潘多拉的故事 英文

潘多拉的故事 英文
潘多拉的故事 英文

潘多拉的故事 英文
PANDORA
Zeus made Pandora, the first mortal woman, because he was mad at Prometheus who had had given the mortals special gifts. Zeus decided to give the mortals one more gift, and that was Pandora. Each god gave her something to make her perfect. Venus gave her beauty, Mercury gave her persuasion, Apollo gave her music, Hephaestus gave her voice, Hermes gave her pettiness in her tiny brain, etc. Finally she was ready for Earth.
Zeus gave her to Epimetheus ( Prometheus's brother). Prometheus had said to Epimetheus," Don't take anything from the Olympians, especially Zeus." Epimetheus was about to decline, but as soon as he looked at her and saw her beauty, he aceptedeus' gift. Epimetheus gave Pandora a box that she was forbidden to open. Every day Pandora wondered what was in the box. She knew she mustn't open it, but she was extremely curious and could not bear not to know its contents. As soon as she pulled the cover off, all of the evil and mistrust flew out into the world. When Pandora looked at the bottom of the box, she saw that the only thing left was hope.
I think Pandora is interesting because each of the gods gave her something.
Pandora's Box
At first the life of man on earth was happier than it is now, and then miseries and discontents gradually crept in. Prometheus and Epimetheus created men only, not women.
When Zeus was angry with mankind, he devised the worst punishment he could think of, and invented Woman. Hephaestus, the smith of the gods, was instructed to form her from the earth and make her irresistibly beautiful. Each of the gods gave her his own special gift of skill, and from this she was called Pandora, "all gifted".
When she was perfected with every gift and arrayed in all her loveliness, this treacherous treasure was taken down to earth by Hermes, the messenger god who wears winged helmet and sandals to speed his flight, and given to Prometheus' foolish brother Epimetheus. Now Prometheus had warned his brother not to accept anything from Zeus, even if it looked like a gift sent in friendship; but Epimetheus as usual acted first and thought afterwards. He accepted the maiden from Hermes and led her into his house, and with her a great jar - some say a box or chest - which the gods had sent with her, telling her to keep it safely but never think of opening it.
This was too much for a lively girl like Pandora, who among her gifts was endowed with the first feminine curiosity. After restraining it for a little while, she at last gave in and lifted the lid from the jar, and from that moment began the sorrows of mankind. For each of the gods had stored in it the worst thing he was able to give, and wonderful as had been the gifts with which they endowed her, just as dreadful were the evils that rushed eagerly from the jar in a black stinking cloud like pestilent insects - sickness and suffering, hatred and jealousy and greed, and all the other cruel things that freeze the heart and bring on old age.
Pandora tried to clap the lid on the jar again, but it was too late. The happy childhood of mankind had gone forever, and with it the Golden Age when life was easy. From then on man had to wrest a hard living by his own labour from the unfriendly ground.
Only one good thing came to man in the jar and remains to comfort him in his distress, and that is the spirit of Hope.
Pandora
by Micha F. Lindemans
In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted".
When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora had a jar which she was not to open under any circumstance. Impelled by her natural curiosity, Pandora opened the jar, and all evil contained escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the lid, but the whole contents of the jar had escaped, except for one thing which lay at the bottom, and that was Hope.
潘多拉
潘多拉（Pandora）
意思为“被赋予一切天赋的”
提坦神普罗米修斯从天上盗火种送给人类,人类学会了使用火,主神宙斯十分恼火,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)首先命令火与工匠神赫准斯托斯(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弗洛狄忒(Aphrodite)淋上令男人疯狂的激素；智慧战争女神雅典娜(Athena)教她织布,制造出各颜各色的美丽衣织和灵乔智慧,使女人看来更加鲜艳迷人；神使赫尔墨斯（Hermes）传授她语言的天赋.众神赐予她所有的天赋后一个完完全全的女人终于完成了.众神替她穿戴衣服,头戴兔帽、项配珠练、娇美如新娘.汉密斯出主意说：“叫这个女人潘朵拉（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,朵拉则是礼物.“潘多拉”即为“被授予一切优点的人”.
宙斯于是命令赫尔墨斯把她带给普洛米修斯(Prometheus)的弟弟埃庇米修斯（Epmetheus）成为他的妻子.埃庇米修斯完全不同于普洛米修斯,生性愚蠢,普洛米修斯劝告他说：“如果宙斯送你任何东西绝不能接受.”但是埃庇米修斯原本就愚笨,加上潘朵拉的诱惑,立即着迷于美色,忘掉普洛米修斯的交代,快乐乐地接受了宙斯的赠礼.
一说普罗米修斯曾经警告过他的弟弟,不要接受奥林匹斯山上的宙斯的任何赠礼,而要立即把它退回去.可是,埃庇米修斯忘记了这个警告,很高兴地接纳了这个年轻美貌的女人.直到后来,他吃了苦头,才意识到他招来了灾祸.在此之前,人类遵照普罗米修斯的警告,因此没有灾祸,没有艰辛的劳动,也没有折磨人的疾病.现在,这个姑娘双手捧上礼物,这是一只紧闭的大盒子.她一走到埃庇米修斯的面前,就突然打开了盒盖,里面的灾害像股黑烟似地飞了出来,迅速地扩散到地上.盒子底上还深藏着唯一美好的东西：希望,但潘多拉依照万神之父的告诫,趁它还没有飞出来的时候,赶紧关上了盖子,因此希望就永远关在盒内了.从此,各种各样的灾难充满了大地、天空和海洋.疾病日日夜夜在人类中蔓延,肆虐,而又悄无声息,因为宙斯不让它们发出声响.各种热病在大地上猖獗,死神步履如飞地在人间狂奔.
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箱子,并叮嘱一定不能打开,但潘朵拉是一个好奇心很重的女人,她想：“普通的一个箱子何必藏得这么隐密?而且又盖得这么繁,到底为什么呢?”趁耶比米修斯外出时,潘朵拉敲开了箱子.结果里面并没有潘朵拉所期待的东西,而是无数的灾祸虫害.在潘朵拉打开箱子以前,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箱中,人类才能免受折磨.由于潘朵拉的好奇和无知,灾祸们快乐地逃出来,从那时起,灾祸们日日夜夜、处处为害人类,使人类受苦.
慌乱中,潘朵拉及时地盖住大箱子,结果里面只留下了希望.因此,即使人类不断地受苦、被生活折磨,但是心中总是留有可贵的希望,才能自我激励.在死亡以前,希望永远存在,人生也绝对充满了美好的希望.
还有一种说法是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,奸猾的潘多拉就把盒子关上了.
后即以“潘多拉魔盒”喻会带来不幸的礼物；灾难的渊薮.
2.另外在《圣斗士》中
潘多拉Pandora
身份: 冥王在现世的姐姐
年龄: 16
身高(cm): 165
体重(kg): 53
星座:处女座
生日: 9.3
血型: A
出生地: 德国组格峰
武器:长矛 死亡竖琴
本是海因斯坦城的贵族少女,三岁时无意打开了封禁着死神与睡神灵魂的盒子,因此被选为哈得斯在人间的保护者,并有统领108冥斗士的力量,可以凭借有神力的链子自由往来于地狱和极乐净土;但也为此全家遇害,并被剥夺了享受七彩生命的权利.少年圣斗士的感化唤醒了她的良知,并送一辉到极乐净土,托他替为报仇;但却因此被死神夺去生命.