《希腊罗马神话》第3章Greek Creation Myths.ppt

Questions on Prometheus Pandora 1. How did Prometheus steal fire for men from Zeus the counsellor? 2. Why did Zeus give men Pandora? 3. Who received Pandora as a gift? 4. What impresses you most in Pandora? 5. What did not fly out of the jar after Pandora took off its lid? Pandora’s Gifts Hephaestus, fashioned her Athene, taught her needlework and the weaving skills Aphrodite, shed grace upon her head and cruel longing and cares that weary the limbs Hermes, put in her a shameless mind and a deceitful nature Athene, girded and clothed her; bedecked her form with all manners of finery The Graces and queenly Persuasion, put necklaces of gold upon her Hours 时序女神，crowned her head with spring flowers Hermes, the Slayer of Argus, contrived within her lies and crafty words and a deceitful nature; put speech in her. Pandora, “all-gifted” Pandora [?????????](潘多拉) Age of Gold Lived like gods Made merry with feasting, no evils No need to work Dwelt in ease and peace Became pure spirits after death During the reign of Cronus Age of Silver Unlike the golden race A long childhood Simple-minded, foolish lived short in their adulthood(成人期) Sinning and wronging each other Showing no respect to the immortals Blessed spirits of the underworld after death Age of Bronze Sprung from ash trees Be fond of war and violence Strong and terrible Bronze were widely used by them Deucalion and Pyrrha went to the temple of Themis to make sacrifice and give thanks Themis’ oracle(神谕), “Leave behind you the bones of your great mother.” Stones thrown by Deucalion were turned into men; Pyrrha, women Order of creation: light (“let there be light”), separating the light from the darkness, day/night---1 dome in midst of waters (sky), separating the water under it from the water above it---2 seas and earth, the water below the sky comes together and becomes seas, land appears earth puts forth vegetation--3 sun, moon, stars (“Let lights appear in the sky”) --4 sea monste