*神话故事英语（5篇）

从古希腊神话故事中的神明勾心斗角之中，我们可以看到人类的影子，与其说它们是高高在上的神祗，倒不如说，有着七情六欲的神祗。下面是小编辛苦为大家带来的*神话故事英语（5篇），希望可以启发、帮助到大家。

古希腊神话故事中英文阅读版 篇1

Pandora's Box 潘多拉的盒子

Zeus made the first woman and sent her to Prometheus and his brother, to punish them for their caring so much for men. She was made in heaven, every god contributing something to perfect her. Venus gave her beauty, Mercury persuasion, Apollo music, etc. All gods gave her gifts, silvery raiment and a broidered veil, a wonder to behold, and bright garlands of blooming flowers and a crown of gold. Because of what they gave her they called her Pandora, which means "the gift of all".

The gods presented her with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her ever to open it. Then they sent her to Epimetheus, who took her gladly although Prometheus had warned him never to accept anything from Zeus. He took her, and afterward when that dangerous thing, a woman, was his, he understood how good his brother's advice had been. For Pandora, like all women, was possessed of a lively curiosity. She had to know what was in the box. One day she lifted the lid——and out flew plagues innumerable, sorrow and mischief for mankind. In terror Pandora clapped the lid down, but too late. One good thing, however, was there——Hope. It was the only good the casket had held among the many evils, and it remains to this day mankind's sole comfort in misfortune.

潘多拉是宙斯创造的第一个人类女人， 主要是要报复人类。因为众神中的普罗米修斯过份关心人类，於是恼火了宙斯。

宙斯在争夺神界时，就是得到普罗米修斯及其弟厄庇米修斯的帮助，而能登上宝座。普罗米修斯的名字即“深谋远虑”的意思。而其弟厄庇米修斯的意思为“后悔”，所以两兄弟的作风就跟其名字一样，有着“深谋远虑”及“后悔”的特性。

潘多拉被创造之后，就在宙斯的安排下，送给了厄庇米修斯。因为祂知道普罗米修斯不会接受祂送的礼物，所以一开始就送给了厄庇米修斯。而厄庇米修斯也接受了她，在举行婚礼时，宙斯命令众神各将一份礼物放在一个盒子里，送给潘多拉当礼物。而众神的礼物是好是坏就不得而知了。厄庇米修斯的胞兄普罗米修斯就警告厄庇米修斯， 千万不要接受宙斯的礼物，尤其是女人，因为女人是危险的动物。而厄庇米修斯就跟其名字一般，娶了潘多拉之后没多久，就开始后悔了。

因为潘多拉除了善妒，贪婪，爱美外，最大的缺点就是好奇心了。从结婚以后，她就不断地想打开众神送的小盒子，而厄庇米修斯却要时时刻刻的提防她的好奇心，因为他知道盒子里的礼物未必都是好的。有一天，潘多拉的好奇心战胜了一切。她等厄庇米修斯出门后，就打开了盒子，结果一团烟冲了出来，将一切礼物全都释放，这里面包含了幸福、瘟疫、忧伤、友情、灾祸、爱情，潘多拉害怕极了，赶紧将盒子盖上，但一切都已经太迟，盒子内只剩下“希望”。於是潘多拉抱着“希望”等着厄庇米修斯的归来。至今，它一直是人类生活动力的来源，因为它带给人类无穷的“希望”，不管遭遇何种困境，它是人类一切不幸中唯一的安慰。

短篇英语神话故事 篇2

Prometheus prometheus was a titan 。in the war between zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new olympiangods.out of the clay he made the first man ，to whom athena gave soul and holy breath.prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.and fire raised man above all animals 。

Later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men. the meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men.prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts ：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，for he knew the selfish zeus loved fat. zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the prometheus' favor towards men.so in a masterful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind.however，prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen.flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion ，zeus let the other gods chain prometheus to a rock on mountain caucasus ，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.his period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years.prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before zeus.at last heracles made prometheus and zeus restore to friend ship，when heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.

神话传说英文小故事大全：玉兔捣药 篇3

Legend has it that there are three gods into three of the elderly poor, to foxes, monkeys, rabbits for food, the fox and the monkey had food to relief, only rabbit be at a loss what to do. Then the rabbit said: "you eat my flesh!" it into the fire, will he cooked, fairy touched, put the rabbit to the palace of the moon, the moon. Company E, and ramming ever-young medicine.

短篇英语神话故事 篇4

On Fajiu Hill grew a lot of mulberry trees. Among them lived a bird which looked like a crow, but had a colourful head, a white bill and two red claws. Its call sounded like its name: Jingwei. The bird was said to be Emperor Yandi's youngest daughter, who, while playing on the East Sea, had been drowned and never returned. She had turned into Jingwei, and the bird would often carry bits of twigs and stones all the way from the west mountains to the East Sea to fill it up.

短篇英语神话故事 篇5

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 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.