希腊罗马神话(英文版)(世界经典故事)(Greek and Roman Mythlolgy)

分類: 图书,英语与其他外语,英语读物,英文版,文学,
品牌: 杰西·M.塔特洛克
基本信息·出版社:中央编译出版社
·页码:202 页
·出版日期:2008年
·ISBN:7802117100/9787802117105
·条形码:9787802117105
·包装版本:1版
·装帧:平装
·开本:16
·正文语种:英语
·丛书名:世界经典故事
·外文书名:Greek and Roman Mythlolgy
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内容简介《希腊罗马神话》讲述了古希腊和罗马诸神和英雄们的身世来源,传奇经历。日、月、水、火等自然现象以及爱情、战争、死亡等人类最原始的活动形式都在神话中得到了具体体现和诠释。
编辑推荐《希腊罗马神话》这些神话反映了人类原始时期的社会秩序,体现了人类的情感、信仰、愿望和幻想,是西方文明的光辉起点,在西方文化中占有极其重要的地位。
目录
Introduction
PART / THE GODS
Chapter
IThe World of the Myths
lIThe Gods of Olympus: Zeus
IllHera, Athena, Hephaestus
I. Hera (Juno)
II. Athena (Minerva)
lII. Hephaestus (Vulcan)
IVApollo and Artemis
I. Apollo
II. Artemis (Diana)
VHermes and Hestia
I. Hermes (Mercury)
II. Hestia (Vesta)
VIAres and Aphrodite
I. Ares (mars)
lI. Aphrodite (Venus)
The Lesser Deities of Olympus
I. Eros (Cupid)
U. Other Deities of Olympus
The Gods of the Sea
IXThe Gods of the Earth
XThe World of the Dead
PART II THE HEROES
XIStories of Argos
ⅫHeracles (Hercttles)
ⅫStories of Crete, Sparta, Corinth, and Aetolia
I. Stories of Crete
Ⅱ. Stories of Sparta
Ⅲ. Stories of Corinth
IV. The Calydonian Boar Hunt
Stories of Attica
XVStories of Thebes
The Argonautic Expedition
XⅦThe Trojan War
The Wanderings of Odysseus
XⅨThe Tragedy of Agamemnon
The Legendary Origin of Rome
Appendix A
Appendix B
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序言hile familiarity with classical mythology is generally recognized as essential to the understanding of literature and art and to the preservation of a great and valuable part of our artistic and spiritual heritage, the method of assuring such a familiarity to the rising generation differs in different schools. In many the stories of the gods and heroes are read in the lower grades from one or another of the children's books based on the myths, and any further knowledge of the subject depends upon the study of Vergil and other Latin or Greek writers and on the use of reference books in connection with reading in English literature. In many schools, however, experience has proved that as even the most elementary knowledge of mythology gained in childhood cannot be presupposed, and as the knowledge gained from the occasional use of reference books is unsubstantial and unsatisfactory, a systematic course in mythology for students of high school age is necessary. It might seem that to such students this subject would be so simple as to present no difficulties, but the fact is that to those who come to its study, as surprisingly many do, with such entire unfamiliarity that the name of Apollo or Venus conveys othing to them, the mass of new and strange names and the divergence of the conceptions from those to which they are accustomed make the study not a little difficult. After many years' experience with such students the writer has been led to believe that there is need for a text book in a style to appeal to those who have outgrown children's books, but of content so limited and treatment so simple as to make it possible for the average boy or girl to assimilate it in a course of about thirty lessons. To secure brevity and simplicity only the most famous and interesting of the stories have been incorporated in this book; certain others are briefly mentioned in the index.
文摘Chapter II
The Gods of Olympus: Zeus
Mt. Olympus
hile the gods of the Greek religion were personifications ofnatural powers, yet they were conceived after the fashion of human beings, both in bodily form and in their needs and passions. They were born, grew, married, and suffered, though death never came to them. These beings, like men, only greater and more beautiful, must have cities and homes like those of men, only greater and more beautiful. So the Greeks of the mainland looked up to the cloud- capped peak of Mt. Olympus, majestic, mysterious, eternally enduring, and saw there, under the arch of heaven, the golden halls of the divine city.
There, as they say, is the seat of the gods that standeth fast forever. Not bywinds is it shaken, nor ever wet with rain, nor doth the snow come nigh thereto, but most clear air is spread about it cloudless, and the white light floats over it. Therein the blessed gods are glad for all their days. ( Odyssey, VI. 42 ft.) It was a true celestial city, conceived after the model of the Greek city- states. At the gates of cloud the Hours stood as guardians, within the walls rose the palaces of the gods, and on the topmost peak, the acropolis, was the great hall where the members of the Olympic Council gathered for deliberation or for feasting. Ambrosia was the food served at these banquets, and nectar, poured into the cups by Hebe, the goddess of youth, nourished the ichor flowing in the gods' veins instead of blood. The nostrils of the feasters were filled with the rich odor of sacrifices offered on earth, and their ears charmed by the songs the Muses sang to the accompaniment of Apollo's lyre.