希腊罗马神话主神和英雄的英文事迹简介

Athena,Goddess of wisdom and war,the daughter of Zeus and Metis,she was the favorite daughter of Zeus and was sprung from his head.She was often wears a helmet and carry a spear and shield,she was regarded as the protector of all cities and states,she was wise not only in war but also in the arts of peace.

Prometheus,forethought,son of lapetus and Themits,brother of Atlas and Epimetheus,he stole the fire from heaven and Zeus ordered Hermes to chair him to amount Caucasus where a vulture ate his liver which grew back daily,he was finally freed by Heracles,he made the first man and woman with clay,he cheated Zeus the sacrificed bull,Zeus refusd give the needed fire to mankind.

Pandora,was sent to Epimetheus and they were married Prometheus warned him never to accept anything from Zeus but Pandora's curiosity made her open the box.

Aphrodite,Goddess of love,beauty.she rose naked from the foam,and rising on a giant scallop,walked to the shore of Cyprus,her famous legends are her love for Adonis and her promise of the most beautiful woman to Paris,which led to the Trojan war.

Apollo,God of Sun,the son of Zeus and Goddess Leto,and twin brother of Artemis.

Achilles,the bravest hero in the Trojan war.Thetis,his mother,she want Achilles to be immortal,dipped him in the river Styx but forgot his one heel,therefore,the heel was the weakest point for him.

Perseus,son of Zeus,and Danae,the most perfect Greek hero in myths,he was born with zeus became a shower of gold to fall on his mother.1 Killing of Medusa 2 saving Andromeda 3 returning home.

Heracles,son of zeus and alcmene,the most famous of all the heroes in Greek mythology.1 as a baby, he killed two serpents which sent by Hera 2 Heracles's choice,pleasure and virtue 3 killed his wife and children to purify himself."Twelve labors of Heracles",killing the Nemean lion,the nine-headed Hydra.

Theseus,son of Poseidon,and Aethra 1 found the sword and sandals by lifting the rock 2 Theseus killed the minotaur in the labyrinth.

The Odysseus,son of Laertes and Anticlea and one of suitors of Helen,he married Penelope,and was father of Telemachus,he fights over his adverse fate for his simple wish to return home.joining the Trojan war,took ten years to go home,underwent the Lotus-Eaters the terrors of the underworld,the Sirens,Polyphemus with a single glaring eye in his forehead.

Jason,a person who is inconstant in love.
1 the first test,he ferried an old woman who disguised by Hera
2 conquest of the seed men
3 got the golden fleece
4 abandoned Medea for another princess