希腊神话连载
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The
Olympin
Gods
Between
Macedon
and
Thessaly
of
eastern
Greece
there
stood
a
high
mountain
?/p>
Its
cloudy
top
r
ushed
into
the
very
heavens
?/p>
On
the
top
of
the
mountain
?/p>
the
home
of
the
gods
was
bathed
in
brightness
?/p>
At
Olympus
Zeus
ruled
as
the
father
of
gods
and
men
?/p>
Zeus
was
not
a
crude
ruler
by
any
standards
?/p>
All
the
gods
listened
to
his
final
words
?/p>
it
was
true
?/p>
But
Zeus
made
them
all
sit
on
a
committee
of
twelve
members
?/p>
including
six
gods
and
six
goddesses
?/p>
The
first
in
the
O
lympian
crowd
sat
Zeus
himself
?/p>
He
was
the
overlord
of
gods
and
men
and
the
operator
of
the
thunderbolt
?/p>
Next
to
him
was
Hera
?/p>
his
proud
and
greeneyed
queen
?/p>
Poseidon
was
ruler
of
the
sea
?/p>
And
Hades
?/p>
king
of
the
lower
world
?/p>
had
no
seat
in
the
committee
?/p>
Apollo
was
the
god
of
the
sun
?/p>
music
and
poetry
?/p>
while
his
twinsister
Artemis
was
the
goddess
of
the
moon
and
the
ch
ase
?/p>
Athena
was
the
goddess
of
wisdom
and
patroness
of
house
holdarts
?/p>
Hestin
?/p>
the
goddess
of
the
family
?/p>
represented
home
life
and
family
happiness
?/p>
The
frightening
Ares
was
the
god
of
w
ar
?/p>
and
the
charming
Aphrodite
the
goddess
of
love
and
beauty
?/p>
The
god
of
fire
?/p>
Hephaestus
?/p>
w
as
the
forger
of
the
thunderbolts
of
Zeus
?/p>
The
wing
footed
messenger
Hermes
was
the
god
of
in
vention
and
commerce
?/p>
and
the
goddess
of
grains
and
harvests
?/p>
Demeter
?/p>
looked
after
agricultur
e
and
stood
for
mother
ofcivilization
?/p>
All
the
chief
gods
mentioned
above
took
human
forms
of
incomparable
beauty
and
grace
?/p>
Often
moved
by
human
feelings
and
desires
?/p>
they
frequently
gave
way
to
anger
and
jealousy
?/p>
They
be
came
involved
in
ceaseless
battles
with
the
world
of
man
?/p>
Among
themselves
at
Olympus
they
p
lotted
and
struggled
for
power
?/p>
In
the
human
world
they
experienced
competitions
and
difficulties
?/p>
T
hey
enjoyed
earthly
friendships
and
loves
?/p>
Acrowd
of
everlasting
gods
looked
and
acted
in
a
perf
ectly
human
fashion
that
is
what
all
gods
at
Olympus
actually
were
?/p>
奥林波斯山神
在马其顿和希腊东部的色萨利之间矗立着一座高山。大雾弥漫的山顶直插云霄。山顶上,众神们的家园沐
浴在阳光之中。宙斯作为山神和人类之父主宰着那里的一切。总的说来,宙斯并不是一个独裁统治者。但
毫无疑问,凡事山神们都要听从他的命令。宙斯将男女山神
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人组成一个委员会,宙斯本人则坐第一把交
椅,是众神与人类的太上皇,也是雷电的操纵者。他旁边是他那傲慢且嫉妒的皇后赫拉。波塞冬是大海的
统治者。哈得斯是主宰阴间的冥王,他在委员会中没有席位。阿波罗是太阳神、音乐和诗神。他的孪生姐
妹阿耳特弥斯是月亮和狩猎女神。雅典娜是智慧女神和家居艺术品的守护女神。赫提斯是家室之神,象征
着家庭中的生命与幸福。气势汹汹的阿瑞斯是战神。媚人的阿芙罗狄蒂是爱与美神。火神赫菲斯托斯是宙
斯雷电的创造者。以翅代步的信使海尔墨斯掌管商业与发明事务。谷物与丰收女神得墨特尔负责管理农业?/p>
她是文明之母?/p>
以上所提到的主要天神们都假装成凡人的样子,他们的美丽与魅力无可匹敌。因常受到凡人情感与愿望?/p>
感染,他们不时地勃然大怒,妒嫉别人。他们卷入与人类世界无休止的争斗中。在奥林波斯,他们之间也
充满了阴谋与权力之争。在凡人的世界里,他们经历了敌对与挫折。他们珍惜人间的爱与友善。这群长?/p>
不老的天神们的外表与行为完全符合人间的方式。这就是奥林波斯山神们的本来面目?/p>
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