[中英文对照]古希腊神话故事集锦二
古希腊神话故事:赫克犹巴
Hecuba
he cuba''s life was one of grief and sorrow．she saw withher own eyes her eldest born hector killed and insulted by achilles．she saw her son polites slain in front of her by pyrrhus．and she saw her husband，the aged priam，dragged towards the household altar and ruthlessly butchered there．after the fall of troy she was carried into slavery ．shehad the misfortune to witness her daughter polyxena，her soleconsolation in bondage ，sacrificed at the tomb of achilles．she had the sad fate to see washed ashore the corpse of her young estson polydorus，who had been entrusted to the thracian king for safekeeping．with her fifty children all dead she became thequeen of sorrows from whom no other woman could obtain the crown ．yet in her distress and despair，she plucked up hercourage to avenge herself upon the thracian king，who had murdered her son in order to get her son''s gold．later，as dionysushad prophesied ，she was transformed into a dog
with bloodshoteyes and，unable to endure the new misery，she leapt into thesea and thus ended her unfortunate life．
赫克犹巴
赫克犹巴的一生充满了痛苦与悲哀。她亲眼目睹了长子海克特被阿基里斯侮辱，尔后被杀害；儿子波利斯被皮洛士杀死在自己面前；年迈的丈夫皮安姆被拖到家庭祭坛残酷地处死。特洛伊沦陷后，她成了一名奴隶。她又不幸地看到了自己在奴役中的惟一安慰--女儿波里丝娜被血祭于阿基里斯的墓前。为了使最小的儿子波里德诺斯能得到妥善的照顾，她把他委托给了塞希国王。可是，不幸的命运又使她看到了被冲到海边的儿子的尸体。她的50个孩子都死了，赫克犹巴因此成为悲哀女王，而别的女人都无法得到这顶王冠。然而，即使处于痛苦与绝望之中，她仍旧鼓足勇气向塞希国王复仇，因为塞希国王为了得到她儿子的黄金而杀死了他。后来，正如狄俄尼索斯所预言，她被变成了一条狗，眼带血丝。她不堪忍受这种新的痛苦，就跳进海里，结束了自己不幸的一生。
古希腊神话故事:海妖塞壬
The Sirens
far out in the sea there was an island，on the rocky edge of which lived three sirens，the three sisters of magic song．half human and half bird，the siren sisters sat in a field of flowers，singing in voices that excited the hearts of men．the attractive songs were so sweet that ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks．no sailor nor ship had ever been known to pass the island of the sirens without being attracted to disaster ．
发誓的英文acting on the advice of circe，odysseus took careful preparation against the sirens．before their ships came to where they could hear the song，odysseus had himself tied to the mast ，stopped the ears of his men with wax and ordered them to ignorehis orders and gestures when they were passing the fatal is land ．
soon they came in sight of the rocky is land，and the attractive song reached the ears of odysseus．it moved him so much that he struggled in despair to free himself and shouted for his men to turn towards the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters．but no one paid any attention to him．the sailorskept straight on until they were completely out o
f hearing．then his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears．for once the sirens had sung with no effects．the eldest of the sisters，partherope，loved odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed．
海妖塞壬
遥远的海面上有一岛屿，石崖边居住着唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三妹。半人半岛的塞壬妹们坐在一片花丛里，唱着盎惑人心的歌，甜美的歌声把过往的船只引向该岛，然后撞上礁石船毁人亡。过往的海员和船只都受到迷惑走向毁灭，无一幸免。
奥德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告。为了对付塞壬妹，他采取了谨慎的防备措施。船只还没驶到能听到歌声的地方，奥德修斯就令人把他拴在桅杆上，并吩咐手下用蜡把他们的耳朵塞住。他还告诫他们通过死亡岛时不要理会他的命令和手势。
不久石岛就进入了他们的视线。奥德修斯听到了迷人的歌声。歌声如此令人神往，他绝望地挣扎着要解除束缚，并向随从叫喊着要他们驶向正在繁花茂盛的草地上唱歌的海妖妹，但没人理他。海员们驾驶船只一直向前，直到最后再也听不到歌声。这时他们才给奥
德修斯松绑，取出他们耳朵中的蜡。这次塞壬海妖们算是白唱了歌。三妹中的老大帕耳塞洛珀深深地爱慕着奥德修斯。当他的船只走过后，她就投海自尽了。
古希腊神话故事:伊俄
Io
io was the daughter of a rivergod．she was loved，run after and won by zeus．hera became so greeneyed that she flew down from olympus one day to pay her rival back ．zeus，however，had foreseen her arrival and changed io into abeautiful white little cow．seeing through the trick，hera asked for the cow as a present and zeus had to give in to her wish ．then she left the cow to the care of a hundredeyed monster，argus．argus'' eyes were ever open and no escape was possible．unable to bear to see her so unhappy，zeus sent hermes down todestroy the monster．dressed up as a shepherd，hermes lulled argus to sleep with his sweet songs and long stories，then killed him and set io free．but hera''s anger was not to be calmed downyet．she sent a gadfly to attack the cow and drive her from land to land．in her misery the cow passed over the strait whi
ch divides europe and asia．in this way the strip of water got itsname bosporus ，the way of the cow．she wandered over thesea，which by chance got from her its name the ionian sea ．in the end she arrived in egypt where she was turned back into hernatural form ．she settled down and gave birth to a son，some of her children remained in egypt and ruled as kings for a longtime．
伊 俄
伊俄是河神的女儿，宙斯爱她、追求她、并得到了她。赫拉对此嫉妒不已。一天她飞下奥林波斯山向情敌施加报复。然而宙斯早已预见到她的光临，就将伊俄变成了一头美丽的小白牛犊，赫拉看穿了其中的诡计，非要一头牛犊作为礼物。宙斯无奈，只得让她如愿以偿。赫拉便将牛犊托付给百眼魔鬼阿刚斯看管。阿刚斯的眼睛永远睁着，要想逃脱是不可能的。看到伊俄如此忧郁，宙斯简直无法忍受，便令赫耳墨斯将魔鬼铲除。赫耳墨斯乔装成牧羊人给阿刚斯唱悦耳动听的歌，讲冗长乏味的故事以哄他入睡。之后便寻机杀死魔鬼，释放了伊俄。但赫拉的狂怒并未消除。她派了一只牛虻去攻击牛犊，使她颠沛流离。在十分悲痛之中，牛犊穿越了分隔欧亚大陆的海峡。从此这片狭长的水域被称作博斯普鲁
斯海峡，意为牛犊之路。她接着漫游过海，这片大海也就在偶然中有了名称--伊奥尼亚海，最后她到了埃及，并恢复了她本来的体态和容貌。她在那里落户并生了个儿子。她的一些子孙就呆在了埃及，当了很长时间的国王。
古希腊神话故事:杰森
Jason
among the pupils of the wise and just centaur，there wasa boy named jason．he was by birth a prince．his father aeson was once king of iolcus，but was overthrown by his own half brother pelias．so he sent his baby son jason to the centaur for safekeeping．as a boy jason took part in the boarhunt．when he grew up into a strong youth he was told of the secret of his birth．so he went to avenge his father''s wrongs ．