CulturesofAncientGreeceandRomeGreekandRomanMythology

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GreekandRomanMythologyareagroupoftraditionaltalestoldbytheancientGreeksandRomanaboutthedeedsofgods,heroesandtheirrelationswithhumanbeings.

2/20So，lookatthedifferencebetweentheRomanMythologyandtheGreekMythology.3/20TheFirstDifferenceTheoriginofthetwosystemsofMythology:ThearchaicRomansdidnothavemyths.Untiltheiroetsbegantoborrowfrom

GreekmodelsinthelaterpartoftheRepublic,theRomanshadnosequentialnarrativesabouttheirgods.4/20TheSecondDifference

ThedifferentideasabouttheGods:TheRomanmodelinvolvedaverydifferentwayofdefiningandthinkingaboutthegodsthanwearefamiliarwithfromGreece.ThearchaicRoman"mythology",atleastconcerningthegods,wasmadeupnotofnarratives,butratherofinterlockingandcomplexinterrelationsbetweenandamonggodsandhumans.

5/20ThethirddifferenceThenameofthetwosystems.MostoftheGreekdeitieswereadoptedbytheRomans,althoughinmanycasestherewasachangeofname.6/20ThePrincipalGodsFamilyTree

7/20MajorGods/GoddessesZeusHeraPoseidonHephaestusAresArtemisApolloHermesDionysusAtheneAphroditeDemeter8/20TheBeginningoftheWorldBeforeearthandseaandheavensbecameknown,thefaceofnaturewasoneformlessmassandwholespacewaslifeless.Theuniversewasauniformdarkness,withoutsunandmoon.ChaosandGaea(theearth)generateeverythingthatexists,includingseas,mountains,godsandmonsters.ThenGaea’smatingwithhersonUranus（thesky),whichproduces12TitanswithGronusastheirleader.9/20theTitans（十二泰坦）Cronus(克羅諾斯):天空之神。Rhea(瑞亞):時光女神。Oceanus(俄刻阿諾斯):水之神。Tethys(泰西斯):滄海女神。俄刻阿諾斯之妻。Crius(克瑞斯):生長之神。Lapetus

(伊阿佩托斯):靈魂之神。阿忒拉斯、普羅米修斯、厄庇米修斯和墨諾提俄斯之父。Phoebe(福柏):月之女神。月之女神勒托與阿斯特瑞亞之母。Coeus(科俄斯):智力之神。Themis(忒彌斯):秩序和正義女神。宙斯第二位妻子,時序三女神母。Mnemosyne(謨涅摩敘涅):記憶之神。宙斯第五位妻子,九繆斯之母。Hyperion(許配利翁):光之神Thea(忒亞):許配利翁之妻。

10/20theGods（十二主神）Zeus(宙斯):thegodofthesky.Hera(赫拉):

thegoddessofmarriageandchildbirth.Poseidon(波塞冬):thegodofthesea,protector.Hades(哈迪斯):thegodthedeadandwealth.Hestia(赫斯提亞):thegoddessoftheHearth(灶臺).Ares(阿瑞斯):thegodofwar.Hermes(赫爾墨斯):thegodofthievesandcommerce.Hephaestus(赫斯菲托斯):thegodoffireandtheforge(熔爐).Apollo(阿波羅):thegodoflight.Artemis(阿爾忒彌斯):thegoddessofchastity,virginity,thehunt,themoon,andthenaturalenvironment.Athena(雅典娜):theGreekvirgingoddessofreason,intelligentactivity,artsandliterature.Aphrodite(阿弗洛狄德):thegoddessoflove,desireandbeauty.11/20

Kingoftheskyandtheearth.SupremegodoftheOlympians.Godofthunder&lighteningMarriedhissisterHera12/20Zeus'wifeandsister.Queenofthegods.

Goddessofmarriageandhildbirthandtakesspecialareofmarriedwomen.Hera赫拉13/20BrotherofZeus.Godofthesea,protectorofallwaters.Hisweaponisatrident(三叉戟),whichcanshaketheearth,andshatteranyobject.Poseidon波塞冬14/20*BrotherofZeus.*Godofthedead.*Ruleroftheunderworld.*Godofwealth,duetothereciousmetalsminedfromtheearth.

Hades哈迪斯15/20Perseus(珀爾修斯)ThesonofZeus.GotthehelpformAthenaandHermes,hekilledtheGorgon(蛇發女妖)Medusa.HefixedhiseyesonMedusa’sreflectioninthepolished(光滑)surfaceofhisshield(盾)andthencutoffherhead.16/20Medusa(美杜莎)

Agorgon,whoturnedintostoneanyonebeholdingher.17/20TheGreekandRomemythologyisanimportantpartoftheancientculturewhichhasvastanddeepinfluenceonthewholewesternculture.

希臘神話是古文化主要一部分，與整個西方文化有著廣泛而又緊密聯絡。ItsgreatinfluenceupontheEnglishlanguageandliteratureisbeyonddescription.Agreatnumberofwords