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1、Unit 3 Prometheus and MankindPrometheus:lWhat is the most important thing Prometheus did for mankind?Creator of man:lForethought:thought for the future.深谋远虑对未来的准备或思虑lAfterthought:An idea,a response,that occurs to one after an event or a decision.事后想法、反应Creator of Mankind:lPrometheus:shaped man out o

2、f claylAthena:breathed life into manlEpimetheus:should provide faculitiesReasons of being punished?lStealing fire;lTricking Zeus;lNot revealing the prophesy to Zeus;lThetis:a sea nymph.lChiron:Centaur,a tribe of half-horse men.Prometheus being torturedlPromethean:Boldly creative;defiantly original.l

3、勇于创造的勇于创造的；富有反抗精神的lthe painters Promethean craftl画家的创造艺术Unit 4 Pandoras BoxUnit 5Five Ages of MankindThe Golden AgelA time without laws;lLife peaceful;care-free,labor-free,painless,but vegetarian;lEverlasting youth until peaceful death in sleeplprotectors or helpers of later generations after death;

4、l(Ending with Pandoras creation)The Silver AgelLabour:beginning of agriculturelA full 100 years childhood;lUngrateful to creatorslblessed spirits of the Underwold;The Bronze AgelAge,agriculture and manufacture,a hunting and warring age;lCreated from ash tree;lEverything bronze;lGreat warriors pursui

5、ng brutal,violent conflicts;lSpirits went down to Hell;The Heroic Age lSemi-gods;lA nobler race,“better and more just”;lHeroes who fought at Troy or Thebes;lSpirits went to the Happy Isles/the Islands of the Blessed（极乐岛）Cadmus卡德摩斯卡德摩斯l A Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth,from

6、 which sprang up an army of men who fought one another until only five survived.With these five men Cadmus founded the city of Thebes(底比斯城).l腓尼基王子，卡德摩斯，建立了底比斯城。AIDOSlAIDOS(or Aedos)was the goddess of modesty,reverence and respect.lShe was a companion of the goddess Nemesis.l Aidos,as a quality,was t

7、hat feeling of reverence or shame which restrains men from wrong;NEMESIS 惩罚女神惩罚女神lNEMESIS was the goddess of indignation against evil deeds,and retribution for undeserved good fortune.Iron AgelAll evils and corruptions;lToil for survival and suffer endless misery;Unit 6The Deluge Parnassus:lA mounta

8、in,about 2,458 m(8,060 ft)high,of central Greece.lIn ancient times it was sacred to Apollo,Dionysus,and the Muses.lDelphi was at the foot of the mountain.l巴那塞斯山希腊中部一座海拔约2,458米（8,060英尺）的山，古时候是阿波罗，狄俄尼索和缪斯的圣地，特尔裴就在此山脚下TritonlTRITON was a fish-tailed sea god,the son and herald of Poseidon.lHe stilled th

9、e waves with the blow of a conch-shell trumpet.Unit7 Zeus and HeraZeus(Roman:Jupiter)lSon of Cronus and Rhea;lRuler of heaven and earth;lPreserver of order and justice;lA complex figure;Hera(Roman:Juno)lknown as Juno in Roman mythology;lthe goddess of married women and childbirth;lThe peacock are sa

10、cred to her;lIris,the Goddess of Rainbow,was her attendant and messenger;lHera is portrayed as being majestic and solemn.ThetislOne of the 50 Nereids(海中女神）,mother of Achilles.l 塞蒂斯,海中女神之一，是阿喀琉斯的母亲Briareuslwas one of the Hecatonchires,the hundred-handed ones with fifty heads.lHis mother,Gaea,was the

11、most ancient Greek goddess and was known as mother earth.lHe also had two brothers.One of his brothers was Gyges,and the other was Cottus.Laomedon:lThe founder and first king of Troy and father of Priam.lPriam:The father of Paris,Hector,and king of Troy,who was killed when his city fell to the Greek

12、s.Unit 8 Zeus and IoInachus lThe personified deity of the river of that name in Greece.lHe is the son of Oceanus.Zeus and Iol Argus:was a hundred-eyed giant;lalso called Argus All-Seeing;l All-seeing reflecting that he was a very effective watchman,as only a few of the eyes would sleep at a time;the

13、re were always eyes still awake.lArgus was Heras servant.Argus Guarding the Heifer(Io)Hermes(Roman:Mercury)lthe son of Zeus and the nymph Maia;lthe messenger of the gods;lHermes is the god of shepherds,travellers,merchants,oratory,and thieves;lknown for his cunning and shrewdness.Satyr 半人半兽的森林之神半人半兽

14、的森林之神 lGods of the woods;lAttenants of Dionysus;lThey looked like men,but had legs and feet of goats,with short horns on their heads;ldrank and danced and chased the nymphs;AllusionlIt was a slow smile,starting and sometimes ending in the eyes;it was very sensual,neither cruel nor kindly,but suggest

15、ed rather the inhuman glee of the satyr.-Moon and Sixpence by MaughamArtemis(Roman:Diana)lThe virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon;lTwin sister of Apollo.PanlA satyr;lSon of Hermes;lHe could inspire irrational terror in humans,and the word panic comes from his name.Pan and Syrinxlsyrinx or panpip

16、e:潘神箫,潘之笛，排萧Peacock is sacred to HeraUnit 9 Zeus and EuropaAgenor:lAgenor was a son of Poseidon and Libya.lHe became king of Phoenicia(腓尼基）.lHe married Telephassa who bore him Europa,Cadmus,Phoenix and Cilix.Zeus and EuropalWhen Europa disappeared on the back of the Bull,Agenor sent out his sons in

17、search of her,ordering them not to return until they had found their sister.Europas brotherslCilix,ended up in Cilicia in Asia Minor,a region called after him,where he became king after giving up the search.lCadmus,went with his mother，founded the city of Thebes.lPhoenix,another brother,set out for

18、Africa,and remained there.CallistolCallisto was a nymph who was a follower of the goddess of the hunt,Artemis.lYoung women who were devoted to the goddess hunted with her regularly,and remained virgins,like Artemis herself.lCallisto had upheld these ideals faithfully,and she quickly became Artemis f

19、avorite.lCallisto caught the eye of Zeus.lKnowing that the maiden had taken a vow of chastity,Zeus resorted to deception to get at Callisto.lHe came to her disguised as Artemis,and the young huntress let down her guard.Seizing the opportunity Zeus raped her.lCallisto became pregnant.lThe child that

20、Callisto had by Zeus was named Arcas,and he grew up to be a fine hunter himself.Great and Little Bear Constellations Great BearlUrsa Major is one of the most famous constellations.l It is also called the Great Bear.Little BearlUrsa Minor is known as the Little Dipper and Little Bear;l The tail of the Ursa Minor ends with the North Star,Polaris.