希臘神活故事精選閱讀
希臘神話是一切有關古希臘人的神、英雄、自然和宇宙歷史的神話。希臘神話是原始氏族社會的精神產物,歐洲最早的文學形式。大約產生於公元前8世紀以前,它在希臘原始初民長期口頭相傳並借鑑了流傳到希臘的其他各國的神話的基礎上形成基本規模,後來在《荷馬史詩》和赫西俄德的《神譜》及古希臘的詩歌、戲劇、歷史、哲學等著作中記錄下來,後人將它們整理成現在的古希臘神話故事。下面小編為大家帶來,希望大家喜歡!
希臘神活故事:奧利安
Orion was a giant hunter.He was the beautiful son of Poseidon.One day,when hunting in the forest,he caughtsight of Artemis' fair maidens,the seven Pleiades .Hewas so attracted by their beauty that he started chasing them.Indespair the charming maidens prayed to Artemis for help and were sent up by the goddess to the heavens as a constellation .
Later he fell in love with another maiden,Merope by name,butrash and impatient,he took the maiden by force and enraged her father,King Oenopion of Chios.The king made him drunk and put out his eyes .Following the sound of the Cyclopes' hammer,he went to Hephaestus,who sent a guide to travel with him to the east,where the sun rose.Exposing his eyeballs to the rays of the sun,he was restored to his eyesight.He became aconstant companion of Artemis and followed the goddess in the chase with his dog Sirius.
Apollo did not approve of this love,however.One day he dared his sister to shoot at a dark spot moving in the sea.Little did she suspect that she was aiming herarrow at Orion,for the dark spot turned out to be the head of Orion swimming in the ocean.Artemis was extremely sad.As she could not pull him back from the grasp of Death she sent him up to the sky as a constellation,with his hunting dog Sirius be sidehim.
故事翻譯:
奧利安是位身材高大的獵手。他是海神波塞冬漂亮的兒子。一天,他在森林中打獵,看到了阿爾特彌斯的仙女們——七顆明星。他如此愛慕她們的美麗,便追趕她們。困境中,美貌的仙女們向阿爾特彌斯求救。結果女神將她們都送入天空充當星座。
後來奧利安愛上了另一少女墨洛珀。他魯莽急躁地施暴於她。這激怒了少女的父親俄諾皮耳國王。國王把他灌醉後,挖出了他的眼睛。隨著“獨眼巨人”大錘的敲響,他來到火神赫斐斯托斯跟前。火神派嚮導帶他去太陽升起的東方。將眼球暴露於陽光後,他就恢復了視力,成了女神阿爾特彌斯永久的伴侶,並帶著他的獵狗天狼跟隨女神打獵。
阿波羅並不贊成他們之間這種戀情。一天,阿波羅慫恿阿爾特彌斯向海中一移動的黑點射箭。她根本沒想到自己是將箭瞄準奧利安。當看清黑點竟是在游泳的戀人奧利安的頭時,阿爾特彌斯悲痛萬分。因她無力使他起死回生,只好將他送入天空作一星座。他的獵狗天狼***即天狼星座***則蹲在他的身旁。
希臘神活故事:伊克西翁
In Thessaly there once lived a king by the name of Ixion.He was both handsome and mighty.He went to woo the beautiful maiden Dia and won her love,but her old father was most reluctant to part with his child.only when Ixionswore to let him have his royal treasure house did the father agree to give the king the hand of Dia in marriage .Ixion took Dia home with him.But he was in no mood to keep his promise,for a long time passed and no treasure ever came to the old man.Impatient to have his promised wealth,the old father went to seeIxion and gave him no peace,until at last Ixion decided to get ridof him once and for all .Opening the door of his treasurehouse,he pushed the old man in and there burnt him to death.
Zeus was furious over the terrible deed.The frightened Ixion went up to heaven and asked the father of gods and men torid him of his dishonesty .His prayers were granted,and hestayed happily for a while in the glorious home of the gods,There his lecherous eyes fell on Hera,whose radiant beautyfascinated his heart.Forgetting Dia at home,he planned for Hera to elope with him.Seeing all this,Zeus sent a cloud in the form of Hera to Ixion.The impious king made love to the shade and made it the mother of the centaurs .The infuriated Zeuscast Ixion down to Hades and had him bound to a wheel of fire,which,forever revolving,racked and tore his body in its unbroken swift revolutions.
故事翻譯:
以前有個叫伊克西翁的國王居住在色薩利。他既英俊瀟灑又力大無窮。他向美麗的姑娘黛求婚。黛和他一見傾心,但是她的父親卻極不情願離開他的孩子。最後只有當伊克西翁發誓讓黛的父親得到王室的金庫時,這位父親才答應把黛嫁給了國王。伊克西翁把黛領回家。但他卻絲毫沒有履行諾言的意思。很長時間過去了,老人沒有得到半釐錢。於是老人迫不及待地去找伊克西翁,絮絮叨叨攪得他不得安寧。終於伊克西翁決定索性徹底除掉老頭。他打開了金庫,一把將老人推了進去,然後將他活活燒死。
宙斯為此勃然大怒。驚恐的伊克西翁跑到天堂,苦苦哀求眾神和眾人之父寬恕他的不誠實。他的請求得到了准許,於是他興高采烈地在這輝煌璀璨的神的殿堂裡呆了一會兒。他那雙好色的眼睛盯上了赫拉,她那光彩照人的美麗使他神魂顛倒。他忘記了家裡的黛。他盤算著要讓赫位與他一道私奔。看到這些,宙斯把一朵赫拉形狀的雲送到了伊克西翁跟前。這位不虔誠的國王和這朵雲*,並使她生下了半人半馬的怪物。怒不可遏的宙斯把伊克西翁打下了地獄,將他綁在一個不停旋轉的火輪上,這急速旋轉的火輪永遠折磨、撕扯著他的軀體。