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Greek Mythology
Today I'm very
happy to have this opportunity to show you our
presentation.
Greek
Mythology
is a group of traditional
tales told by the ancient Greeks. It talks about
the
deeds of gods, heroes and their
relations with human beings.
Greek Mythology
is not just
a literary works; it is also a production of
culture of that time
and an exhibition
of the social surroundings and problems of the
current western countries. If we
want
to know western culture, we need to read this
book. It is a summary about gods and heroes
story of the ancient Greek nation. It
mixed up the real life with the fantasies.
After reading
the book
Greek Mythology
,
I'm sure everybody is interested in the goddess in
this fantastic masterpiece, so I will
share with you some of our ideas.
Juno was the principal wife of Jupiter,
and, as queen of heaven, participated in the
honors
paid to Jupiter. Juno appears to
be the sublime embodiment of strict, matronly and
virtue, and is on
that account the
protectress of purity and married women.
Faultless herself in her
fidelity as a wife, she is essentially the type of
the sanctity
of the
marriage
tie. So strongly was she imbued with this hatred
of any immorality, that, finding herself
so
often
called
upon
to
punish
the
failings
of
both
gods
and
men
in
this
respect,
she
became
jealous, harsh, and
vindictive.
She
seemed
to
be
hard-hearted
to
those
gods
who
were
sent
many
blessings
by
Jupiter.
Latona was just a
typical example. Juno changed herself into fierce
and dreadful forms to frighten
Latona
and her children - Apollo and Diana to run from
the beautiful garden which Jupiter had
found for her. Then she followed and
tormented Latona in many ways such as sent wild
animals to
howl horribly behind her
when Latona grew tired and to rest. Juno also
changed Callisto into a
great furry
bear when she found that Jupiter was so pleased
with Callisto
?
s charm and
goodness.
Her exalted position as the
wife of the supreme deity, combined with her
extreme beauty,
caused
her
to
become
exceedingly
vain,
and
she
consequently
resented
with
great
severity
any
infringement on her rights as queen of
heaven, or any apparent slight on her personal
appearance.
Juno
?
s character
was just like a jealous and manipulative woman in
our daily life.
Venus was appointed goddess of Love and
Marriage
．
She represented
sex, affection and the
attraction that
binds people together. With the help of her little
son
，
Eros
，
< br>the god of love
，
she
made
many
a
tale
of
happiness
and
sadness
in
the
life
of
gods
and
men
．
Though
Venus
was
regarded as the symbol of extreme
beauty, she still showed a human-like emotion.
Venus was much vexed by Psyche who was
a princess famous of her beauty. Although her
little son Eros - - the god of love
fell in love with Psyche. Venus tried every method
to break them
up. Obviously, Venus was
jealous of Psyche
?
s beauty.
In another story, Venus made
Pygmalion?s (
a
sculptor)
dream
come
true,
only
because
she
was
delighted
with
the
loveliness
of
Pygmalion
?
s
statue which looked much like herself.
Venus
spent
all
her
life
in
the
pursuit
of
love,
but
her
enthusiasm
for
love
is
temporary.
What
?
s
more,
she
isn?t
single-
minded
in
love.
Venus
created
a
personality
image
with
strong
vanity
and
beautiful
appearance. She
stressed
the
women's
instinct
to
pay
more
attention
to
the
appearance. And these points made Venus
more act like human beings.
Besides Juno and Venus,
Greek Mythology
has also
showed how other goddesses dealt with
love.
Selene,
the
moon-goddess,
made
the
young
shepherd
Endymion
sleep
forever
to
keep
his
mortals
everlasting youth and beauty. Daphne, the daughter
of the river god, asked her father to
help her when Apollo, the great sun-
god, kept on following her. She finally became a
laurel tree to
avoid being caught by
Apollo. The result proved that love can not be a
unilateral thing whether for
humans or
for gods.
Moreover,
Greek
Mythology
gives
people
a
warning
to
take
notice
of
their
behavior.
Arachne
was
a
woman
who
used
to
spin
all
day
long.
Because
of
her
arrogance
and
lack
of
gratitude, her teacher Minerva, the
patron goddess of spinning and weaving, turned her
into the
“
Spinner
”,
which is now called spider.
In
Greek
mythology
, the goddesses are different
from those in ancient Chinese mythology.
They have the same emotion like human
beings. So the Greek mythology was not only a
classical
literary, but also a great
reference for us. It is an important part of the
ancient culture which has
vast and deep
influence on the whole western culture. We can
learn not only interesting things but
encyclopedic information from it.
Well, we have
found that a great number of words and idioms in
the English language come
from
Greek
mythology
.
As
the
end
of
our
presentation,
l
et?s
have
a
look
at
these
vocabularies
which derive
from Greek mythology.
Some
English words have its roots in the
go
ds?
names in
Greek mythology
, for
example:
Flora is the
Greek goddess of flowers. Her husband Zephyr gave
her a garden. In spring,
they walk arm
in arm in the garden where all flowers bloom
together. Cognate words:
floral
（花
的，
植物的）
,
florist
（种花人）
,
flourish(
繁荣，
茂盛
)
。
Pan is the Greek god of
mountain. He has a body like
humans
?
, but he also has
sheep
?
s feet
with
horns
on
the
head.
He
likes
wandering
in
the
mountains.
People
were
very
fear
with
his
strange
voice
and
scared
face.
Pan
as
the
root
is
the
equivalent
of
fear.
So
“
panic
”
means
“
frightened
”
.
Psyche
was a princess who was known far and wide for her
beauty. Venus was jealous of
her
beauty. While her little son Eros, the god of love
fell in love with Psyche. Venus finally failed
to break them up. Later Psyche became
the incarnate of humans
?
spirits. Psyche as the root is the
equivalent of soul and spirit. Cognate
words: psychoanalyst(
精神分析家
)<
/p>
；
psychology(
心理学
).
Greek
Mythology
?
s
great
influence
upon
the
English
language
and
literature
is
beyond
description. In
short, the story of
Greek
mythology
behind the many hidden truths
and wisdom, it
is necessary for us to
taste slowly, slowly digested
Thanks for your listening!
By
JP
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1
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Lxy
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