希腊神话故事集锦

希腊神话故事集

1. Pandora’s Box潘多拉魔盒

Pandora’s box is not just a box, but something that will bring bad luck and misfortunes(不幸) to the earth. In order to punish humans and Prometheus, Zeus created a beautiful girl named Pandora. When she was married to Prometheu s’ brother, she was asked not to open a box. But Pandora opened the box because she was curious. All the misfortunes run out.

2.Achilles’ Heel 阿基里斯之踵

Achilles is son of a human and a goddess. When he was born, his mother knew he would die in the field, so she took him to the Underworld river to dip(沾水，沁水) him. When doing so, she took Achilles’ one heel, forgetting the other. So in the war, Achilles’ heel got injured and he died. People use Achilles’ heel later to mean something in a person that can be easily damaged or hurt.

3.Trojan Horse 特洛伊木马计

During the 10-year war, Trojan city was too strong to be broken into. So Greek soldiers built a big wooden horse and they hid in this horse. Trojan people took the horse into the city and didn’t know the danger was coming. During the midnight, Greek solders came out and destroyed this city. Now Trojan horse usually means a hidden danger/risk of being attacked.

4.Golden Touch 点金指

Golden touch is a magic that can turn everything into gold.

King Midas loved gold very much, so he prayed(祷告) to god to give him some magic(魔力). The next morning when he touched everything, it all turned into gold. But when he touched his daughter, she turned into gold also. Even when he touched his food, it turned into gold. He was unhappy and hungry so he prayed to god to take the golden touch back.

5.Under the rose 秘密！请保持沉默

Venus had many lovers and among them, Ares (罗马神话中称Mars) , the War God, was her favorite. They had a son, named Jupiter(罗马神话中称Eros) and this Jupiter brought some roses to the God of silence, because he didn’t want people to talk about his parents. So now “under the rose” means what being discussed should be kept as a secret.

6. Sphinx 狮身人面像

Sphinx is a human-faced and lion-bodied monster(怪物). She asked people to work out her riddle (谜语): What is it that has four legs in the morning, two legs in the noon and three legs in the evening. People who couldn’t answer the riddle will be eaten. The answer, of course, is “human”.

7. Atlas 托天巨神阿特拉斯

Atlas is a strong Titan god(泰坦巨神) that shoulders the sun in Greek mythology. He was asked by Zeus to support the sun and not to make is fall down. This work is very painful and boring, so he wanted to get rid of it. But it seems nobody but himself can accept his job.

8. Daphne 月桂女生达芙妮

Daphne is a young beautiful girl. When Apollo saw her, he fell in love. But Daphne couldn’t accept his love. She tried to escape from him but failed(失败了). She was tired and asked her father to turn her into a laurel(月桂树) tree.

9. Pan 吓人的潘神

When Pan was born, his mother deserted him because he looked very frightening(吓人的). Later Pan was taken to Zeus. Pan likes playing jokes on people and enjoys frightening others by his awful look.