The Trojan Horse: spy, potential danger The Heel of Achilles: fatal shortcoming Oedipus Complex: 恋母情结 museum; music
Sphinx’s riddle: "What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three in the evening?"
Aphrodite
goddess of love & beauty Roman: Venus
Hephaestus
the lame god of fire, crafts and volcanoes Roman name: Vulcan
the worst match of all the pairings of Greek god and goddess
Birth of Athena
Demeter Demeter
Goddess of corn (agriculture), harvest
and fertility.
Romans name Ceres
Demeter is best known for her fierce
defense of her daughter, Persephone.
Mercury (Hermes)：水星 Venus (Aphrodite):金星 Mars (Ares): 火星 Jupiter (Zeus):木星 Saturn (Cronus): 土星 Uranus：天王星 Neptune (Poseidon): 海王星 Pluto (Hades): 冥王星 (dwarf planet)
Herculean task 极为艰巨的工作 Damon and Pythias: D (人质); P (死)生死之交 adonis: 美男子 arachnid: 蜘蛛(Arachne) cereal: 谷物 Ceres（Demeter） daphne: 月桂树 gorgon: 丑陋可怖的女人 narcissus: 水仙 echo: 回声 Penelope’s web:一项永远也完不成的工作 the sword of Damocles: 形势危急，千钧一发；
Orion
Orion 猎户座
Hermes
messenger of the gods, guide of dead souls to the Underworld god of commerce and the market--- the patron of merchants, god of thieves Roman name: Mercury (水星)
Aphrodite felt that she had married below her "class" since Hephaestus was "blue collar" even though he was a god.
Ares
• God of war
• lover of Aphrodite • Roman name: Mars • often carrying a bloodstained spear. His throne on Mount Olympus is said to be covered in human skin
Cancer:巨蟹座 Centaur: 人马座 Perseus: 英仙座 Andromeda: 仙女座 Cassiopeia:仙后座 Leo: 狮子座 Lyra: 天琴座 Orion: 猎户座
• The Titans, also known
as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-thronged by his son Zeus.
Epimetheus (afterthought) and Pandora
Helius: god of the sun (heliocentricism)
Selene
Goddess of the moon Roman name: Luna (lunar calendar)
Eos
Goddess of dawn Roman name: Aurora
hippogriff
Cerberus
Ajax [a hero in the Trojan War who rescued the body of Achilles]: a brand of cleaner and football team in Holland
Amazon. com: [race of warrior women]: an online shopping site Nike: [Goddess of victory]: a brand of athletic shoe
Maia: Hermes
Dione: Aphrodite
Demeter: Persephone
Semele: Dionysus
★ Zeus used various disguises a. Spartan queen Leda--- beautiful swan (Helen) b. Phoenician princess Europa---bull (Minos)
Eros
Apollo
god of youth, music, prophecy, archery and healing
Apollo and Daphne
laurel tree
Arteunting, moon and
wild animals and childbirth Roman name: Diana twin sister of Apollo
Prometheus
• wisest Titan of
forethought
• creator and
protector of man
• He gave mankind a
number of gifts including fire
punished by Zeus to be chained to a rock with an eagle (vulture) tearing at his liver eternally
the wife of Zeus and Queen of heaven
famous for her jealousy and temper
Hera imprisoned Zeus’s lover Io and ordered the hundred-eyed giant Argus to watch over her.
Great Wall
Yellow river
Taj Mahal
Ganges
Babylon
pyramid
Nile river
China: 盘古开天辟地，女娲造人补天，大禹治 水，炎帝战蚩尤，封神榜，嫦娥奔月，夸父追日， 后奕射日，牛郎织女……
India: Ramayana(罗摩衍那), Mahabharata (摹 呵婆罗多)
sacred bird: peacock
Poseidon
• Roman: Neptune • god of the sea, earthquakes and horses.
Athena
Roman name: Minerva Athena (Athene): the virgin goddess of wisdom, arts, craft and war prototype of career woman
Hermes charmed the giant with his flute to sleep and then cut off his head and released Io.
Hera, as a gesture of thanks to her loyal servant, scattered the hundred eyes of Argus over the tail of her sacred bird --peacock
Mt. Olympus
The Parthenon
Athena
Eros
Cupid
Aphrodite
Venus
Prometheus
Trojan War
The influence of Greek mythology
Influence on language Influence on literature Influence on brand names Influences on astronomy
Hestia
• the virgin goddess of the hearth fire • Roman name: Vesta • tends the sacred fire on the Olympus
The living flame of Hestia was tended constantly and never allowed to die out. The Olympic Torch is just one example of the living flame that has survived to modern times, which originally honored the Greek goddess Hestia.