古希腊神话中的英雄,神和怪物中文读书笔记

古希腊神话中的英雄神和怪物读书笔记Introduction

主要讲是古希腊的两个主要城邦斯巴达和雅典，讲了两者的生活的不同，其中，讲了雅典的繁荣的艺术政治和海外的贸易文化。斯巴达这一个城邦主要讲了她们的男性和女性的受教育方面，以及他们的军事力量方面。还讲了古希腊的民主政治在世界上的影响。以及希腊神话的一些介绍，有几个人物，我们应该记得第一个是

Poseidon波塞冬希腊（神话中的海神）Hades阎王

Zeus宙斯（希腊神话中的女神）Hera赫拉，主神宙斯之妻。Demete-r(农业和四季女神)

Chapter1 The war of Titans

起因：

Titans were the sons and daughters of Gaia-Goddness of the Earth and Uranus(乌拉诺

斯)-God of the sky.but Uranus didn't trust any of his children.

He locked Cyclopes in the furthest depths of the Underground.But his youngest son Cronus overthrew him and ruled with Uranus’ wife Rhea.But cronus was a tyrant who strengthened his position through violence.

过程：Rhea later gave birth to a child named Zeus（宙斯被她的母亲送给了一群精灵叫做Kouretes）. When he grows up.He started his revenge.

Titans and olympians，Began A war(宙斯亲自释放了独眼巨龙，从地狱里独眼巨人，为了感谢他们，为他们制作了一种特殊的武器)A trident for Poseidon, A helmet of darkness for Hades and A thunderbolt for the King of the Go ds, Zeus. Titans had been vanquished.(其中最有名的提坦是阿特拉斯，他被宙斯降罪来用双肩支撑苍天，成为了希腊神话中的“擎天神”)

Chapter2 Jason and the Argonauts(杰逊王子战妖群)

基本内容：

Aeson ruled Iolchus, a kingdom in Thessaly(塞萨

利), with a fair hand. But his brother Pelias stag

ed(策划)上

演 a bloody revolt, seizing the throne and slaying all of his children. Aeson的前妻生了一个儿子，为了不被Pelias杀害，她谎称孩子在出生时就死了，女王给孩子取名Jason who to be looked after by a centaur(人首马身的怪

物) called Chiron. Chiron who taught him many skills, and as an adult he returned to his homeland to reclaim the throne。He met an old crone on his way home and carried him across the river.This

old crone actually is the goddess Hera, enemy of Pelias. Pelias seeing that he was wearing only one sandal, he thought of the oracle's words.

Golden Fleece was guarded by a fire-breathing dragon （喷火巨龙）Pelias required Jason that If he wanted to prove that he was his brother's son, he had to get the golden fleece. 参与人：Argus百眼巨人（造船），海神Poseidon， Heracles(大力英雄)，The twin brother Castor and Pollux.

Orpheus the musician，a woman Atlanta(捷足善走的美女) （船被称为Argo乘坐这艘船的人被称为Argonauts阿尔戈英雄）

经过：1.Their first stop was the island of Lemnos(莱姆诺斯岛)，那里没男人，因为那里的女人

had not worshipped the goddess Aphrodite（司爱与美之女生）他们在那里生活了很长一段时间，有的人甚至和那里的女人有了孩子。

2.a tragic misunderstanding

The crew of the Argo next reached the shores(海

岸)of the people called Doliones. 那里的国王Cyzicus对他们盛情款待。他们遇到了暴风，进入了rocky cove他们把攻击者全部杀死第二天才发现他是Doliones.

3.two shipmates lost

They wanted row to Mysia have a rest.Over there，

Heracles' servant called Hylas was sent to find water.在水面上he saw the naiad（水中仙女）那些naiads 把Hylas带走了Heracles决定结束voyage.

4.the Harpies(鹰身女妖（残忍贪婪的女人））

They next landed in the coast at Salmydessus in Thrace and met an elderly man called Phineus. Who Granted the gift of prophecy by the God Apollo，