希腊神话英文ppt.ppt

Greek mythology
-----One of the origins of western culture
Made by zhangwenting
QuFu Normal University
2014
Outline
Gods
Idioms from Greek mythology
Movies about Greek mythology
Olympus
12 most powerful gods
named after their living places in Mount Olympus.
the Gods(十二主神)
Zeus(宙斯): the god of the sky.
Hera(赫拉): the goddess of marriage and childbirth.
Poseidon(波塞冬): the god of the sea,protector.
Hades(哈迪斯): the god the dead andwealth.
Hestia(赫斯提亚): the goddess of the Hearth(灶台).
Ares(阿瑞斯): the god of war.
Hermes(赫尔墨斯): the god of thieves merce.
Hephaestus(赫斯菲托斯): the god of fire and the forge(熔炉).
Apollo(阿波罗): the god of light.
Artemis(阿尔忒弥斯): the goddess of chastity,virginity,the hunt,
the moon,and the natural environment.
Athena(雅典娜): the Greek virgin goddess of reason,
intelligent activity,arts and literature.
Aphrodite(阿弗洛狄德): the goddess of love,desire and beauty.
Zeus 宙斯
God of the sky and the earth.
Ruler of all the gods.
Many affairs with women on earth and other goddesses
Hera 赫拉
Queen of the gods
Zeus' wife and sister
Goddess of marriage
and childbirth and takes special care of married women.
The second powerful god
Brother of Zeus
God of the sea ,
protectorof all waters
Poseidon波塞冬
Apollo 阿波罗
Son of Zeus.
God of sun.
God of truth , who can not speak a lie.
Daughter of Zeus.
Goddess of wisdom
victory and war.
Born from father’s
forehead
Athena 雅典娜
English idioms