Jeans : Zhu Shuyi Wang Ying Heng Yang Wu Huaying Zhu Yinpan Pu Quanli

Next to him was Herahis proud and greeneyed ()queenPoseidon was ruler of the sea.Apollo was the god of the sunmusic and poetrywhile his twinsister Artemis was the goddess of the moon and the chase Athena was the goddess of wisdom and patroness of house holdartsThe frightening Ares was the god of war. Aphrodite the goddess of love and beautyThough they are gods ,they like to appear with a form of human beings.and moved by human feelings and desiresthey frequently became involved in battles with the world of manThey enjoyed earthly friendships and lovesNow our group are glad to share the interesting stories with you----Zhu ShuyiThe Olympian Gods

Between Macedon() and Thessaly() of eastern Greece there stood a high mountainIts cloudy top rushed into the very heavensOn the top of the mountain there lived the olympian gods Zeus is the father of gods and menAll the gods listened to his final words----Zhu Shuyi

PygmalionKing of Cypruswas a famous sculptorHe made an ivory image of a woman so lovely that he fell in love with itEvery day he tried to make Galatea up in gold and purplefor that was the name he had given to this mistress of his heartHe embraced and kissed itbut it remained statueIn despair he went to Aphrodite's shrine for helpOffering rich sacrifice and sending up a passionate prayerhe begged the goddess to give him a wife as graceful as GalateaBack homehe went straight up to the statueEven as he gazed at it a change came over itA faint colour appeared on its cheeksa gleam shone from its eyes and its lips opened into as weet smilePygmalion stood speechless when Galatea began to move towards himShe was simple and sweet and aliveSoon the room was ringing with her sliver voiceThe work of his own hands became his wife.Pygmalion----Wang Ying

Tantalus was the rich and mighty king of LydiaSon ofZeus by a fairy maidenhe was greatly favored by the godsHe was invited to share wine and food with them at their banquetsand he was let into their secrets But ever the latter end of joy is woe Either because he had stolen wine orgave away the secrets of Zeusor because he had become so proud as to test the gods by serving up the flesh of his son Pelopsto themhe incurred the wrath of Zeus and was hurled down to the everlasting darkness of Tartarus There he was made tostand up to his chin in a little lakewith clusters of luscious fruits hanging over and around his headHe strove eternally to drink the ever-evading water and to clutch at the delicious fruits which were ever tossed out of his reach by blasts of windThus he was doomed to endure endless burning thirst and bitter hunger in the world of the shadesThe whole occurrence has given rise to the expressiontantalizingmeaning somethng inplain view but unattainable ----Heng Yang

Athena was the goddess of arts and crafts and woman s handiworkShe was so skilled with her hands that she tolerated no challenge to her skill in this respect A Lydian maidArachne by namedid not seem to think much of Athenas skillfor she frequently talked big that she could beat the goddess if she had the chance to do soThe goddess was quite angry Dressed up as an old womanshe went to advise Arachne to be modestBut the arrogant crafts woman bravely asked the goddess herself to come down and compete with herAt this time the goddess took off her disguise and accepted the competition. The two women immediately set about making different designsWhile the goddess worked on the story of her rivalry with PoseidonArachne began to make a delicate webWhen both pieces were finishedArachne sawto her surprisethat she had been beatenfor the goddess' design was infinitely betterShe felt so shamed that she tied a piece of silk to hang herselfBut Just before she breathed her last breath the goddess changed her into a spider and let her weave forever

--Wu Huaying

King Athamus of northern Greece had two children Phrixus and HelleAfter he left his first wife and mar ried Inoa wicked womanthe two children received all the cruel treatment that a stepmother could devise At one timethe kingdom was ruined by a famineIno persuaded her credulous husband into believing that his sonPhrixuswas the actual cause of the disasterand should be sacrificed to Zeus to enditThe poor boy was then placed on the altar and was about tobe knifed when a ram with golden fleece was sent down by thegods and carried off the two children on its backAs they flew over the strait that divides Asia from EuropeHellefaint at the vast expanse of water below fell into the sea and was drownedThus the sea of HelleHellespontbecame the ancient name of the strip of waterHer brother kept on and arrived in Colchis on the eastern shore of the Black SeaThere he sacrificed the ram to Zeus and gave its golden fleece to King Aeeteswho nailed it on a sacred tree and put a sleepless dragon in charge Zhu YingpanKing Athamus of northern Greece had two children Phrixus and HelleAfter he left his first wife and mar ried Inoa wicked womanthe two children received all the cruel treatment that a stepmother could devise At one timethe kingdom was ruined by a famineIno persuaded her credulous husband into believing that his sonPhrixuswas the actual cause of the disasterand should be sacrificed to Zeus to enditThe poor boy was then placed on the altar and was about tobe knifed when a ram with golden fleece was sent down by thegods and carried off the two children on its backAs they flew over the strait that divides Asia from EuropeHellefaint at the vast expanse of water below fell into the sea and was drownedThus the sea of HelleHellespontbecame the ancient name of the strip of waterHer brother kept on and arrived in Colchis on the eastern shore of the Black SeaThere he sacrificed the ram to Zeus and gave its golden fleece to King Aeeteswho nailed it on a sacred tree and put a sleepless dragon in charge

Of all the small sea divinities Nereus and Proteus stood out as Peculiar sea-godsNereusknown asthe Old Man of the searepresented the pleasant aspect of ocean watersHe lived beneath the sea with his fifty lovely daughtersof whom the most famous were AmphritriteThetisGalate a and PanopeIt was Nereus who advised Heracles to seek Prometheus in the hero's search of the golden applesProteus was Poseidon's herdsman. He was well known for two qualitiesthe gift of prophecy and the power to take various formsAt one time he was a lion with a curly wavy hairsat another he appeared in the shape of a wild boarand still another he stood a stately tree covered with rich leavesWhenafter all these and many other changeshe failed to get rid of his questioner the god offered detailed answers----Pu Quanli

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