flower to cover her body when she rise naked from the sea. Crops（稻穗） Demeter’s sacrificial offerings are cattle 、 fruits and crops. This is mainly because she is the goddess of harvest 、agriculture and plants. Oak tree 橡树） Oak tree is generally tall and flourish, so ,it’s natural for the Greeks to connect the oak tree with the most powerful and mighty god ----Zeus. White poplar 白杨） Because of the one bright ,one dark leaves of white poplar ,it has always being a symbol of Hades who bring life to an end . Therefore the bright side represents life and the dark side death. Pomegranate [p?m?gr?n?t] 石榴） As we all know,pomegrante has a lot of seeds inside its pericarp. Greek considered it as a sympol of life and parturition. Thus, it became Heras sacred plant. . because Hera is the god of marriage. Pregnant woman and puerpera. It’s said that in the temple of Hera and Argos. There is a Hera’ statue made of gold and ivory. The status hold pomegranate in her arm. But it doesn’t exist now. Hyacinthus [,hai?sinθ?s] （风信子） Hyacinthus was the beautiful god of plants in Greek myth who was loved by Apollo and Zephyrus. When Apollo and Hyacinthus were playing a game of quoits, Z envied that so he changed the wind direction so that H was attacked by A’s quoits and dead. In the place where H’s blood stayed growed Hyacinthus in memory of his death. * * * The plants in the Greek Myths ----Made by Daniel Vikey Lydia Natalie Aretha Olive （橄榄） In an archaic Athenian foundation myth, Athena won the patronship of Attica from Poseidon with the gift of the olive. And olive became Athenas sacred plant. Laurel[‘l?r ? l] （月桂树） It was said