Arteis月亮女神.pptVIP

Artemis[?ɑ:timis] (月亮女神) Structure ?Artemis was one of the most widely venerated [?ven??re?tid] of the Ancient Greek deities[?di:?ti:z] （女神）. ?Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek. ?Homer refers to her as The Mistress of Animals (Potnia Theron), Artemis of the Wilds. ?In the classical period of Greek mythology [m??θ?l?d?i] , Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo[?p?l??] . ?She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility [f??t?l?ti] , young girls and disease in women and often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. ?In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth. ?Artemis later became identified with Selene,a Titaness who was a Greek moon goddess, sometimes depicted with a crescent moon above her head. She was also identified with the Roman goddess Diana,with the Etruscan goddess Artume, and with the Greek or Carian goddess Hecate [?hek?ti] （赫卡特）. Images Huntress Dancer Both destructive and nurturing Transitions of maidens[?meidnz] (少女) Huntress I sing about Artemis of the golden arrows, chaste virgin of the noisy hunt, who delights in her shafts and strikes down the stag, the very own sister of Apollo of the golden sword. She ranges over shady hills and windy heights, rejoicing in the chase as she draws her bow, made all of silver, and shoots her shafts of woe. The peaks of the lofty mountains tremble, the dark woods echo terribly to the shrieks of wild beasts. But she with dauntless heart looks everywhere to wreak destruction on animals. dancer... But when the huntress, who delights in her arrows, has had her fill of pleasure and cheered her heart, she unstrings her curved bow and makes her way to the great house of her dear brother, Phoebus Apollo, in the ri