Bedside Lamp English Learning Reader III: Greek Mythology Stories (Pure English Version)

Author: Li Zhengshuan
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: For thousands of years, The Greek Mythology Stories has maintained an immortal charm, being widely beloved and never tiring of being read, passed down from generation to generation across the world. The Greek Mythology Stories is an invaluable and irreplaceable cultural heritage of all humanity, an extremely precious spiritual wealth, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient Greeks, and an unprecedented masterpiece. No matter how clumsy the translator's hand may be, it cannot prevent it from radiating a brilliant light. Perhaps many scholars still do not understand why Europe's earliest civilization began in ancient Greece, but no one doubts that the emergence of The Greek Mythology Stories is a witness or symbol of early human civilization. There are countless stories that have influenced human thought or ideology; however, the books that have left indelible memories in our childhood are quite limited. Today, we can probably recite titles like One Thousand and One Nights, Aesop's Fables, Andersen's Fairy Tales, and The Bible Stories, etc. Compared to such famous books, The Greek Mythology Stories stands out even more, being more thought-provoking. The Greek Mythology Stories profoundly reflects the noble qualities of human wisdom, discernment between right and wrong, and the promotion of good over evil. The ingenuity of its plot, the twists and turns, the natural transitions, the profound implications, and the refined language are unmatched by legendary tales of past generations. The so-called "myths" in The Greek Mythology Stories are actually "human stories"; almost none of the gods mentioned are created in the image of humans or according to human will. The stories of the gods in the heavens or on earth are all marked with the imprint of human society. In terms of content, the gods have distinctions in hierarchy, they have seven emotions and six desires, they experience life and death, they have complex emotional entanglements, they are jealous or compete for affection, they show favoritism and retaliation, and they come to the aid of the righteous. In terms of the scenes of the stories, there are both grand, earth-shattering and ghost-moving events, as well as detailed descriptions of whispering or pillow talk. During the translation process, all the "gods" in the myths were examined and annotated in detail. With this book in hand, readers can roughly understand the relationships among the gods or their respective functions in ancient Greek mythology. The words that appear most frequently in this book are the names of the sons of the main god Zeus—Hercules, Perseus, and Theseus, who killed the Minotaur, among other mighty heroes. Several stories often feature the same person or god as the main character; therefore, these stories are both internally connected and relatively independent. When reading, please pay attention to this characteristic.