lecture 6 perseus and heracles.pptVIP

Greek Mythology GREECE Tasks of Greek mythology how world came into being who the various gods are and what powers they control how the gods affect the world and men What the love affairs they have Hero saga The Gorgons Three snake-haired monsters scaly skin dragons wings hair formed of dozens of coiling snakes Medusa is most well-known Their look turns men to stone. Poseidon and medusa Athena placed it at the center of her Aegis as a symbol of her power, and her own capacity to turn her enemies into stone. Constellation Cepheus 仙王座 Cassiopeia 仙后座 Heavenly milk Heracles was represented as an enormously strong man of moderate height; a voracious eater. His attributes were the lion skin, bow and club. His fight with the lion being depicted many hundreds of times. To purify himself, he had to accomplish 12 tasks for king Eurystheus of Tiryns. To kill the Nemean Lion杀掉尼米亚猛狮 To destroy the Lernaean Hydra杀掉勒尼安的海德拉 To capture the Ceryneian Hind捕获阿尔忒弥斯的刻律涅雌鹿 To capture the Erymanthian Boar活捉厄律曼托斯山上的野猪 To clean the Augean Stables清洗奥吉亚斯的牛厩 To kill the Stymphalian Birds杀掉斯廷法罗斯湖怪鸟 To capture the Cretan Bull制服克里特岛上的公牛 To round up the Mares of Diomedes制服狄俄墨得斯的食肉马 To steal the Girdle of Hippolyte夺取亚马孙女王希波吕忒的腰带 To herd the Cattle of Geryon牵回巨人革律翁的牛群 To fetch the Apples of Hesperides摘取赫斯珀里得斯的金苹果 To capture Cerberus活捉哈得斯的三头犬刻耳柏洛斯 Killing the Nemean lion Proof against all weapons Heracles wrestled with it Strangled it to death Used its pelt as armor and the head as helmet Constellation Leo The lion was honored by Hera as constellation “Leo” Fighting with the Hydra As soon as Heracles cut off one head, two new ones, larger and uglier, grew in its place. As fast as Heracles lopped off the heads, Iolaus burned the stumps with a torch, thus preventing the growth of the duplicate heads. Head number nine—the immortal one—Heracles buried under a huge rock. Constellation Hydra长蛇座 Constellation Cancer a huge crab sent by Hera kept biting him, killed by Heracles The crab wa