英语童话故事：Dionysus 狄俄尼索斯

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　　Dionysus was the god of wine.He was the son of Zeus by Semele. When his mother was burnt to death in the glory of Zeus .He was still a helpless infant.His father trusted his upbringing to some mountain fairy maidens .They tookthe greatest care of him. Under the tutorship of Silennus,the Satyr, he was introduced to all the secrets of nature and the culture of the wine. He travelled far and wide in his carriage drawn by wild beasts. He was said to have been to India and Ethiopia .Wherever he went, there was music and song and revelling.Hisattendants,known as the Bacchantes, were noted for their noiseand disorder.A most wild,noisy crow,they drank,danced andsang in a careless way.The women Bacchantes were infamous for their excessive immodesty and disgraceful excitement .In their madness and intoxication they committed cruel violence. They tore Orpheus,the gifted musician,limb from limb.King Pentheus of Thebes,for frowning on the worship of Bacchus in his kingdom, suffered the same treatment at the hands of a band of these fanatical women,of whom his own mother was the leader.

　　狄俄尼索斯

　　狄俄尼索斯是酒神,他是宙斯和塞梅莱的儿子.当他的妈妈被宙斯的璀璨之焰烧死时,他还只是个孤弱的婴儿.他的父亲将他寄托在山中仙子们那里,他们精心地哺育他长大.在森林之神西莱娜斯的辅导下,他掌握了有关自然的所有秘密以及酒的历史.他乘坐着他那辆由野兽驾驶的四轮马车到处游荡.据说他曾到过印度和埃塞俄比亚.他走到哪儿,乐声、歌声、狂饮就跟到哪儿.他的侍从们,被称为酒神的信徒,也因他们的吵闹无序而出名.他们肆无忌惮地狂笑,漫不经心地喝酒、跳舞和唱歌.侍从中的妇女也因极端粗野、得意起来有失体面而臭名昭着.当她们疯狂或是极度兴奋时,她们使用残忍的暴力.她们曾把俄尔浦斯这位才华横溢的音乐家的手足撕裂.就连底比斯国王,仅因为在本国崇拜巴克斯(狄俄尼索斯的别名)问题上皱了皱眉头,也遭受了同样的惩罚.而带领这群狂热的女人胡作非为的就是狄俄尼索斯的母亲.

　　英语童话 ：Eros(Cupid)厄洛斯

　　Eros was the god of love,better known by hislatin name Cupid.Son of Aphrodite by Ares ,he took his place among the small gods of Olympus.He was represented asa little naked boy,with sparkling wings,and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.Shooting his thrilling arrows in evils,he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.The lovely,naughty god had two kinds of arrows:the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it. Besides,he had a torch to light hearts with.

　　Though sometimes he was blindfolded ,no man nor god,Zeus himself included,was safe from his evils.At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.Another famousstory where Eros played an important part was the Argonautic expedition.Medea,daughter of king Aeetes,was wounded by Eros’ arrows,took Jason’s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero’s wife.

　　厄洛斯(丘比特)

　　厄洛斯是爱神,它的拉丁名称丘比特更为人熟知.他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子,是一位小奥林波斯山神.他的形象是一个裸体的`小男孩,有一对闪闪发光的翅膀.他带着弓箭漫游.他恶作剧地射出令人震颤的神箭,唤起爱的激情.给自然界带来生机,授予万物繁衍的能力.这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭:加快爱情产生的金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭.另外,他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬.

　　尽管有时他被蒙着眼睛,但没有任何人或神,包括宙斯在内,能逃避他的恶作剧.有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中.对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏,以致于他不顾他母亲的干预,鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判.厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征.美狄亚,国王埃厄忒斯的女儿,被厄洛斯的神箭射中,和伊阿宋一起寻觅金羊毛,最后成为这位英雄的妻子.