【導語】在古老的希臘神話中，發(fā)生過很多有趣的神話故事，這些經(jīng)典的神話故事你都知道嗎?下面是本站分享的經(jīng)典英語希臘神話故事。歡迎閱讀參考！

　　潘多拉

　　Pandora after the stealing of fire，zeus became increasingly unkind to men.one day he ordered his son hephaestus tobuild an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.he then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.among others ，athena clothed her in an attractive

　　coat and hermes gave her the power of telling lies.a charming young lady，she was the first woman that ever lived.zeus called her pandora.because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift.the gift was harmful to men. zeus decided to send her down to men as a present.so hermes them essenger brought her to epimetheus ，brother of prometheus.the greatness of her beauty touched the hearts of all who looked upon her ，and epimetheus happily received her into his house.he had quite forgotten pometheus'warning ：never to accept anything from zeus.the couple lived a happy life for some time.then trouble came on to the human world. when he was busy with teaching men the art of living，prometheus had left a bigcask in the care of epimetheus.he had warned his brother not to open the lid.pandora was a curious woman.she had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask.one day，when epimetheus was out ，she lifted the lid and out itcame unrest and war ，plague and sickness ，theft and violence， grief sorrow ，and all

　　the other evils.the human world was hence to experience these evils. Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar and never flew out.so men always have hope within their hearts.

　　潘多拉偷竊天火之后，宙斯對人類的敵意與日俱增。一天，他令兒子赫菲斯托斯用泥塑一美女像，并請眾神贈予她不同的禮物。

　　其中，雅典娜飾之以華麗的衣裳，赫耳墨斯贈之以說謊的能力。世上的第一個女人是位迷人女郎，因為她從每位神靈那里得到了一樣對男人有害的禮物，因此宙斯稱她為潘多拉(pander：意為煽動)。宙斯決定把她作為禮物送給世間的男子。

　　于是信使赫耳墨斯將她帶給普羅米修斯的弟弟厄庇墨透斯。她姿容絕美，見者無不為之傾心。厄庇墨透斯興高采烈地把她迎入屋內(nèi)。普羅米修斯警告過他不得接受宙斯的任何饋贈，而他已將之忘于腦后。這一對夫妻有過一段幸福的生活，但不久災(zāi)難卻降臨人間。當普羅米修斯忙于教授人們生存之道的時候，他把一個桶托付給厄庇墨透斯。他警告過他的弟弟不要打開桶蓋。潘多拉好奇心強。她的丈夫不允許她看桶中之物，這使她感到十分懊惱。一天乘厄庇墨透斯出門在外，

　　她打開桶蓋，從桶里跑出的是不和與戰(zhàn)爭，瘟疫與疾病，偷竊與暴力，悲哀與憂慮，以及其他一些人類從此要遭受的不幸。只有希望被關(guān)在桶口，永遠飛不出來，因此人們常常把希望藏于心中。

　　阿波羅

　　Apollo among the crowd of olympian gods the one most widely admired was apollo.he was the son of zeus and let to.according to greek mythology，leto was driven by hera from land to land at last poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins ，apollo and artemis. apollo was me sun-god. He wore a purple robe.he usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and madeready to start his daily journey across the sky. during the day hed rove his carriage of gold and ivory ， and brought light，life and love to the great world below. iate in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home. apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings.these feelings are expressed in lofty songs. With his lyre of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice heled the choir of the muses at olympus.the pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped poseidonbuild up the walls of troy. on one occasion，invited to a contest by the human musician marsyas，he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.on another occasion，he lost out topan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge ，king midas，into those of an ass. his son ，orpheus ，took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike. apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty.his goldenhair ，stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world.a beautiful girl，by the name of clytle ，was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground ，her hands outstretched towards the sungod ，and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky.though her love was not returned，she had never changed her mind about apollo.the gods were moved at the sad sight ，and changed her into a sunflower.

　　阿波羅在眾多的奧林波斯山神中，主神宙斯和雷托之子阿波羅推崇。據(jù)希臘神話記載，雷托被天后赫拉驅(qū)趕得四處流浪。最終是海神波塞冬憐憫她并從海中撈起提落島讓她居住。在島上，她生了孿生兒子阿波羅和阿爾特彌斯。阿波羅是太陽神。清晨他身著紫色袍，坐在那明亮的東方宮殿，準備開始每日穿越天空的旅行。白天，他駕著用金子和象牙制成的戰(zhàn)車，給廣闊無垠的大地帶來光明、生命和仁愛。黃昏時分，他在遙遠的西海結(jié)束了旅行，然后就乘上金船返回東方的家中。阿波羅是音樂神和詩神。他可喚起人們傾注于圣歌中的各種情感。在奧林波斯山上，他手拿金質(zhì)里拉，用悅耳的音調(diào)指揮繆斯的合唱。當他幫助波塞冬建造特洛伊城墻時，里拉奏出的音樂如此動聽，以致石頭有節(jié)奏地、自動地各就其位。有一次他接受凡人音樂家馬斯亞斯的挑戰(zhàn)參加一次競賽。戰(zhàn)勝對方后，他將對手剝皮致死以懲罰他的狂妄自大。在另外一次音樂比賽中，因輸給了潘神，他就將裁判邁爾斯國王的耳朵變成了驢耳朵。阿波羅的兒子俄耳甫斯繼承了父親這方面的才能。他的豎琴使人與動物皆受感動。阿波羅象征著青春和男子漢的美。金色的頭發(fā)、莊重的舉止、容光煥發(fā)的神態(tài)，這些足以使他受到世人的青睞。一位名叫克里提的美麗少女迷戀于他的英俊瀟灑，跪在地上，從黎明到黃昏，雙手伸向太陽神。她凝視著那輛金質(zhì)馬車在蔚藍的天空馳騁。雖然她的愛并未得到回報，但她對阿波羅的癡情卻從未改變。目睹這悲哀的場面，眾神深受感動，將她變成了一株向日葵。