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1、IntroductionoftheMythsofGreeceandRomecontentsGreekmythsRomanmythsInterrelationshipsMythologicalstoriesGreekmyths01GreekMythologyisagroupoftraditionaltalestoldbytheancientGreeksaboutthedeedsofgods,heroesandtheirrelationswithhumanbeings.TheGreekmythologyisan

2、importantpartoftheancientculturewhichhasvastanddeepinfluenceonthewholewesternculture.ItsgreatinfluenceupontheEnglishlanguageandliteratureisbeyonddescription.AgreatnumberofwordsandidiomsintheEnglishlanguagecomefromtheGreekmythology.TheancientGreeksworshiped

3、manygods.Greekgodscanbedividedintoseveralgroups.TheearliestgroupwasTitans,ledbyCronus.ThemostpowerfulgroupwastheOlympians.TheOlympiansareagroupof１２godswhoruledaftertheoverthrowoftheTitans.AlltheOlympiansarerelatedinsomeway.Theyarenamedaftertheirdwellingpla

4、ceMountOlympus.OneofthecharacteristicsoftheGreekmythologyisthecomplexrelationshipZeusistheKingoftheGodsinGreekMythology.Zeuswasviewedasakingwhooversawtheuniverse.IntheHomericHymnsheisreferredtoasthechieftainofthegods.Heisalsocalledthe"FatherofGodsandmen".H

5、eruledtheOlympiansofMountOlympusinwaysrepresentativeasbothafatherasheadofthefamilyandaking.HewasthegodofskyandthunderinGreekmythology.Hissymbolsarethethunderbolt,eagle,bull,andoak.InadditiontohisIndo-Europeaninheritance,theclassical"cloud-gatherer"alsoderi

6、vescertainiconographictraitsfromtheculturesoftheAncientNearEast,suchasthescepter.Romanmyths02RomanmythsTheRomangodscanbedividedintotwoparts.ThefirstistheoriginalgodinRome,thesecondisintroductionofgodinaparticularperiodinthehistory.Theirspecialtasks,showsth

7、eneedofdailylifeatthattimetheRomansociety.RomanmythologyinheritedanddevelopedtheGreekmyth,alsoisthecultureandarttotheworld.Theimageofheroistakingmoreofapoliticalwhoarewillingtosacrificethemselvesandstandofthestatetoseeineverything.Theywouldbeveryrationalra

8、therthanbeclosedtothesideofhumannature.RomanmythsVenusistheRomangodwhoisasymbolofloveandbeauty,alsoasymboloffertilitygoddess.RomanmythsVenusdeMilo,itisbelievedtodepict Venus,thegoddessofloveandbeauty,Itisa ma