古希腊神话故事:奥林波斯山神The Olympin Gods between macedon and thessaly of eastern greece therestood a high mountain.its cloudy top rushed into the very heavens.on thetop of the mountain , the home of the gods was bathed in brightness.　　at olympus zeus ruled as the father of gods and men. zeus was not a cruderuler by any standards.all the gods listened to his final words ,it wastrue.but zeus made them all sit on a committee of twelve members,includingsix gods and six goddesses. the first in the olympian crowd sat zeus himself.　　he was the overlord of gods and men and the operator of the thunderbolt.next to him was hera ,his proud and greeneyed queen.poseidon was rulerof the sea,and hades ,king of the lower world ,had no seat in the committee.apollowas the god of the sun,music and poetry,while his twinsister artemiswas the goddess of the moon and the chase. athena was the goddess of wisdomand patroness of house holdarts.hestin,the goddess of the family ,representedhome life and family happiness.the frightening ares was the god of war,and the charming aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty.the god of fire,hephaestus,was the forger of the thunderbolts of zeus.the wing footedmessenger hermes was the god of invention and commerce;and the goddessof grains and harvests,demeter ,looked after agriculture and stood formother ofcivilization. all the chief gods mentioned above took human formsof incomparable beauty and grace. often moved by human feelings and desires,they frequently gave way to anger and jealousy.they became involved inceaseless battles with the world of man. among themselves at olympus theyplotted and struggled for power.in the human world they experienced competitionsand difficulties.they enjoyed earthly friendships and loves.acrowd ofeverlasting gods looked and acted in a perfectly human fashion that iswhat all gods at olympus actually were. 奥林波斯山神在马其顿和希腊东部的色萨利之间矗立着一座高山.大雾弥漫的山顶直插云霄.山顶上,众神们的家园沐浴在阳光之中.宙斯作为山神和人类之父主宰着那里的一切.总的说来,宙斯并不是一个独裁统治者.但毫无疑问,凡事山神们都要听从他的命令.宙斯将男女山神12人组成一个委员会,宙斯本人则坐第一把交椅,是众神与人类的太上皇,也是雷电的操纵者.他旁边是他那傲慢且嫉妒的皇后赫拉.波塞冬是大海的统治者.哈得斯是主宰阴间的冥王,他在委员会中没有席位.阿波罗是太阳神、音乐和诗神.他的孪生姐妹阿耳特弥斯是月亮和狩猎女神.雅典娜是智慧女神和家居艺术品的守护女神.赫提斯是家室之神,象征着家庭中的生命与幸福.气势汹汹的阿瑞斯是战神.媚人的阿芙罗狄蒂是爱与美神.火神赫菲斯托斯是宙斯雷电的创造者.以翅代步的信使海尔墨斯掌管商业与发明事务