希腊神话与英语单词的联系.docx

Achilles
The hero of Homer’s Iliad, the son of Peleus and Thetis and slayer of Hector
阿基里斯:荷马史诗《伊利亚特》中的英雄,是珀琉斯和西蒂斯之子,杀害赫克托耳的人
Achilles heel/Achilles' heel艾基利斯之踵的弱点, 要害;
Achillean , 勇敢的
Adonis
n. A strikingly beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite.
阿多尼斯被阿佛洛狄忒所恋的美少年
常作adonis:A very handsome young ;美少年, 小白脸
Agamemnon
The king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, who was the son of Atreus and the father of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia;His wife Clytemnestra killed him upon his return from Troy.
阿伽门农:迈锡尼的国王,特洛伊战争中的希腊联军统帅,阿特柔斯的儿子,俄瑞斯忒斯、伊莱克特拉以及依菲琴尼亚的父亲。他刚从特洛伊返回就被其妻克吕泰尼丝特拉杀害
n.[希神]阿伽门农, 特洛伊战争中希腊军队的统帅
Andromeda
The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, who had rescued her from a sea monster。
安德洛墨达:塞弗斯和卡西欧匹亚的女儿,其丈夫珀修斯曾把她从海妖手里救出
【希神】安德罗米达(埃塞俄比亚公主, 后与 Perseus 结婚) ;
the Andromeda【天】仙女星座
Augean stables
奥吉亚斯王(Augeas)的牛棚(国王养牛三千头, 三十年未曾洗过牛棚, Hercules 引河水于一日之内清洗干净) ; augean极脏的
Antigone
The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta She performed funeral rites over her brother's body in defiance of her uncle :奥迪帕斯和伊俄卡斯塔的女儿,不顾舅父克利翁的反对而为哥哥的遗体举行了埋葬仪式;[希神] 安提歌尼(底比斯王俄狄普斯之女, 因违抗禁令而自杀身亡)
Aphrodite (Also called: Cytherea) (Venus)
[希神]阿芙罗狄蒂(爱与美的女神)
Venus: The goddess of sexual love and physical :
性爱和形体美的女神[罗神]维纳斯, [天]金星
aphrodisiac n. 春药
Apollo
n. The god of prophecy, music, medicine, and poetry, sometimes identified with the sun.
阿波罗司预言、音乐、医药、诗歌之神,有时等同于太阳神;阿波罗, 美男子, 太阳神
Argos
[希神]Jason寻找金羊毛所乘的船, [天]南船座
Ares
[希神] 阿瑞斯, 战神
Artemis (Diana)
The virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon and twin sister of Apollo.
阿耳忒弥斯:狩猎女神和月神
Diana:The virgin goddess of hunting and childbirth traditionally associated with the moon and identified with the Greek Artemis.
黛安娜(月亮和守猎女神)狩猎和分娩女神,传统上同月亮有关系并且与希腊阿耳忒弥斯(月亮和狩猎女神)是一致的,黛安娜(罗马神话中之处女性守护神; [诗]月
Asclepius
Apollo's son, the god of medicine
阿斯克勒庇俄斯:医药神,阿波罗的儿子,药神
Athena (Roman: Minerva)
The goddess of wisdom, the practical arts, and warfare.
智能、技艺及