Pandora's box
《希腊神话与英语》之习语1
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• 因此,古希腊人把月桂树看作是阿波 罗的神木,称为"阿波罗的月桂树 "(The Laurel of Apollo).起先,他们 用月桂枝叶编成冠冕,授予在祭祀太 阳神的节目赛跑中的优胜者.后来在 奥林匹亚(Olympia)举行的体育竞技 中,他们用桂冠赠给竞技的优胜者. 从此世代相传,后世欧洲人以"桂冠" 作为光荣的称号. 由于阿波罗是主管光明.青春.音乐 和诗歌之神,欧洲人又把源自"阿波 罗的月桂树"的桂冠,献给最有才华 的诗人，称"桂冠诗人".第一位著名 的"桂冠诗人"就是欧洲文艺复兴时 期人文主义的先驱者.意大利诗人彼 特拉克(Francesco Petrarch,13041374).
11、Swan song：
• 字面译做“天鹅之歌”，源于 • 希腊成语Kykneion asma。在 古希腊神话中，天鹅是阿波罗 的神鸟，故常用来比喻文艺。 传说天鹅平素不唱歌，而在它 • 死前，必引颈长鸣，高歌一曲， 其歌声哀婉动听，感人肺腑。 这是它一生中唯一的，也是最 后的一次唱歌。早在公元前6世 纪，古希腊寓言作家伊索 (Aisopos)的寓言故事中，就有 • “天鹅临死才唱歌”的说法。 在英国，乔叟、莎士比亚等伟 大诗人、剧作家，都使用过这 个成语典故。 因此，现代英语中这个习语比 喻某诗人、作家、作曲家临终 前的一部杰作，或者是某个演 员、歌唱家的最后一次表演。 莎翁的著名悲剧《奥赛罗》 (Othello)中塑造的爱米莉娅形 象，她在生死关头站出来揭穿 其丈夫的罪行。她临死时把自 己比做天鹅，一生只唱最后一 次歌。 英语成语black swan,用以比喻 稀有罕见的人或物，类似汉语 成语"凤毛麟角"之意。
潘多拉的盒子
Pandora „s box
厄庇墨透斯始终认为他的妻子会听从标签 的文字。不幸的是，一天潘多拉的丈夫只有 离开她身边几个小时。潘多拉赋有着很强好 奇心就像其他众神赋予她的其他品性一样。 对她来说，这个盒子仅仅是个礼物，而不是 什么托管在他们那里的东西。是什么事会使 宙斯告诉她不要去打开？也许她听到了她丈 夫的哥哥欺骗众神之王的故事。也许她认为 没有什么可怕的。也许如果她只要极短的一 瞬间...。
Pandora „s box
普罗米修斯是人类的恩人。众神 之王并不深爱着我们，而且他不要我 们拥有一些东西，其中包括“火”。 普罗米修斯却从另一方面，认为他需 要做对我们有益的事情，所以他暗地 里给我们带来了“火”的礼物。
Pandora „s box
In return, Zeus also provides man with a "gift", Pandora, the first woman. Although Prometheus may have crafted men, but women are another type of creation. Pandora is made by Hephaestus ( Hephaestus ) are made, she like the goddess as beautiful, is very charming. She thanks to Athena ( Athena ) and Zeus give her character. Zeus gave her as a bride to the brother of Prometheus Epimetheus ( Epimetheus ).
