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雅典娜英雄篇
首先和大英雄Perseus(珀尔修斯,当然也有不同版翻译)认识下。在“Echo带你和希腊众神学英语-2”中Echo给大家讲了不少宙斯这个womanizer的故事,他不仅在神界有众多lovers,在人间也是有不少子嗣,Perseus就是其中之一。Athena在Peseus成为英雄的道路上起到什么作用呢?Letsbeginourreadingadventure.
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PerseuswasborntoDanaeandZeus.Danaehadbeenimprisonedinatowerduetoaprophecythathersonwouldkillherfather.
TalesofDanae’beautyhadalreadyreachedZeusuponMountOlympus,buttheinterestoftheOlympiangodwasreallypiquedbynewsoftheconstructionofabronzetowerinArgos.SoZeusdescendedfromhispalacetotherealmofAcrisius.
Thus,Zeustransformedhimselfintoaraincloud,andintheformofashowerofgold,Zeuscascadedthroughthetower’sroof.
Danae(达娜厄)是Argos国王Acrisius的女儿,因为这个国王曾经听到prophecy(预言)说她的儿子将来会杀死他,为了避免后患,就把自己的女儿囚禁在高塔中。
即使被囚禁,Danae的美貌还是被广为传颂,甚至传到了宙斯和奥林匹斯山众神耳中。但是令众神感到气恼的是,Danae被关在囚禁在一座密不透风的青铜塔中,作为众神之神的宙斯决定一探究竟,下凡来到Argos的国度。既然这座青铜塔密不透风,宙斯就幻化成黄金雨从塔顶落入塔中。Danae因此有了Zeus的儿子,他就是Perseus。
WordstoKnow
imprison:v.toputsomeoneinprisonortokeepthemsomewhereandpreventthemfromleaving囚禁
prophecy:n.astatementthatsomethingwillhappeninthefuture,especiallyonemadebysomeonewithreligiousormagicpowers预言
pique:n.afeelingofbeingannoyedorupset,especiallybecausesomeonehasignoredyouorinsultedyou〔尤指因被人忽视或侮辱而〕不悦,生气
descend:v.formaltomovefromahigherleveltoalowerone下来,下降
cascade:v.ifwatercascadessomewhere,itpoursorflowsdownwardveryfastandinlargequantities.倾泻
Acrisius’solutionwastoplaceDanaeandPerseusinachest,andthensetthemadriftupontheopensea.Zeusthoughwouldalmostalwayskeepaneyeoutuponthefateofhisloversandoffspring,andwiththeassistanceofPoseidon,thegodensuredthatthechestwouldsafelywashupupontheshoreoftheAegeanislandofSeriphos.
Danae的父亲Acrisius(翻译为阿克瑞斯或阿克里修斯)发现预言已经实现了一半,就决定把Danae和Perseus关在箱子里,放在海上,任他们自生自灭。但是Zeus在暗中一直