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求一篇短小英文希腊神话故事
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求一篇短小英文希腊神话故事
汤祝云回答:
这个是希腊小故事:
Achilles’heel/theheelofAchilles阿喀琉斯之踵
InthemovieIliad,PatroclusisthecousinofAchilles,whileinmythologyhewasAchilles'sclosestcompanion.Inthemovie,PariswarnsagainsttheacceptanceoftheTrojanHorse,butinmythologyaTrojanpriestnamedLaocoönwarnsagainsttheacceptanceoftheTrojanHorse.Laocoönisthenkilledbyaseaserpent,makingtheTrojansbelievethatthegodswantthemtoacceptthehorse.Inthemovie,theTrojanhorsefitsrightthroughthegatesofTroy,whileinmythologytheTrojans'wallshadtobepartiallydisassembledfortheTrojanhorsetofitthrough.
Inthemovie,AchillesiskilledbyParisduringthefallofTroy--hedoesshoothimthroughhisheel,butthisisnotthekillingstrike(anditappearsitismorethedistractionoftryingtosaveBriseisthatleaveshimvulnerablethanthewoundtohisheel).InmythologyParisshootsAchillesintheheelwithanarrowguidedbyApollo.ThishappensbeforetheTrojanHorseisevenbuiltandthusAchillesneverwouldhaveenteredthehorse.Additionally,thereisnomentionintheIliadofAchillesreturningBriseistoPriamnorofhimenteringthecitytosaveherfromtheburningofTroy.
Inthemovie,PriamiskilledbyAgamemnon,whileinmythology,Achilles'son,Neoptolemus,killshim.Asaside-note,sinceAchillesisonlyinhislatetwentiesatthispointoftheHomericversionofthelegend,hemusthavefatheredNeoptolemusataveryyoungage,probablynoolderthanfourteen,andhissondidnotaccompanyhimontheintitialvoyagetoTroy(astoldinGreekdramaslikePhiloctetesbySophocles).AlthoughhispresencewouldmakesensegivenAchilles'depictedageinthefilm,Neoptolemusisstillabsent.Inthemovie,PatroclusiskilledbyHector,whomistakeshimasAchilles.Inmythology,PatroclusiswoundedbyEuphorbosandHectorkillshimwithaspearinthebelly,knowingthatheisPatroclusinAchilles'armor.
AsaherooftheTrojanWar,sonofPeleusandThetis.DuringhisinfancyhismotherplungedhimintheStyx,thusmakinghisbodyinvulnerableexceptfortheheelbywhichsheheldhim.DuringtheTrojanWar,AchilleskilledHectorbutwaslaterwoundedintheheelbyanarrowshotbyParisanddied
这个也行:
潘多拉的宝盒Pandora’sbox
InGreekmythology,Pandora("giverofall,all-endowed")wasthefirstwoman.Eachgodhelpedcreateherbygivingheruniquegifts.ZeusorderedHephaestustomouldheroutofEarth(Gaîa-Gaia)aspartofthepunishmentofmankindforPrometheus'theftofthesecretoffire,andallthegodsjoinedinofferingthis"beautifulevil"seductivegifts.Herothername,inscribedagainstherfigureonawhite-groundkylixintheBritishMuseum(illustration,right),isAnesidora,"shewhosendsupgifts."Accordingtothemyth,Pandoraopenedajar(pithos)inmodernaccountsreferredtoas"Pandora'sbox",releasingalltheevilsofmankind—althoughtheparticularevilsarenotspecifiedindetail—leavingonlyHopeinsideonceshehadcloseditagain.Shemighthaveopenedthejaroutofsimplecuriosityandnotasamaliciousact.
ThemythofPandoraisveryold,appearsinseveraldistinctGreekversions,andhasbeeninterpretedinmanyways.Inallliteraryversions,however,themythisakindoftheodicy,addressingthequestionofwhythereisevilintheworld.IntheseventhcenturyBCHesiod,bothinhisTheogony(briefly,withoutnamingPandoraoutright,line
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