第1个回答 2007-11-30
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 courage 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 free. 普罗米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯与巨人的战争中, 他站在新的奥林波斯山神一边。他用粘土造出了第一个男人。雅典娜赋予了这个男人灵魂和神圣的生命。普罗米修斯还花费了很多时间和精力创造了火, 并将之赠予人类。火使人成为万物之灵。在这之后, 举行了第一次神与人的联席会议。这个会议将决定烧烤过的动物的哪一部分该分给神, 哪一部分该给人类。普罗米修斯切开一头牛, 把它分成两部分: 他把肉放在皮下, 将骨头放在肥肉下。因为他知道自私的宙斯爱吃肥肉。宙斯看穿了他的把戏。普罗米修斯偏袒人类, 这使宙斯感到不快。因此, 他专横地把火从人类手中夺走。然而, 普罗米修斯设法窃走了天火, 偷偷地把它带给人类。宙斯对他这种肆无忌惮的违抗行为大发雷霆。他令其他的山神把普罗米修斯用锁链缚在高加索山脉的一块岩石上。一只饥饿的老鹰天天来啄食他的肝脏, 而他的肝脏又总是重新长出来。他的痛苦要持续三万年。而他坚定地面对苦难, 从来不在宙斯面前丧失勇气。最后, 海格立斯使普罗米修斯与宙斯恢复了他们的友谊, 找到了金苹果, 杀死了老鹰, 因而解救了人类的老朋友。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. 在所有的小海神中, 纳鲁斯和普鲁吐斯异常独特。纳鲁斯是人们熟知的"海中的老人"。他代表了海水友善的一面。他和50个可爱的女儿一起生活在海中。她们当中最著名的有; 安菲瑞垂托、塞提丝、盖拉蒂和潘诺珀。在勇敢地寻觅金苹果的时候, 纳鲁斯建议赫格立斯寻找普罗米修斯。
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 covered with rich leaves. When, after all these and many other changes, he failed to get rid of his questioner, the god offered detailed answers. 普鲁吐斯是波塞冬的牧羊人。他有两种非凡的能力: 他能预言, 他还能够变成不同的动物。有时他是一头狮子, 有着波浪般的卷发。有时他是一头凶猛的野猪。而有时他又是一棵枝叶繁茂、外表威严的大树。经过这些变化之后, 当他无法摆脱询问者时, 神就替他作出详尽的回答。