4 Prometheus
普罗米修斯

Prometheus was a Titan ．In the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods． —
普罗米修斯是一位泰坦神。在宙斯和巨人之间的战争中，他站在了新奥林匹安神祇一边。 —

Out of the clay he made the first man，to whom Athena gave soul and holy breath． —
他用黏土创造了第一个人，雅典娜给予了他灵魂和神圣的气息。 —

Prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire． —
普罗米修斯花费了大量时间和精力创造了火的礼物。 —

And fire raised man above all animals ．Later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men． —
火将人类提升高于其他动物。后来，举行了一场神与人的联席会议。 —

The meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men． —
会议的目的是决定烤肉中应该献给神的部分和应该给人的部分。 —

Prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts： —
普罗米修斯宰杀了一头牛，将它分为两部分： —

under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，for he knew the selfish Zeus loved fat． —
他把鲜肉放在皮下，把骨头放在脂肪下，因为他知道自私的宙斯喜欢脂肪。 —

Zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the Prometheus’ favor towards men． —
宙斯看穿了这个诡计，对普罗米修斯对人类表示的好意感到不悦。 —

So in a masterful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind． —
所以他以一种娴熟的方式从人类那里夺走了火的礼物。 —

However，Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen． —
然而，普罗米修斯设法从天上偷走了火并秘密地带给了人类。 —

Flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion，Zeus let the other gods chain Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again． —
面对这种不公正的反叛行为，宙斯愤怒至极，让其他神把普罗米修斯铐在卡科索斯山上的一块岩石上，那里有一只饥饿的雄鹰不断撕裂他的肝脏，而肝脏却不断再生。 —

His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years． —
他的痛苦期限将是三万年。 —

Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus． —
普罗米修斯坚定地面对自己的苦难命运，从不在宙斯面前失去勇气。 —

At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friend ship，when Heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free．
最后，赫剌克勒斯使普罗米修斯和宙斯重归于友好，当赫剌克勒斯前来寻找金苹果并杀死了雄鹰，解救了这位人类的朋友。