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　　：普羅米修斯

　　Prometheus was a Titan .In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods.Out of the clay he made the first man，to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath.Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.And fire raised man above all animals .Later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men.The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men.Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat. Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus' favor towards men.So in a masterful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind.However，Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen.Flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion，Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever GREw again.His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years.Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus.At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship，when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.

　　普羅米修斯是泰坦巨人之一。在宙斯與巨人的戰爭中，他站在新的奧林波斯山神一邊。他用粘土造出了第一個男人。雅典娜賦予了這個男人靈魂和神聖的生命。普羅米修斯還花費了很多時間和精力創造了火，並將之贈予人類。火使人成為萬物之靈。在這之後，舉行了第一次神與人的聯席會議。這個會議將決定燒烤過的動物的哪一部分該分給神，哪一部分該給人類。普羅米修斯切開一頭牛，把它分成兩部分：他把肉放在皮下，將骨頭放在肥肉下。因為他知道自私的宙斯愛吃肥肉。宙斯看穿了他的把戲。普羅米修斯偏袒人類，這使宙斯感到不快。因此，他專橫地把火從人類手中奪走。然而，普羅米修斯設法竊走了天火，偷偷地把它帶給人類。宙斯對他這種肆無忌憚的違抗行為大發雷霆。他令其他的山神把普羅米修斯用鎖鏈縛在高加索山脈的一塊岩石上。一隻飢餓的老鷹天天來啄食他的肝臟，而他的肝臟又總是重新長出來。他的痛苦要持續三萬年。而他堅定地面對苦難，從來不在宙斯面前喪失勇氣。最後，海格立斯使普羅米修斯與宙斯恢復了他們的友誼，找到了金蘋果，殺死了老鷹，因而解救了人類的老朋友。

　　：納魯斯和普魯吐斯

　　Of all the small sea divinities Nereus and Proteus stood out as Peculiar sea-gods.Nereus，known as“the Old Man of the sea”，represented the pleasant aspect of ocean waters.He lived beneath the sea with his fifty lovely daughters，of whom the most famous were Amphritrite，Thetis，Galate a and Panope.It was Nereus who advised Heracles to seek Prometheus in the hero's search of the golden apples.

　　Proteus was Poseidon's herdsman. He was well known for two qualities：the gift of prophecy and the power to take various forms.At one time he was a lion with a curly wavy hairs;at another he appeared in the shape of a wild boar;and still another he stood a stately tree covered with rich leaves.When，after all these and many other changes，he failed to get rid of his questioner， the god offered detailed answers.

　　在所有的小海神中，納魯斯和普魯吐斯異常獨特。納魯斯是人們熟知的“海中的老人”。他代表了海水友善的一面。他和50個可愛的女兒一起生活在海中。她們當中最著名的有;安菲瑞垂託、塞提絲、蓋拉蒂和潘諾珀。在勇敢地尋覓金蘋果的時候，納魯斯建議赫格立斯尋找普羅米修斯。

　　普魯吐斯是波塞冬的牧羊人。他有兩種非凡的能力：他能預言，他還能夠變成不同的動物。有時他是一頭獅子，有著波浪般的捲髮。有時他是一頭凶猛的野豬。而有時他又是一棵枝葉繁茂、外表威嚴的大樹。經過這些變化之後，當他無法擺脫詢問者時，神就替他作出詳盡的回答。

　　：菲勒美拉

　　King Pandion of Athens had two daughters，Procne and Philomela.When Athens wasthreatened by the wild men，King Tereus of Thrace came to its help.Out of gratitude KingPandion offered Tereus either of his daughters in marriage and the Thracian king chose Procneas wife. For yearsthey lived in Thrace and had one son，Itylus by name.Then Procne becamehomesick and longed to see her dear sister Philomela.At her repeated requests Tereus sailedto Athens tofetch Philomela.On the way back his evil heart took flame at the sight of Philomelawho was then in her beauty of maidenhood.He seized and carried her away by force，cut outher tongue and imprisoned her in a lonely hut in the woods.To Procne he lied，saying thatPhilomela was dead.Philomela stayed in prison for ayear，where she had woven her painfulstory into the web of a robe .Then she managed to send the robe to her sister. As soon asshe received the web Procne came over to the woods and to reher sister away from thekeepers.

　　Back at the palace, the two women，hot for paying back ，killed little Itylus and served him upto his father . When Tereus learned of the terrible truth he grasped his sword and chased thesisters into the woods. There the gods turned Procne into a swallow，Philomela a nightingaleand Tereus a hoopoe .

　　雅典國王潘底翁有兩個女兒，普魯絲妮和菲勒美拉。當雅典受到蠻人的威脅時，色雷斯國王泰諾斯伸出了援助之手。出於感激，國王潘底翁讓泰諾斯從自己的女兒中任選一位作他妻子。泰諾斯選擇了普魯絲妮。他們在色雷斯生活了許多年，並且生了一個兒子，名叫意大拉斯。由於遠離故土，普魯絲妮患了思鄉病，她非常想見親愛的妹妹菲勒美拉。在她的一再要求下，泰諾斯乘船去雅典接菲勒美拉來與她姐姐團聚。在返回的途中，看到菲勒美拉渾身散發出的青春和美麗，泰諾斯非常嫉妒，頓生歹意。他強行帶走了菲勒美拉，並割去了她的舌頭，將她關在森林中一個偏僻的小茅屋裡。在普魯絲妮面前，他撒謊說菲勒美拉已經死了。菲勒美拉被囚禁了整整一年。在囚禁期間，她將痛苦的經歷編織成了一件長袍;然後，她想方設法讓長袍落到她姐姐的手中。普魯絲妮一收到那件長袍就來到了森林，將她妹妹救了出來。

　　回到宮殿後，姐妹倆急於復仇，殺死了小意大拉斯，並派人將屍體送到他父親那裡。國王泰諾斯得知事情真相後，提起劍來把姐妹兩人趕到森林裡。在林中，眾神將普魯絲妮變為一隻麻雀，將菲勒美拉變為一隻夜鶯，而將泰諾斯變成了一隻戴勝科鳥。