雅思口語材料:眾神使者赫爾墨斯介紹

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   赫爾墨斯Hermes

    雅思口語素材:古希臘12主神介紹(赫爾墨斯)
    是希臘奧林匹斯十二主神之一,八大行星中的水星。宙斯與瑪亞的兒子。出生在阿耳卡狄亞的一個山洞里,最早是阿耳卡狄亞的神,是強大的自然界的化身。奧林匹斯統(tǒng)一后,他成為畜牧之神,是宙斯的傳旨者和信使。他也被視為行路者的保護神,是商人的庇護神,雄辯之神。傳說他發(fā)明了尺、數(shù)和字母。他聰明狡猾,又被視為欺騙之術(shù)的創(chuàng)造者,他把詐騙術(shù)傳給了自己的兒子。他還是七弦琴的發(fā)明者,是希臘各種競技比賽的庇護神。后來他又與古埃及的智慧神托特混為一體,被認為是魔法的庇護者,他的魔杖可使神與人入睡,也可使他們從夢中醒來。
    Hermes ( /?h?rmi?z/; Greek : ?ρμ?ς) was an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods.
    Hermes was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods, intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He was protector and patron of travelers, herdsmen, thieves, orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, invention and trade. In some myths he is a trickster, and outwits other gods for his own satisfaction or the sake of humankind. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster and the tortoise, purse or pouch, winged sandals,winged cap, and his main symbol was the herald's staff, the Greek kerykeion or Latin caduceus which consisted of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff.
    In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce