希腊罗马神话英文版

特洛伊木马
A joke of the punishment of Zues
In the beginning...
The same:was Chaos (shapeless nothingness)
THE GREEK AND ROMAN Different:Chaos had two children: –Night (darkness) –Erebus (death) “All was black, empty, silent, endless.” Mysteriously, Love was born of darkness and death.
Poseidon
• Roman Name: Neptune • God of the Seas and Waters • “The Earthshaker”
Hestia • Roman Name: Vesta • Goddess of Home • Powerful Protector
Apollo
THE CHIAN
Different:Pangu split the earth,and Pangu created the rich and beautiful world with his body. Nüwa was a goddess had human face with a snake-like body. She began the creation of animals and humans.
So the mythological stories grew and changed as they passed from Asia Minor to Greece, or from Greece to the islands of the Aegean Sea, to Italy and Sicily. Moreover, the independence of the individual in the Greek states, where men thought for themselves, and no autocratic government or powerful priesthood exerted undue restraint, fostered variety and permitted artists so to modify infinitely to the richness of mythology and art.
Greek and Roman Mythology
• THE IMPACT OF GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
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Comparision of Chinese mythology
Conclusion
Classical mythology is the expression of the nature and thought of the Greeks, not that of the Romans. For the Greeks were by nature artistic; they instinctively expressed their ideals, the truth as the saw it, in poetry, story, and sculpture, and because imagination, insight, and love of beauty were united in them, their stories and art have an appeal that is universal.
trail
China:we always focus on the animals and the plants.we regard the creature as the prototype of gods.
The Greek and Roman:they always focus on the abstract things
And then...THE GREEK AND
ROMAN
When Love was born, order and beauty began to flourish. Love created Light and Day. Earth was created. – She was the solid ground, but also a personality. The Earth bore Heaven to cover her and be a home for the gods.
Trail 波提切利油画作品“春”
Greek and Roman Mythology focus on the nature and their power of nature ,which is abstract.Such as Mars,Sun,sea,the victory,wisdom,courage and beauty.
Apple of Discord
The gods and goddesses were invited to the marriage of Peleus and Thetis(忒弥 斯，海的女神之一). Only the goddess Eris (厄里斯，不和女神) was not invited, but she arrived with a golden apple inscribed with the word "to the fairest one", which she threw among the goddesses. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all claimed to be the fairest, and thus the rightful owner of the apple. one. The goddesses chose to place the matter before Zeus, who, not wanting to favor one of the goddesses, put the choice into the hands of Paris(特洛伊王子）. Finally, Paris chose Aphrodite as the fairest one.
“Wherever the Greeks Are, There Is Greece”
♠The Greece is not a nation in the strict sense or a people under one central government, but of the Greek race.
2. survival of Ancient Greek art works, including sculptures and ancient Greek painting on the bottle and ancient architectural remains of the mural
3. Later excavation of archaeological artifacts unearthed in
The Principal Gods
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The Principal Gods
Apollo (Apollo) Persephone
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Athena (Minerva)
Zeus (Jupiter, Jove) Hera (Juno)
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Origin

The origin of Greek and Roman mythology
Three particular origin of Greek and Roman the Mythology
1.Ancient literaty works: a.It is said that it is from Homer’s epics：Iliad and Odyssey。 b. The work of hesiod Theogony c. Ancient Greek poet's tragedy

The Ancient Mythology of China
The Ancient Mythology of China
Since mythology is not based on authority but grows from the soul of the people, it necessarily follows that as Greek life and thought grew and developed, as art was perfected and poetry and philosophy grew less simple, the telling of the myths and interpretation changed and developed.
Hera
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Roman Name: Juno Zeus’s sister and wife Jealous protector of marriage Punished the women Zeus fell in love with
Nike
• Greek goddess who personifies victory
Helen of Troy
Helen was the most beautiful woman of the world．She was an infamous lady．She lighted the flames of the Trojan war and brought extreme destruction on the city of Troy．
Ares (Mars)
Hestia (Vesta) Nike(winged victory)
Hebe (Juven tas)
Hades (Pluto)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Zeus
• Roman Name: Jupiter (also Jove) • Supreme god of the Olympians. • Fathered many characters in mythology
Roman Name: Apollo God of Light/Sun and Music Brother of Artemis

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1 Pandora:Zues sent Pandora as a present to
Epimetheus,brother of Prometheus. He had quite forgotten Prometheus' warning：never to accept anything from Zeus． The couple lived a happy life ．Then trouble came on to the human world． Prometheus had left a big cask in the care of Epimetheus．He had warned his brother not to open the lid．Pandora was a curious woman． One day，when Epimetheus was out，she lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war，Plague and sickness，theft and violence ， grief sorrow，and all the other evils．The human world was hence to experience these evils.