Palladium
when ilus had first built his new seat，the city of troy， he prayed zeus to show some sign of blessing for it． his prayer was heard，and a wooden image of pallas- a-thena fell from heaven to within the walls of the city． known as the palladium， the statue afforded the city safety and protection． at religious meetings of the g

Eros(Cupid)
eros was the god of love，better known by hislatin name cupid．son of aphrodite by ares ，he took his place among the small gods of olympus．he was represented asa little naked boy，with sparkling wings，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered．shooting his thrilling arrows in evils，he inspired the passion of lo

　　1.An Apple of Discord争斗之源；不和之因；祸根
　　An Apple of Discord直译为“纠纷的苹果”,出自荷马史诗Iliad中的希腊神话故事
　　传说希腊阿耳戈英雄（Argonaut）珀琉斯（Peleus）和爱琴海海神涅柔斯的女儿西蒂斯（Thetis）在珀利翁山举行婚礼,大摆宴席。
　　他们邀请了奥林匹斯上（Olympus）的诸神参加喜筵,不知是有意还是无心,惟独没有邀请掌管争执的女神厄里斯（Eris）。这位女神恼羞成怒,决定在这次喜筵上制造不和。于是,她不请自来,并悄悄在筵席上放了一个金苹果,上面镌刻着“属于最美者”几个字。天后赫拉（Hera）,智慧女神雅典娜（Athena）、爱与美之神

　　希腊神话是欧洲最早的人民口头创作，大约产生在公元前十二世纪到公元前八世纪之间。它历经古希腊人数百年口口相传，代代相承，不断地艺术加工，在以后的各种文学、历史、哲学著作中保存下来。
　　希腊神话包括神的故事和英雄传说两个部分。神的故事涉及宇宙和人类的起源、神的产生及其谱系等内容。相传古希腊有十二大神：众神之主宙斯，其妻赫拉，海神波塞冬，智慧女神雅典娜，太阳神阿波罗，狩猎女神与月神阿耳忒弥斯，爱与美之神阿佛罗狄忒，战神阿瑞斯，火神与工匠神赫淮斯托斯，神使赫尔墨斯，农神得墨忒斯，灶神赫斯提亚。他们掌管自然和生活的各种现象与事物，组成以宙斯为中心的奥林普斯神统和生活的各种现象与事物，组成以宙斯为中心的奥林普斯神统体系。
　　英雄传说起源于对祖

　　Prometheus
　　英汉对照
　　There once lived a race of huge giants called Titans. These giants were fierce， violent， and lawless-always fighting among themselves and against Zeus， the king of the gods.
　　One of the Titans， whose name was Prometheus， was wiser than the rest. He often thought about what would be likely to

Hermes immediately after he was born，hermes was appointed godof thieves at olympus．and a thief he became when he was barely a few hours old．feeling hungry，the infant left his cradle after nightfall to hunt for food．he chanced uponapollo''s oxen grazing on a meadow and drove a number ofthese animals away，tying tree branches

Venus And Adonis aphrodite loved adonis more than she did anybody else，for he was a brisk，lovely young hunter．she gave up herhome at olympus and took to the woods．in the woods she dressed herself up like a huntress and kept the youth company all day long．with him she wandered through grounds andgroves and over hills and val

Apollo among the crowd of olympian gods the one most widely admired was apollo．he was the son of zeus and let to．according to greek mythology，leto was driven by hera from land to land at last poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of delos out of water for her to live on．there she gave birth to the twins ，apollo

Prometheus prometheus was a titan ．in the war between zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new olympiangods．out of the clay he made the first man，to whom athena gave soul and holy breath．prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire．and fire raised man above all animals ．later，there held

Nereus and Proteus of all the small sea divinities nereus and proteus stood out as peculiar sea-gods．nereus，known as“the old man of the sea”，represented the pleasant aspect of ocean waters．he lived beneath the sea with his fifty lovely daughters，of whom the most famous were amphritrite，thetis，galate a and panope．it was ner

Ares son of zeus and hera，ares was appointed god of war．hewas terrible and majestic ，and his march shook the world．of all the major gods at olympus，he was the most hateful，loving struggle and war and ever thirsty for blood ．on the other hand he signified courage and victory in battle，and was devoutly worshipped by soldiers going

Dionysus dionysus was the god of wine．he was the son of zeus by semele． when his mother was burnt to death in the glory of zeus ．he was still a helpless infant．his father trusted his upbringing to some mountain fairy maidens ．they tookthe greatest care of him． under the tutorship of silennus，the satyr， he was introduced to

Philomela king pandion of athens had two daughters，procne and philomela．when athens was threatened by the wild men，king tereus of thrace came to its help．out of gratitude king pandion offered tereus either of his daughters in marriage and the thracian king chose procne as wife． for yearsthey lived in thrace and had one son，

The Flood towards the end of the age of bronze the human world became very cruel． men grew hungry，impolite and ungodly．neither rightn or law was respected any longer，and the rule of hospitality was forgotten．dressed up in human form，zeus visited arcadia andthessaly，and disliked the deadly wrongs of men ．he decidedto cl