Heracles简介.ppt

希腊神话故事人物 HERCULES Hercules in Greek mythology is a great figure of valor and muscle strength .His bravery earned him a place among the gods. Hercules was the illegitimate son(私生子) of Zeus and Alcmene. 1.Characters profile of Heracles Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmene（阿尔克墨涅） ,also called Hercules in Roman myth,is one of the most great heroes in Greece.He is a man of unuasual strength,with big courages and afraid of nothing. 2.Heracles Birth His mother Alcmene is one of Zeus mistress （情妇）and is envied by Hera(Zeus’ wife).So Hera make Heracles born later than Eurystheus（grandson of Perseus） who later becomes the king of Heracles according to Zeus’ command that the person who is first born will be the king of Miken. 3. Heracles Growth Heracles’s mother is worried about Hera’s jealousness, so she abandons him, and let him be in the cornfield(麦田) .However, he is so lucky that he is found by Athena with Hera. Athena likes him very much and she orders Hera to suckle(哺乳) the baby. Because Hera doesn’t know he is the son of Alcmene, she does it. And then, Heracles becomes a god because of the milk of Hera. Also because of Athena’s preference, he is taken back to his mother. After that, Hera regrets very much. Why doesn’t she just kill the baby? So she starts to revenge. She dispatches two big snakes to kill the boy. On the contrary, Heracles kills the snakes easily. When he grows up, he is sent to countryside to feed cattle for he kills his teacher. He regrets that very much, and wishes to amends very much. It is said that he once kills a lion in the countryside. 4. 12 labors The 12 labors are performed for the king of Greek Eurystheus because of Heras enmity.They are as follows: 1. Slay the Nemean lion (扼死铜筋铁骨的涅墨亚森林的猛狮), from the lion he makes the cloak(披风) and club（棒） that become his trademarks. 2.To destory the Lernaean Hydra 杀死勒而涅沼泽为害人畜的九头水蛇许德拉 3.Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis(生擒克律涅亚山里金角铜蹄的赤牡鹿) 4 Capture the Erymanthian Boar （活捉埃里曼托斯山密林里的大野猪） 5 Clean th