Transcript Childbirth gifts

Greek Mythology
Why shouldn't the childhood of human
society -- the stage at which it attained
its most attractive development -exercise an eternal charm, as an age
that will never return?
---- Karl Marx
Lecture Outline
The Olympians
Other Gods and Goddesses to Know
Idioms from the myths
Other related information
Mount Olympus and The Olympians
Other Gods
Zeus
Hera
Apollo
Athena
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Hermes
Ares
Artemis
Hestia
Hades
Poseidon
Zues
The god of the sky and ruler of the
Olympian gods
Lord of the sky, the rain god and the
cloud gatherer
His weapon is a thunderbolt
His bird was the eagle, his tree the oak.
Represented as the god of justice and
mercy, the protector of the weak, and
the punisher of the wicked
Hera
 The supreme goddess, goddess
of marriage and childbirth
 Her sacred animals are the cow
and the peacock. Her favorite city
is Argos.
Apollo
 The son of Zeus and Leto
 The god of music, healing,
light and truth
 His tree was the laurel. The
crow his bird. The dolphin his
animal.
 Famous for his oracle at
Delphi
Athena
The goddess of reason, intelligent
activity, arts and literature
The daughter of Zeus
The
goddess
of
the
city,
handicrafts, and agriculture.
The embodiment of wisdom,
reason, and purity
Her tree is the olive. The owl is
her bird.
Artemis
 The goddess of the hunt,
animals, childbirth and moon
Aphrodite
The goddess of love, desire and beauty
The myrtle is her tree. The dove, the swan,
and the sparrow her birds.
Her favorite lover is the god of war, Ares.
Names
Greek
Roman
天神
天后
Zeus 宙斯
Hera 赫拉
Jupiter 朱庇特
Juno 朱诺
智慧与战争女神
太阳神
月亮女神
战神
Athena 雅典娜
Apollo 阿波罗
Artemis 阿尔特弥斯
Ares 阿瑞斯
Minerva 密涅瓦
Apollo 阿波罗
Diana 黛安娜
Mars 玛尔斯
锻冶神，工匠神
爱神，美神
信使，商业之神
Hephaetus 赫淮斯托斯 Vulcan 伏尔甘
Aphrodite 阿芙洛迪特 Venus 维纳斯
Hermes 赫尔墨斯
Mercury 默丘利
海神
农耕女神
酒神
Poseidon 波赛冬
Demeter 得墨忒尔
Dionysus 迪俄尼索斯
Nepturne 尼普頓
Ceres 赛莱斯
Bacchus 巴卡斯
Prometheus
Muses
The goddesses of inspiration, learning,
the arts, and culture.
Idioms
The muse worked her magic. From that day on,
Winston was in love with painting.
The relations between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
became ever more strained. The immediate apple of
discord was the control of Macedonia, of which the
greater part by far belonged to Yugoslavia, …
With an Adonis like Mark at your side, you had
better watch out. Half the girls in Tonbridge will be
after him!
At the beginning of the 20th century , there were
many girls who thought that to be a Diana meant to
be independent.
The shortage of fortitude is his heel of Achilles.
It is unfair that historians always attribute the fall of
kingdoms to Helen of Troy.
The superpowers are always sending the Trojan
horses to many countries in the world.
We must try to solve the problem even if it is really
a Gordian knot.
He is always buying you expensive clothes,I'm
afraid they are Greek gifts for you.
Getting an A in chemistry almosst cause Mike to
rest on his laurels.
The senator told me under the rose that there is to
be
a
chance
in
the
cabinet.
Names
Greek
Roman
天神
天后
Zeus 宙斯
Hera 赫拉
Jupiter 朱庇特
Juno 朱诺
智慧与战争女神
太阳神
月亮女神
战神
Athena 雅典娜
Apollo 阿波罗
Artemis 阿尔特弥斯
Ares 阿瑞斯
Minerva 密涅瓦
Apollo 阿波罗
Diana 黛安娜
Mars 玛尔斯
锻冶神，工匠神
爱神，美神
信使，商业之神
Hephaetus 赫淮斯托斯 Vulcan 伏尔甘
Aphrodite 阿芙洛迪特 Venus 维纳斯
Hermes 赫尔墨斯
Mercury 默丘利
海神
农耕女神
酒神
Poseidon 波赛冬
Demeter 得墨忒尔
Dionysus 迪俄尼索斯
Nepturne 尼普頓
Ceres 赛莱斯
Bacchus 巴卡斯
Eight Planets in the Solar System
Earth
Gaea, Earth goddess (ancient
Greeks thought of her
as Terra Mater)
水星 Mercury
金星 Venus
火星 Mars
木星 Jupiter
土星 Saturn
天王星 Uranus
海王星 Neptune
Nine Planets in the Solar System
冥王星 Pluto
Idioms
The muse worked her magic. From that day on,
Winston was in love with painting.
The relations between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
became ever more strained. The immediate apple of
discord was the control of Macedonia, of which the
greater part by far belonged to Yugoslavia, …
With an Adonis like Mark at your side, you had
better watch out. Half the girls in Tonbridge will be
after him!
Group Discussion
1. Prometheus stole fire for human beings.
Is his deed heroic or simply a symbol of
human pride?
2. Think about Zeus’ counterpart in
Chinese mythology, the Jade Emperor.
Find out similarities and differences in
both figures.