Pandora „s box
古希腊神话谚语典故
古希腊神话谚语典故【篇一：古希腊神话谚语典故】1、pandora’s box(潘朵拉的盒子) ：普罗米修斯(prometheus)为人类盗来了天火，激怒了宙斯(zeus)。
zeus决定惩罚人类，于是他命令火神造出一个美貌的女人 pandora，让她去勾引prometheus的弟弟埃比米修斯(epimetheus)。
结果epimetheus上当，接近了pandora，pandora于是就将手中的盒子打开，放出了里面的罪恶、灾难、疾病、不幸，只留下了“希望”在盒子里。
于是pandora’sbox就成了“灾难的根源”的代名词。
2、the sword of damocles(达摩克利斯之剑)[3]：damocles是叙拉古王朝的一位大臣，非常羡慕帝王的荣华富贵。
一天，国王让他坐在王位上，在 damocles的头上用一根头发悬一把利剑，告诉他王权的危险就象那把剑一样，随时可能降临。
因此the sword of damocles就成了“富贵中隐藏的危险”的同义语，也可以指形势危急，千钧一发。
3、damon and pythias[3] ：damon和pythias是好朋友。
pythias出事被判了死刑，为了使他能够回家探视亲人，damo留在牢中作人质，如果pythias不按时返回，就处死damon。
当期限满，临处刑之际，pythias及时赶回。
国王深受感动，将二人全部释放，因此，damon and pythias意思就是“生死之交”。
4、penelop’s web：源自史诗《奥德赛》(odyssey)[4]。
泊涅罗珀(penelop)是奥底修斯(odysseus)的妻子，以忠贞而著称。
特洛伊战争持续了十年，odysseus在返家的途中又耽搁了十年。
在这漫长的二十年中，许多王公贵族向penelop求婚，她都托辞说必须等织完布后才能予以考虑，一到晚上，她又将白天织好的布再拆开。
因此penelop’s web就成了一项永远也完不成的工作。
英语典故
英语典故：潘多拉的盒子潘多拉是希腊神话中第一个尘世女子。
普罗米修斯（Prometheus）盗天火给人间后，主神宙斯（Zeus）为惩罚人类，命令神用黏土塑成一个年轻美貌、虚伪狡诈的姑娘，取名“潘多拉”（Pandora），意为“具有一切天赋的女人”。
并给了她一个礼盒，然后将她许配给普罗米修斯的弟弟埃庇米修斯（Epimetheus，意为“后知”）。
埃庇米修斯不顾禁忌地接过礼盒，潘多拉趁机打开它，于是各种恶习、灾难和疾病立即从里面飞出来。
盒子里只剩下惟一美好的东西：希望。
但希望还没来得及飞出来，潘多拉就将盒子永远地关上了。
后来Pandora's box，“潘多拉的盒子”就被用来比喻造成灾害的根源。
Pandora's box是很多人都知道的故事，周星驰的经典电影《大话西游之月光宝盒》英文译名就被翻译成了A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box。
里面有一句现在很多人都会背的台词“月光宝盒是宝物，你把他扔掉会污染环境。
唉，要是砸到小朋友那怎么办？就算没有砸到小朋友砸到那些花花草草也是不对的呀！”这句话用英语就被说成“Pandora‟s Box is a treasure. You‟ll pollute the environment. You‟ll hurt kids. If there are no kids, it is bad to hurt plants. ”英语典故：达摩克利斯之剑The Sword of Damocles达摩克里斯之剑——喻临头的危险，源于希腊传说，古Syracuse国王命其廷丞达摩克里斯坐在以一根头发悬挂的剑下，以示君王多危。
此典出于古希腊的一个历史故事：公元前四世纪西西里东部的叙拉古王迪奥尼修斯（公元前430－367）打击了贵族势力，建立了雅典式的民主政权，但遭到了贵族的不满和反对，这使他感到虽然权力很大，但地位却不可靠。
少儿英语故事翻译：潘多拉的盒子
少儿英语故事翻译：潘多拉的盒子少儿英语故事翻译：潘多拉的盒子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。
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Pandora’s BoxWhen the gods created the earth, they made it a perfect place for man. Each of the gods gave man a gift, such as strength, intelligence, and skills, and they filled the earth with everything that man needed to live happily.Fruit tree grew everywhere, and beautiful flowers gave out a delicious drink called nectar that gave people energy. No people needed to work or hunt, and people never grew old or sick or died.The only thing that the gods did not give man was fire. This they kept for themselves. They feared that giving man fire would make him as powerful as the gods and would cause him to destroy the many wonderful things that the gods had put on earth.One day, the Titan named Prometheus stole some fire from heaven and gave it to man.Though man knew that fire was the possession of the gods, they still accepted Prometheus ‘gift. Zeus was very angry at this and decided to punish man.He called on Hephaestus, the gods of metal and fire, and asked him to build a woman out of stone. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, modeled for the statue so that it would be beautiful.When it was finished, Athena breathed life into the cold stone and it came alive. Then each of the gods gave the woman a gift.Aphrodite taught her how to dance and how to attract any man without even having to look at him. Athena gave her great wisdom. Apollo taught her how to play many musical instruments, and the Muse’s taught her how to sing.Hermes taught her how to speak wonderful lies that made other people happy. The last gift was given to her by Hera, Zeus’ wife, and this was curiosity.The gods then named her Pandora, which means, “All-gifted” and placed her down on earth with all the common men.Zeus went down to