英语故事-[希腊神话]阿基里斯.pdfVIP

[希腊神话]阿基里斯 Achilles Achilles felt proud of his parentage ．His grandfather was noted for his justice and uprightness and became a judge in Hades after death ． His father Peleus was a brave warrior and later married the beautiful sea goddess ，Thetis ． At the wedding of Peleus and the sea goddess ，to which most of the gods were invited ， the goddess of discord ，Eris ，feeling angry at not being invited， threw among the guests a golden apple bearing the wordsFor the fairest and stirred up a bitter quarrel which led in the end to the Trojan war ． Thetis loved her son very much ． When Achilles was still a baby， Thetis was shocked by a prophecy that her son would die in war ．To save her son，the sea goddess dipped her baby in the waters of Styx which could protect the human body from the fire and sword ． But as the heel by which she held him was dry it became the one mortal spot in the whole body of Achilles ． Thus the expressionthe heel of Achilles has come to meana weak spot ． Achilles spent a great part of his boyhood in the woods with the wise old centaur ， Chiron， who taught him the gentle arts as well as war affairs ，and prepared him well for a short but brilliant career ． When fighters all over Greece flew to arms against Troy， a prophet foretold that Achilles was sure not to return from the war．Determined to keep her son from the disaster ，Thetis sent young Achilles to the court of the king of Scyros ，where he worked in disguise as one of the handmaids waiting on the princess of Scyros ．For a time trick worked ．Messenger after messenger came ， but all left without him ． One day，a peddlar appeared in the palace，bringing with him a wide variety of womanish small things ． There was ，however ，also a sword among such goods ． Whereas most of the ladies stared at the silks and veils，one of them eagerly grabbed the sword and joyfully played with it ． At this the peddlar threw off his disg