英语希腊神话PPT.ppt

Zeus and his women IO Io was the daughter of a river god．She was loved，run after and won by Zeus．Hera became so green-eyed that she flew down from Olympus one day to pay her rival （竞争对手） back ．Zeus，however，had foreseen her arrival and changed Io into a beautiful white little cow．Seeing through the trick，Hera asked for the cow as a present and Zeus had to give in to her wish ．Then she left the cow to the care of a hundred-eyed monster，Argus．Argus‘ eyes were ever open and no escape was possible．Unable to bear to see her so unhappy，Zeus sent Hermes down to destroy the monster．Dressed up as a shepherd，Hermes lulled（使平静） Argus to sleep with his sweet songs and long stories，then killed him and set Io free．But Heras anger was not to be calmed down yet．She sent a gadfly(牛虻) to attack the cow and drive her from land to land．In her misery the cow passed over the strait which divides Europe and Asia．In this way the strip of water got its name Bosporus ，the way of the cow．She wandered over the sea，which by chance got from her its name the Ionian Sea ．In the end she arrived in Egypt where she was turned back into her natural form ．She settled down and gave birth to a son，Some of her children remained in Egypt and ruled as kings for a longtime． Callisto（凯利斯特） In the charming followers of Artemis there was a beautiful fairy maiden called Callis to．Zeus loved her passionately and often sought her company．Before the year was out she bore him a son，Arcas by name．He later became the ancestor of the Archadians．Zeus frequent absences from Mt Olympus caused Heras suspicions ．In time the vengeful queen discovered the truth and drew up an effective plan of paying back．One day Callisto suddenly found herself changed into a bear，with monstrous jaws and bloodshot eyes ．Still she remained human in heart．She immediately left her son and went into hiding in the forest．  Callisto（凯利斯特） Years passed．Little Arcas had grown into a young man．He was hunting merrily in the woods one day when a lar