earth with Pandora and gave her one last gift. It was a beautiful box, closed with a heavy lock.He then gave Pandora the key to box and told her that she must never open it, or let anybody open it for any reason.After a short time, one of Prometheus' brothers, Epimetheus met Pandora and fell deeply in love with her.She loved him as well and returned with him to his small village.They lived there together happily because life was easy and there were no troubles.The people of the village spent their days dancing and singing in the warm sunshine.Plenty of food grows on the trees and clean water ran through the rivers.Also, since nobody ever grew or became ill, there was no way to die or lose a friend, family member, or a lover.Everyone's life on earth was perfect. Though Pandora was happy living with Epimetheus, she could not forget the box that Zeus had given her.This was because Hera had given her the gift of curiosity, and each day Pandora’s curiosity grew bigger and bigger inside her.But she followed Zeus' order and put the box in a corner of their home where she would not have to look at it.She then told Epimetheus not to ever touch it or move it.One night, after a few years in the village, Pandora woke up in the middle of the night and walked into the room where the box was.The moonlight was shining in through the window, and it made the box look bright and wonderful.The box itself was not fancy or special. It was just a common box with a large lock on the front.Pandora reached into her pocket and felt the key inside for she had kept the key there since Zeus had given it to her.The key felt warm in her hand and sent excitement through her body. Her curiosity grew and grew as she walked closer and closer to the box, but then she remembered Zeus's words and turned away.She got back into her bed with Epimetheus, but was no able to sleep. She kept thinking about the box and wondering what was inside.Finally, Pandora got up and went to the room where the box sat.She carried the box outside into the garden, dug a deep hole in the middle of a group of flowers, and placed the box inside.She looks down at it one last time before covering it with the earth.She then took several large stones and piled them on top of the hole. She was tired from her work and returned to bed to sleep with Epimetheus.As she slept, she had a dream about the box.In her dream, the box was bright and beautiful, and it softly whispered her name over and over again, "Pandora......Pandora......." it said.Then she took the key out of her pocket and carefully inserted it into the lock. As she turned the key, the box became even brighter and more beautiful.When she opened the top, she was amazed because the box was filled with the most beautiful jewels that she had ever seen! These were her gift from Zeus!But why wasn't she supposed to open it? With those jewels, she and Epimetheus could live like a King and Queen!She awoke from her dream and sat up in bed. It was still dark, and Epimetheus was in sleep at her side. She jumped out of her bed and ran out to her garden.Her hands quickly pushed away the rocks that sat over the hole. She moved the heavy rocks so quickly that her hands began to bleed, but she didn't notice because there was not yet pain or suffering in the world.She dug into the earth and didn't stop until she felt the top of the box.Grasping the box with excitement, she pulled it out of the hole and placed it on the earth beside her.Almost without realizing it, she put her hand into her pocket and pulled out the key.For a short moment, Pandora looked at the