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The Five Ages 五个时代
Greek Legend 希腊神话
何勇刚
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文字难度: 3 在希腊神话中,人类产生以来经历了五个时代:黄金时代、白银时代、青 Í 时 代、英雄时代和铁器时代,它们各有不同的特点。而黄金时代最为美好,所以我 们常用黄金时代形容最美好的时光。
There are several conflicting versions about the creation of mortals. According to the myth of the ages of humankind, men and women are the creation of the gods or Zeus himself. The following is a summary of 1) Hesiod ’s account. 2) Ovid
describes only four ages, omitting the Age of Heroes. This tale of human degeneration 3) mingles fact and fancy in an astonishing manner, for ages of bronze and of iron are historically very real indeed.
The Age of Gold. In the time when 4) Cronus
(Saturn) was king in heaven, the Olympian gods made a golden race of mortals, who lived as though in a paradise, without 5) toil , trouble or cares. All good things were theirs in abundance, and the fertile earth brought forth fruit of its own accord. They lived in peace and harmony, never grew old, and died as though overcome by sleep. The earth covered over this race, but they still exist as holy spirits who wander over the earth. The Age of Silver. The Olympian gods made a second race of silver, far less favored than the one of gold. Their childhood lasted a hundred years and when they grew up their lives were short and 6) distressful . For they were arrogant against one another and refused to worship the gods or offer them sacrifice. Zeus in his anger at their senselessness hid them under the earth where they still dwell. The Age of Bronze. Zeus made a third race of mortals, a terrible and mighty one of bronze. Their 7) implements
and weapons were of bronze, and they relentlessly pursued the painful and violent deeds of war. They destroyed themselves by their own hands and went down to the 8) realm of 9) Hades without leaving a name. The Age of Heroes. Zeus made still another race, also 10) valiant in war but more just and more civilized. This was the race of the heroes, also called 11) demigods , who were involved in the legendary events of Greek 12) saga . They fought, for example, at 13) Thebes and in the Trojan War. When they died, Zeus sent some of these heroes to inhabit 14) the
Islands of the Blessed , a paradise at the far ends of the earth, ruled over by Cronus (Saturn), who had been deposed and freed by Zeus.
The Age of Iron. Zeus made still another race, that of iron, troubled by toil and misery, although good is intermingled with their evils. It is in this age that the poet |
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