希腊神话

[fengza]

阿瑞塞莎
Arethusa was once a fairy maiden huntress. She carriedbow and arrows for Artemis in her hunting. She was sodevoted to her work that she cared for neither admirationnor love. One sunny summer day, she felt hot and found a coolstream quite attractive. She jumped into the delightful streamand happily started swimming. Presently she heard a bubbling in the stream and was surprised to find it was the thunderingvoice of the rivergod Alpheus. The maiden made for the shore and, fully naked, started running away. Taking a human form, the river-god followed closely in pursuit . Onward they spedover hill and valley, across dark heights and over broad plains, until the waters of the western sea lay stretched out right before them . Helplessly the exhausted Arethusa cried to her patronessfor help. Artemis instantly cast a cloud over her body, but the pigheaded Alpheus was not to be tricked. Then a cold sweatbroke from the maiden's arms and legs. The drops of water fellfrom all over her body. She had been turned into a spring! Alpheus recognized her new form and presently took his formershape to join with Arethusa and enjoy her company. Artemisthen broke the ground and Arethusa sank down and flowed all the way through the under world from Southern Greece to Sicily . She rose up again at Syracuse, only to find that therivergod had endured the darkness of the lower world andturned up as a stream as well. Mixing his waves with hers, hegained her love in the end.

[fengza]

阿尔特弥斯
Apollo drove his golden carriage across the heavens during the day, admired as the sun-god. Artemis also raced across the sky in solemn style at night, respected as the moon-goddess. Sitting in an airy carriage drawn by milk white horses, "the queen of wide air" gave off silver light all over the sleeping world below. Though she remained single all her life, the maiden heart of the goddess was at least for once excited as she saw the beautiful youth Endymion sleeping.
She was pure and fair and calm. She was the example of maiden modesty and grace. Just as Apollo represents manly beauty, so Artemis stands for feminine purity and virginity . As their patron goddess she took it as her duty to protect marrying girls and young women in trouble. It was her altar that those maidens turned for love and happiness.
The twin sister of Apollo was also the goddess of hunting and wild life . Dressed in a short hunting-suit coming up to the knee and followed by a team of noisy lovely fairy maidens, Artemis had always her bow of pearl and shining arrow with her and travelled in the woods in search of wild animals. When she felt hot and tired she would retire to a spring to take a bath. It was here that young Actaeon accidentally came and suffered cruel treatment at the hands of the goddess. Indeed, the goddesscould be thoroughly heartless and stopped to be lovely as soon as the bad side of her nature got the upper hand in her. The sadthing of Niobe was just a case in point.

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