《希腊罗马神话》第4章Zeus and Hera.ppt

9. Plouto, a nymph, the mother of Tantalus [?t?nt?l?s] 坦塔罗斯; Tantalus, king of Lydia [?lidi?](吕底亚) welcomed to Zeus’ table in Olympus. There he too misbehaved, stole ambrosia (神的食物) and nectar (神酒), brought it back to his people, and revealed the secrets of the gods. Tantalus offered up his son, Pelops [?pi:l?ps] (珀罗普斯), as a sacrifice to the gods. (Pelopo?nnese 伯罗奔尼撒) Tantalus doings; cannibalism, human sacrifice and infanticide to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded (后退) before he could get any. Over his head towers a threatening stone. founder of the cursed House of Atreus [?eitriu:s] (阿特柔斯), the son of Pelops, who was revived(复活) by gods. “Tantalize”(使干着急, 挑起兴趣或欲望而又不满足之) Tantalus in the Underworld Map of Greece 10. IO, the daughter of Inachus, king of Argos; transformed into a white cow (heifer) by Zeus in order to deceive(欺骗) Hera; Hera got the cow and placed it under the watchful care of Argus-Panoptes [??:g?s] [p??n?ptis], who had 100 eyes, killed by Hermes sent by Zeus. Hera sent a gadfly(牛蝇) to torment IO and she wandered all over the world in order to escape from it. IO reached Egypt and gave birth to a son called Epaphus, the king of Egypt and the builder of the city of Memphis [?memfis] (孟菲斯) Argus, 守卫者，机灵的护卫，警醒的 Argus-eyed 机警的，目光锐利的 Panoptic, 展示全景的 Io moth 玉米天蚕蛾 Hera Children of Zeus Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, the Muses, the Horae, the Fates, the Graces, Persephone Helen, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, Pollux, Amphion, Zethus, Arcas, Epaphus, Aeacus, Tantalus Significance of Zeus’ Love Affairs 1. may reflect chief god of invading Greeks displacing male consort of earlier mother earth goddesses common ritual is sacred marriage of Earth Sky to ensure fertility of soil of humans animals mother Earth goddess is most prominent her male con