key laying in her hand.The metal was cold, and Pandora had never felt cold before. Unable to stop what she had begun; Pandora put the key into the lock.The felling of cold ran through her body quickly, but she ignored it. She opened the lock and threw the top of the box open.Suddenly a thick, black smoke poured out of the box and came into her eyes. She felt something that she had never felt before: it was pain.She could not see clearly and began to cry. When her vision returned, she looked down to see thousands of tiny monsters escaping from the box.They were running and flying out of the box in all directions, spreading out into the world. She grabbed one of the monsters in her hand, and it bit one of her fingers.She immediately became ill from the bite, and her body fell down onto the box, causing its top to close.She lay on the ground with the box in her arms breathing heavily and feeling the sickness that the monsters had given her filled her body.After a minute, she heard a small voice cry out, "Please open the lid of the box."Pandora listened to the voice and worried that it was just another little monster trying to trick her."Why should I let you out, “she cried,” I've already caused so much damage!""Please let me out of the box," said the voice. “I’m not li ke the others, I can help to fix what you have done; I can reduce the pain and suffering of mankind.“With her last bit of strength, Pandora opened the top then fell back down onto the earth.A small, golden light then appeared before her. When Pandora looked at it, she saw that it was a small woman with a pair of wings.The tiny woman came down to Pandora's face and kissed her lightly on the nose. Suddenly, Pandora's suffering lessened, and she had the strength to sit up again.The tiny woman hung in th e air before her face, “I’m called Hope," she said. “I’m the last thing in the box.Through your curiosity, you have released many terrible forces into the world. Each of these forces has a name: Old Age, Sickness, Misery, Selfishness, Greed, and Ugliness.The people of earth will no longer live easy lives, but I'm the Hope that will give them the strength to fight this force.I wish that I could do more, but that is the best that can be done. "Then Hope flew away and a golden light followed her. From that day on, people began to get sick, grow old, and die.But they would always have Hope to help them. This was the punishment of Zeus upon men for taking fire from the gods.潘多拉的盒子上帝创造地球时，地球是非常完美，适合人居住的地方。
什么叫潘多拉魔盒，打开潘多拉魔盒又是什么意思。
什么叫潘多拉魔盒，打开潘多拉魔盒⼜是什么意思。
潘多拉魔盒，⼜称潘多拉盒⼦，潘多拉匣⼦,这是⼀则古希腊经典神话。
潘多拉被创造之後，宙斯就命令赫尔墨斯把她带给普罗⽶修斯（Prometheus）的弟弟“后觉者”埃庇⽶修斯（Epimetheus）。
因为他知道普罗⽶修斯（意为：先知先觉）不会接受他送的礼物，所以⼀开始就送给了伊⽪⽶修斯（意为：后知后觉，普罗⽶修斯的胞弟）。
伊⽪⽶修斯⽣性愚钝，再加上潘多拉的美貌与诱惑，就接受了她。
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分关⼼⼈类，于是惹忒(Aphrodite)淋上令男⼈疯狂的激素；赫拉赐予她⾃信与⾃尊，⼥神雅典娜(Athena)教⼥⼈织布，制造出各颜各⾊的美丽⾐织，使⼥⼈看来更加鲜艳迷⼈；神的使者赫尔墨斯（Hermes）传授她语⾔的天赋；于是宙斯在这美丽的形象背后注⼊了恶毒的祸⽔。
⼀个完完全全的⼥⼈终于完成了。
众神帮她穿好⾐服，戴好发带（这条发带是⽕神赫淮斯托斯的作品），项配珠链，娇美如新娘。
汉密斯出主意说：“叫这个⼥⼈潘多拉（Pandora）吧，是诸神送给⼈类的礼物。
”众神都赞同他的建议。
古希腊语中，潘是所有的意思，多拉则是礼物、天赋。
“潘多拉”即为“拥有⼀切天赋的⼥⼈”。
传说⼀/潘多拉盒⼦⼀说潘多拉于是和埃庇⽶修斯⽣活在⼀起。
不久后，普洛⽶修斯带给埃庇⽶修斯⼀个⼤盒⼦，并反复叮嘱他⼀定不能打开，但潘多拉是⼀个好奇⼼很重的⼥⼈，普罗⽶修斯的反复叮嘱使她产⽣了打开盒⼦的欲望，她想：“普通的⼀个盒⼦何必藏得这么隐密？⽽且⼜盖得这么紧，到底为什么呢？”趁埃庇⽶修斯外出时，潘多拉悄悄打开了盒⼦，结果⾥⾯并没有潘多拉所期待的东西，⽽是⽆数的灾祸⾍害。
在潘多拉打开盒⼦以前，⼈类没有任何灾祸，⽣活宁静，那是因为所有的病毒恶疾都被关在盒中，⼈类才能免受折磨。
由于潘多拉的好奇，灾难与瘟疫逃出来，从那时起，灾难们⽇⽇夜夜、处处为害⼈类，使⼈类受苦。
Pandora's box
Feeling
No matter what happened in the future, we can’t lose the confidence and courage of life. We should know that the back of failure is hope. Since we are all live in the world, we must always be hopeful !
