up all feelings.these feelings are expressed in lofty songs.with

his lyre of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice heled the

choir of the muses at olympus.the pleasant music from his lyre was so

exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of

their own will when he helped poseidonbuild up the walls of troy.on one

occasion，invited to a 買粉絲ntest by the human musician marsyas，he won and

then flayed him to death for his pride.on another occasion，he lost out

topan at a musical 買粉絲ntest and turned the ears of the judge ，king midas，

into those of an ass. his son ，orpheus ，took over such skill from the

father that his lyre moved man and animals alike. apollo stood for youthful

and manly beauty.his goldenhair ，stately manner and air all 買粉絲bined

to make him the admiration of the world.a beautiful girl，by the name

of clytle ，was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to sk

she knelt on the ground ，her hands outstretched towards the sungod ，

and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue

sky.though her love was not returned，she had never changed her mind about

apollo.the gods were moved at the sad sight ，and changed her into a sunflower.

阿波羅在眾多的奧林波斯山神中，主神宙斯和雷托之子阿波羅最受推崇。據希臘

神話記載，雷托被天后赫拉驅趕得四處流浪。最終是海神波塞冬憐憫她并從海中

撈起提落島讓她居住。在島上，她生了孿生兒子阿波羅和阿爾特彌斯。阿波羅是

太陽神。清晨他身著紫色袍，坐在那明亮的東方宮殿，準備開始每日穿越天空的

旅行。白天，他駕著用金子和象牙制成的戰車，給廣闊無垠的大地帶來光明、生

命和仁愛。黃昏時分，他在遙遠的西海結束了旅行，然后就乘上金船返回東方的

家中。阿波羅是音樂神和詩神。他可喚起人們傾注于圣歌中的各種情感。在奧林

波斯山上，他手拿金質里拉，用悅耳的音調指揮繆斯的合唱。當他幫助波塞冬建

造特洛伊城墻時，里拉奏出的音樂如此動聽，以致石頭有節奏地、自動地各就其

位。有一次他接受凡人音樂家馬斯亞斯的挑戰參加一次競賽。戰勝對方后，他將

對手剝皮致死以懲罰他的狂妄自大。在另外一次音樂比賽中，因輸給了潘神，他

就將裁判邁爾斯國王的耳朵變成了驢耳朵。阿波羅的兒子俄耳甫斯繼承了父親這

方面的才能。他的豎琴使人與動物皆受感動。阿波羅象征著青春和男子漢的美。

金色的頭發、莊重的舉止、容光煥發的神態，這些足以使他受到世人的青睞。

一位名叫克里提的美麗少女迷戀于他的英俊瀟灑，跪在地上，從黎明到黃昏，雙

手伸向太陽神。她凝視著那輛金質馬車在蔚藍的天空馳騁。雖然她的愛并未得到

回報，但她對阿波羅的癡情卻從未改變。目睹這悲哀的場面，眾神深受感動，將

她變成了一株向日葵。

【三.普羅米修斯】

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 a joint meeting of gods and men.the

meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods

and what to men.prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts

：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，

for he knew the selfish zeus loved fat. zeus saw through the trick and

felt displeased at the prometheus' favor towards men.so in a masterful

way he took away the gift of fire from mankind.however，prometheus managed

to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen.flying into

an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion ，zeus let the other gods

chain prometheus to a rock on mountain caucasus ，where a hungry eagle

ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.his period of pain was to

be thirty-thousand years.prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never

lost 買粉絲urage before zeus.at last heracles made prometheus and zeus restore

to friend ship，when heracles came over in search of the golden apple

and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind 買粉絲.普羅米修斯普羅

米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯與巨人的戰爭中，他站在新的奧林波斯山神一邊。

他用粘土造出了第一個男人。雅典娜賦予了這個男人靈魂和神圣的生命。普

羅米修斯還花費了很多時間和精力創造了火，并將之贈予人類。火使人成為萬物

之靈。

在這之后，舉行了第一次神與人的聯席會議。這個會議將決定燒烤過的動物

的哪一部分該分給神，哪一部分該給人類。普羅米修斯切開一頭牛，把它分成兩

部分：他把肉放在皮下，將骨頭放在肥肉下。因為他知道自私的宙斯愛吃肥肉。

宙斯看穿了他的把戲。普羅米修斯偏袒人類，這使宙斯感到不快。因此，他專橫

地把火從人類手中奪走。然而，普羅米修斯設法竊走了天火，偷偷地把它帶給人

類。

宙斯對他這種肆無忌憚的違抗行為大發雷霆。他令其他的山神把普羅米修斯

用鎖鏈縛在高加索山脈的一塊巖石上。一只饑餓的老鷹天天來啄食他的肝臟，而

他的肝臟又總是重新長出來。他的痛苦要持續三萬年。而他堅定地面對苦難，從

來不在宙斯面前喪失勇氣。最后，海格立斯使普羅米修斯與宙斯恢復了他們的友

誼，找到了金蘋果，殺死了老鷹，因而解救了人類的老朋友。

【四.納魯斯和普魯吐斯】

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 nereus who advised heracles to seek

prometheus in the hero's search of the golden apples. proteus was poseidon's

herdsman. he was well known for two qualities ：the gift of prophecy and

the power to take various forms.at one time he was a lion with a curly

wavy hairs；at another he appeared in the shape of a wild boar；and still

another he stood a stately tree 買粉絲vered with rich lea