英語童話故事：Dionysus 狄俄尼索斯

　　引導語：大家對中文版的童話故事是耳熟能詳了，我們一起來挑戰英文版的童話故事。

　　Dionysus was the god of wine.He was the son of Zeus by Semele. When his mother was burnt to death in the glory of Zeus .He was still a helpless infant.His father trusted his upbringing to some mountain fairy maidens .They tookthe greatest care of him. Under the tutorship of Silennus,the Satyr, he was introduced to all the secrets of nature and the culture of the wine. He travelled far and wide in his carriage drawn by wild beasts. He was said to have been to India and Ethiopia .Wherever he went, there was music and song and revelling.Hisattendants,known as the Bacchantes, were noted for their noiseand disorder.A most wild,noisy crow,they drank,danced andsang in a careless way.The women Bacchantes were infamous for their excessive immodesty and disgraceful excitement .In their madness and intoxication they committed cruel violence. They tore Orpheus,the gifted musician,limb from limb.King Pentheus of Thebes,for frowning on the worship of Bacchus in his kingdom, suffered the same treatment at the hands of a band of these fanatical women,of whom his own mother was the leader.

　　狄俄尼索斯

　　狄俄尼索斯是酒神,他是宙斯和塞梅萊的兒子.當他的媽媽被宙斯的璀璨之焰燒死時,他還只是個孤弱的嬰兒.他的父親將他寄託在山中仙子們那裡,他們精心地哺育他長大.在森林之神西萊娜斯的輔導下,他掌握了有關自然的所有秘密以及酒的歷史.他乘坐著他那輛由野獸駕駛的四輪馬車到處遊蕩.據說他曾到過印度和衣索比亞.他走到哪兒,樂聲、歌聲、狂飲就跟到哪兒.他的侍從們,被稱為酒神的信徒,也因他們的吵鬧無序而出名.他們肆無忌憚地狂笑,漫不經心地喝酒、跳舞和唱歌.侍從中的婦女也因極端粗野、得意起來有失體面而臭名昭著.當她們瘋狂或是極度興奮時,她們使用殘忍的暴力.她們曾把俄爾浦斯這位才華橫溢的音樂家的手足撕裂.就連底比斯國王,僅因為在本國崇拜巴克斯(狄俄尼索斯的別名)問題上皺了皺眉頭,也遭受了同樣的懲罰.而帶領這群狂熱的女人胡作非為的就是狄俄尼索斯的母親.

　　英語童話：Eros(Cupid)厄洛斯

　　Eros was the god of love,better known by hislatin name Cupid.Son of Aphrodite by Ares ,he took his place among the small gods of Olympus.He was represented asa little naked boy,with sparkling wings,and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.Shooting his thrilling arrows in evils,he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.The lovely,naughty god had two kinds of arrows:the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it. Besides,he had a torch to light hearts with.

　　Though sometimes he was blindfolded ,no man nor god,Zeus himself included,was safe from his evils.At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.Another famousstory where Eros played an important part was the Argonautic expedition.Medea,daughter of king Aeetes,was wounded by Eros’ arrows,took Jason’s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero’s wife.

　　厄洛斯(丘位元)

　　厄洛斯是愛神,它的拉丁名稱丘位元更為人熟知.他是阿瑞斯和阿芙羅狄蒂的兒子,是一位小奧林波斯山神.他的形象是一個裸體的`小男孩,有一對閃閃發光的翅膀.他帶著弓箭漫遊.他惡作劇地射出令人震顫的神箭,喚起愛的激情.給自然界帶來生機,授予萬物繁衍的能力.這位可愛而又淘氣的小精靈有兩種神箭:加快愛情產生的金頭神箭和中止愛情的鉛頭神箭.另外,他還有一束照亮心靈的火炬.

　　儘管有時他被蒙著眼睛,但沒有任何人或神,包括宙斯在內,能逃避他的惡作劇.有一次這位淘氣的精靈被自己的箭射中.對人間少女普賽克熾熱的愛在他心中復甦,以致於他不顧他母親的干預,鼓起勇氣讓宙斯給予公正評判.厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一個著名的故事是亞爾古英雄的遠征.美狄亞,國王埃厄忒斯的女兒,被厄洛斯的神箭射中,和伊阿宋一起尋覓金羊毛,最後成為這位英雄的妻子.