1 War Among the Gods

CHAPTER 1 War Among the Gods The Greeks have a myth of what existed long before their gods. They thought there was only unbroken darkness and silence. Chaos, which was nothingness and confusion, ruled over Night. Night covered everything above the ground and also ruled over Erebus, the underworld. There was nothing else in the whole universe. All was black, empty, silent, and endless. Then, from somewhere unknown, Love flooded the universe. It brought Light and

第一章众神之间的战争希腊人有一个远在他们的神之前就存在的神话。 他们以为只有无尽的黑暗和寂静。 混沌，也就是虚无和混乱，统治着黑夜。 黑夜覆盖了地面上的一切，也统治着冥界。 整个宇宙中没有别的东西了。 一切都是黑的、空的、寂静的、无边无际的。 然后，从未知的地方，爱充斥了宇宙。 它带来了光明

Day with it. The sky turned blue in the Light. It filled with stars in the Night. Love brought wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Then two strange, gigantic beings formed. They were known as Gaea, Mother Earth, and Ouranos, Father Sky. These two created stranger and even more gigantic monsters. The first type of monster had no name. Each one had fifty heads and one hundred hands. They had the strength of an earthquake, the temper of a hurricane, and the breath of a volcano. These beasts roamed the world. They lifted mountains and scooped out seas. After a while, Ouranos sent them away to the underworld. He could not stand the sight of them. The second kind of monsters was the Cyclopes. They each had one enormous eye in the middle of their foreheads. Ouranos did not like the Cyclopes. But he allowed them to roam free as long as they kept out of his

每天都这样。天空在阳光下变成了蓝色。 夜空中布满了星星。 爱带来了风、雨、雷和闪电。 然后，两个奇怪的、巨大的生物形成了。 他们被称为大地母亲盖亚和天空之父乌拉诺斯。 这两个人创造了更奇怪、更巨大的怪物。 第一种怪物没有名字。 每人有五十个头，一百只手。 它们有地震的力量，有飓风的脾气，有火山的气息。 这些野兽在世界各地游荡。 他们抬山挖海。 过了一会儿，乌拉诺斯把他们送到了冥界。 他看不下去了。 第二种怪物是独眼巨人。 他们每个人的前额中间都长着一只大眼睛。 乌拉诺斯不喜欢独眼巨人。 但他允许它们自由活动，只要它们离他远点

way. Then a third type of monster was created. They were called Titans. These creatures were very strong and smart. A creature named Cronus was the smartest and strongest Titan. Cronus had many sons and daughters with his wife, Rhea. Cronus was all-powerful, but there was one thing he was very afraid of. It had been said that one day, one of his sons would overpower him. So every time a son was born to him, Cronus put the boy in prison. Rhea begged him not to do this. He didn't listen to her. When their sixth son was born, Rhea tricked Cronus. She did not tell her husband that she had given birth. Then she sent her son, named Zeus, to live secretly on a nearby island. Zeus grew up and became a mighty god

道路。然后第三种怪物诞生了。 他们被称为泰坦。这些动物非常强壮和聪明。 一个名叫克洛诺斯的生物是泰坦中最聪明、最强壮的。 克洛诺斯和他的妻子瑞亚生了许多儿子和女儿。 克洛诺斯是全能的，但有一样东西他非常害怕。 据说，总有一天，他的一个儿子会压倒他。 所以每次他生下一个儿子，克洛诺斯就把这个男孩关进监狱。 瑞亚恳求他不要这样做。 他没有听她的话。当他们的第六个儿子出生时，瑞亚欺骗了克洛诺斯。 她没有告诉丈夫她生了孩子。 然后，她把她的儿子宙斯秘密地送到附近的一个岛上。 宙斯长大了，成为一个强大的神

himself. One day he visited Gaea, his grandmother. She told him about his five brothers who were imprisoned by his father, Cronus. Zeus became very angry at his father. Gaea told Zeus where to find Cronus. Zeus went to him at once and demanded that Cronus free his brothers. At first, Cronus refused. But Gaea joined forces with Zeus. Then Cronus had no choice but to free Zeus's brothers. Not long after, Zeus gathered together his brothers and sisters. "We must rise up against Cronus and the other Titans," Zeus told them. "They are cruel. They don't understand how the world should be," he added. "But I do." "How do we do it?" asked one of his brothers. "Cronus is all-powerful," added one of his

