1. Perseus Summar 珀尔修斯是神祗宙斯和凡人达那厄的儿子。达那厄是阿尔戈斯国王阿克里西 俄斯的女儿,众神之王宙斯爱上了她。国王从神示中得知,他的外孙会推翻他的 统治并把他杀死。于是国王便把女儿关进地牢,并令女仆严密看管,不与外界接 触。不料宙斯化作一阵金雨进入牢中,与达那厄幽会,生下了珀尔修斯。他与寻 找金羊毛的伊阿宋、完成十二件不可完成使命的赫拉克勒斯、勇闯迷宫斩杀怪物 的忒修斯一道为希腊神话所讲述最早的英雄们 Selected Reading Perseus and medusa erseus was the son of Jupiter and Danae. His grandfather Acrisius, alarmed by an oracle which had told him that his daughter's child would be the instrument of his death, caused the mother and child to be shut up in a chest and set adrift' on the sea The chest floated towards Seriphus, where was found by a fisherman who conveyed the mother and infant to Polydectes, the kin of the country, by whom they were treated with kindness. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the conquest of waste the country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she dared to beauty with Minerva. the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and had been petrified with the sight. Perseus, favored by Minerva and Mercury, the former of whom lent him her shield and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she slept and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore he cut off her head and gave it to minerva, who fixed it the middle of her aegis Perseus and atlas After the slaughter of Medusa, Perseus, bearing with him the head of the Gorgon, flew far and wide, over land and sea. As night came on, he reached the western limit of the earth, where the sun goes down. here he would gladly have rested till morning. It was the realm of King Atlas, whose bulk@ surpassed that of all other men. He was rich in flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to dispute his state But his chief pride was in his gardens, whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, "I come as a guest. If you59 11. Perseus Summary 珀尔修斯是神祗宙斯和凡人达那厄的儿子。达那厄是阿尔戈斯国王阿克里西 俄斯的女儿，众神之王宙斯爱上了她。国王从神示中得知，他的外孙会推翻他的 统治并把他杀死。于是国王便把女儿关进地牢，并令女仆严密看管，不与外界接 触。不料宙斯化作一阵金雨进入牢中，与达那厄幽会，生下了珀尔修斯。他与寻 找金羊毛的伊阿宋、完成十二件不可完成使命的赫拉克勒斯、勇闯迷宫斩杀怪物 的忒修斯一道为希腊神话所讲述最早的英雄们。 Selected Reading Perseus and Medusa Perseus was the son of Jupiter and Danae. His grandfather Acrisius, alarmed by an oracle which had told him that his daughter’s child would be the instrument of his death, caused the mother and child to be shut up in a chest and set adrift1 on the sea. The chest floated towards Seriphus, where it was found by a fisherman who conveyed2 the mother and infant to Polydectes, the king of the country, by whom they were treated with kindness. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the conquest of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste3 the country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she dared to vie4 in beauty with Minerva, the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and had been petrified5 with the sight. Perseus, favored by Minerva and Mercury, the former of whom lent him her shield and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she slept, and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he cut off her head and gave it to Minerva, who fixed it in the middle of her Aegis. Perseus and Atlas6 After the slaughter of Medusa, Perseus, bearing with him the head of the Gorgon7 , flew far and wide, over land and sea. As night came on, he reached the western limit of the earth, where the sun goes down. Here he would gladly have rested till morning. It was the realm of King Atlas, whose bulk8 surpassed that of all other men. He was rich in flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to dispute his state. But his chief pride was in his gardens, whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, “I come as a guest. If you