《希腊罗马神话欣赏》的编写对象为英语专业学生以及英语达到中级水平且对希腊罗马神话有浓厚兴趣者。教材以精选并按一定系统编排的神话故事为主题,同时兼顾其对西方艺术、文学的影响,以及使用者语言学习的需要。正文共分三部分:奥林匹斯山众神及其他神祗、爱情及历险故事、特洛伊战争及其后事,基本涵盖了希腊罗马神话中*为**的故事及其神、神人以及英雄三个时代。

Hesiod's Theogony (theos, "god" + gonos, "offspring") provides most of the myths about the Greek gods' birth, offspring, and genealogical descent. Given the poet's bitter experience of poverty and bard work, Hesiod presents a grim picture of intergenerational conflict among the gods.
In the beginning, the universe is a cosmos evolving from Chaos. Chaos and Gaea (the earth) generate everything that exists, including seas, mountains, monsters and gods. Then gods of succeeding generations are traced back to Gaea and her mating with her son Uranus (the sky).This incestuous union produces 12 Titans with Cronus as their leader. Advised by his mother, Cronus castrates Uranus, severing the link between sky and earth, and becomes the new king of the cosmos. Cronus copulates with his sister Rhea to bring about Zeus and his siblings, the future older Olympians.
正由于上述种种益处,国内外的教育机构纷纷开设了介绍和研究希腊罗马神话的课程,以帮助学生提高人文素养、增强跨文化交际能力。但鉴于希腊罗马神话的版本众多、浩繁复杂, 以及对西方文化影响的深度和广度,开设该门课程绝非易事。作者出于对希腊罗马神话的浓厚兴趣,不避其烦,自2003年至今已连续数年为学生开设多媒体《希腊罗马神话欣赏》专业选修课程。课程的高选课率和出勤率,以及学生们所表现出的高涨的学习和探究热情已成为本人不断完善该门课程的动力。作为课程载体的内部教材更是几经修改、日臻完善,业已成为学生爱不释手的解渴之物。独乐乐不如众乐乐,作者有幸获得了上海外国语大学教材出版基金的资助,从而得以在更大的范围内与大家分享阅读和欣赏西方文化重要源头的无穷乐趣。

Part One The Olympian Gods and Other Deities
Introduction to Port One
1. The Olympian Gods
2. Zeus' Consorts and Some of Their Tribulations
3. Artemis and Actaeon
4. The Creation and Recreation of Man
5. Athena
6. Dionysus
7. Midas
8. Persephone
9. Hades and the Underworld
10. Other Deities
Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure
Introduction to Part Two: Stories of Love
11. Atalanta
12. Apollo and Daphne
13. Cupid and Psyche
14. Venus and Adonis
15. Pyramus and Thisbe
16. Echo and Narcissus
17. Pygmalion
Introduction to Part Two: Stories of Adventure
18. Perseus and Medusa
19. Jason and the Golden Fleece
20. The Twelve Labors of Heracles
21. Cadmus
22. Oedipus Rex
23. Theseus
Part Three The Trojan War and Thereafter
Introduction to Part Three
24. The Trojan War
25. Agamemnon
26. The Story of Odysseus
27. The Story of Aeneas (Ⅰ)
28. The Story of Aeneas (Ⅱ)
Part Four Selected Readings in Mythological Classics
1. Ovid Metamorphoses
2. Homer The Iliad
The Odyssey
3. Virgil The Aeneid
4. Aeschylus Agamemnon
5. Sophocles Oedipus the King
6. Euripides Medea
The Trojan Women
Appendices
1. Names and Roles of Greek and Roman Gods
2. The Family of Helen of Troy
3. The House of Troy
4. Maps
5. A Pronouncing Glossary of Mythological Names and Allusions
6. A Selected List of Western Works with Greco-Roman Mythological Relevance
Bibliography

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