From then on, human beings suffer from the damage of scourge day and night. Luckly,Pandora closed the jar in time. Therefore, even if human beings continue to suffer, to be tortured, there always hope for us to self-motivated. Before the death, life is absolutely full of great hope.
Pandora's box
1092 吴芸
古希腊语中，潘是所有的意 思，多拉则是礼物。“潘多拉” 即为“拥有一切天赋的女人”。
Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Hephaestus(火神黑菲斯塔斯) created her using water and earth. After Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus sought reprisal(报复) by handing Pandora to Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus.
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潘多拉之盒的希腊典故
提坦神的儿子普罗米修斯从天上盗火种送给人类，人 类学会了使用火，最高统治神宙斯（雷神）十分恼火， 为了抵消火给人类带来的巨大好处，宙斯决定要让灾难 也降临人间。 宙斯（Zeus）首先命令火与锻冶神赫淮斯托斯 （Hephaestus），使用水土合成搅混，依女神的形象做 出一个可爱的女性；再命令爱与美女神阿佛洛狄忒 （Aphrodite）淋上令男人疯狂的香味；智慧与工艺女神 雅典娜（Athena）为她打扮，替她穿戴衣服，头戴发带 （这条发带是火神赫淮斯托斯的作品）、项配珠链、娇 美如新娘。；神的使者赫尔墨斯（Hermes）传授她语言 的天赋；于是宙斯在这美丽的形象背后注入了恶毒的祸 水。汉密斯出主意说：“叫这个女人潘多拉（Pandora） 吧，是诸神送给所有人类的礼物。”众神都赞同他的建 议。古希腊语中，潘是所有的意思，多拉则是礼物。 “潘多拉”即为“拥有一切天赋的女人世界已在一刹那 间被从魔盒中释放出的各种邪灵所充斥而陷于混沌之 中。后即以“潘多拉盒子”喻造成灾害的根源。 eg： 1、Money brings us happiness but sometimes it is a Pandora's Box. 金钱给我们带来了快乐，但有时候它也是灾祸之源。 2、This court case could open a Pandora's box of similar claims. 这宗诉讼案会为类似的索赔开启潘多拉魔盒。
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潘多拉的介绍
潘多拉之盒的希腊典故
现代意义
潘多拉的介绍
潘多拉（Pandora，也译作潘朵拉） 是希腊神话中火神赫淮斯托斯用粘土 做成的地上的第一个女人，作为对普 罗米修斯盗火的惩罚送给人类的第一 个女人。众神赠予使她拥有更诱人的 魅力的礼物：赫菲斯托斯给她做了华 丽的金长袍；赋予她妩媚与诱惑男人 的力量；众神使者赫耳墨斯教会了她 言语的技能。神灵们每人给她一件礼 物，但其中唯独雅典娜拒绝给予她智 慧，所以潘朵拉的行动都是不经思考 的。
宙斯于是命令赫尔墨斯把她带给普罗米修斯 （Prometheus）的弟弟“后觉者”埃庇米修斯 （Epimetheus）成为他的妻子。埃庇米修斯完全不同 于普罗米修斯，心地纯朴，普罗米修斯劝告他说： “如果宙斯送你任何东西绝不能接受。”可是埃庇米 修斯忘记了他的警告，加上潘朵拉的诱惑，立即着迷 于美色，忘掉普罗米修斯的提醒。 宙斯给潘多拉一个密封的盒子，里面装满了祸害、 灾难和瘟疫等，让她送给娶她的男人。普罗米修斯深 信宙斯对人类不怀好意，告诫他的弟弟埃庇米修斯不 要接受宙斯的赠礼。可他不听劝告，娶了美丽的潘多 拉。潘多拉被好奇心驱使，打开了那只盒子，立刻里 面所有的灾难、瘟疫和祸害都飞了出来。人类从此饱 受灾难、瘟疫和祸害的折磨。而智慧女神雅典娜为了 挽救人类命运而悄悄放在盒子底层的美好东西“希望” 还没来得及飞出盒子，惊慌万分的潘多拉就把盒子关 上了。