他自己。一天，他拜访了他的祖母盖亚。 她告诉他，他的五个兄弟被他的父亲克洛诺斯囚禁。 宙斯对他的父亲非常生气。 盖亚告诉宙斯去哪里找克洛诺斯。 宙斯立刻去找他，要求克洛诺斯释放他的兄弟们。 起初，克洛诺斯拒绝了。但是盖亚和宙斯联手了。 克罗诺斯别无选择，只能释放宙斯的兄弟们。 不久之后，宙斯召集了他的兄弟姐妹。 宙斯告诉他们：“我们必须起来反抗克洛诺斯和其他泰坦。” “他们很残忍。他们不明白这个世界应该是什么样子。” “但我知道。”“我们该怎么做呢？”他的一个兄弟问。 “克洛诺斯是无所不能的，”他的一个助手补充道

sisters. Zeus needed some advice. So he went to Prometheus and Atlas, two of Cronus's Titan brothers. They also did not like the way that Cronus ruled. "How can I defeat Cronus?" Zeus asked the two Titans. "Release the no-name, hundred-handed, fifty-headed monsters from the underworld," Prometheus said. "They have the power of thunder, lightning, earthquake, and volcano. Atlas, my brother, am I right?" But Atlas said, "I want no part of a war against Cronus." He walked away. "You will regret your choice one day," Zeus called after him. "Do what I say and you will defeat Cronus," Prometheus told Zeus. So Zeus did just that. He released the unnamed, hundred-handed, fifty-headed

姐妹。宙斯需要一些建议。 于是他去找普罗米修斯和阿特拉斯，他们是克洛诺斯的两个泰坦兄弟。 他们也不喜欢克洛诺斯的统治方式。 “我怎样才能打败克洛诺斯？”宙斯问两个泰坦。 普罗米修斯说：“把那些无名、百手、五十个头的怪物从地狱里释放出来。” “它们有打雷、闪电、地震和火山的力量。 阿特拉斯，我的兄弟，我说的对吗？”但阿特拉斯说：“我不想参与对抗克洛诺斯的战争。” 他走开了。“总有一天你会后悔你的选择，”宙斯在他身后喊道。 普罗米修斯对宙斯说：“照我说的做，你就能打败克洛诺斯。” 于是宙斯照做了。他释放了那个无名的，百手五十头的

beast from the underworld. Zeus—along with his brothers, his sisters, and the monsters—fought a long, dreadful war against the Titans. The sea crashed against the shores. The earth trembled. The mountains shook. Thunder rumbled. Lightning struck fiercely. The air was filled with fire. The world was whipped into a terrible frenzy. Zeus took the power of thunder and lightning for himself. He used it, without mercy, against Cronus and the Titans. Zeus was victorious. Cronus and the other Titans were cast into the underworld. There they would live forever in chains. Zeus came up with a special punishment for Atlas. For refusing to help, Atlas was sent by the king of the gods to the place in the world where Night met Day. He was forced to hold up the world on

来自冥界的野兽。 宙斯和他的兄弟姐妹以及怪物们一起与泰坦进行了一场漫长而可怕的战争。 海浪拍击海岸。 大地颤抖起来。山在摇晃。 雷声隆隆。闪电猛烈地袭来。 空气中充满了火焰。 整个世界都陷入了可怕的疯狂之中。 宙斯把雷电的力量据为己有。 他用它来对付克洛诺斯和泰坦，毫不留情。 宙斯胜利了。克罗诺斯和其他泰坦被扔进了地下世界。 在那里，他们将永远被锁着。 宙斯给了阿特拉斯一个特别的惩罚。 因为拒绝帮忙，阿特拉斯被众神之王送到了白天和黑夜相遇的地方。 他被迫撑起了世界