A English word derived from the names of the Greek gods and goddesses
1, Flora: the goddess of flowers in Greco-Roman mythology. She married Zephyr, the god of the west wind, and her husband gave her a garden full of exotic flowers. In the spring, Flora and her husband Zephyr walked arm in arm in the garden, and the flowers bloomed wherever they went.Flora means "plant" in modern English. Derivatives: flower, flour, flourish, floral, florist.
2. Muses: The gods of Greek mythology who are in charge of the arts. *** Nine, respectively, history, lyric poetry, comedy (pastoral, idyllic), tragedy, song and dance, love poems, odes, astronomy, epic. Muses' art is derived from the word music, and the place where Muses collects art is the museum, and the pleasure that art brings is amusement.
3. Pan (潘): the god of pastoralism and forests, who would roar loudly when disturbed. Derivative word panic.
4. Titan: a member of the giant race that once ruled the world. titan in modern English refers to a tall, strong person, an important person. Derivative word titanic means huge, great. "The Titanic was named after it.
5. Zephyrus: the god of the west wind. Derived from zephyr (west wind, wind, breeze).
6, Atlas: Greek mythology Titans (Titans) one of the gods, for betrayal of Zeus (Zeus) was punished in the western end of the world to carry the sky on both shoulders. 16th century geographer McCarter Atlas Prime picture as a local atlas volume illustration. Later generations followed suit, and atlas came to mean map, atlas, or burden-bearer. Other derivatives: Atlantic.
7, Ceres: crop protector. Ancient Rome suffered a great drought, the clergy turned to witches for divination, and the result of the divination was to set up a new goddess, Ceres, and make offerings to her, so that she would bring rain to the earth. Ceres then became the protector of the crops. cereal is a variation of the Latin word "of Ceres" meaning belonging to the goddess of grain. Derivative: cereals (cereal, breakfast cereal).
8. Cronos: father of Zeus. Fearing that his children would rebel against him, he used to devour his own offspring. Like merciless time, devouring everything. Therefore, the root "chron" means "time". Derivatives: chronic (time-consuming, chronic): chronology.
9. Eros: the god of love. A beautiful boy born with two wings, equivalent to Cupid (Cupid) in Roman mythology. Whether it is Eros or Cupid, all day long nothing to do, flying around in the sky practicing archery, making everyone panic. That's why the words they derive from are derogatory:erotic erotic: cupidity greed, avarice.
10. Hygeia: the Greek goddess of health, whose image is that of a young woman, dressed in a long white garment (white coat), wearing a priest's crown, feeding a snake from a rice bowl. Derivative: hy-giene.
11. Morpheus: the god of dreams in Greek mythology. The god of dreams was the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep, and was in charge of people's dreams. Derivatives: morphine (morphine), marijuana (marijuana), both are extracts of opium (opium). morphine has a narcotic sedative effect.
Two English idioms from Greek mythology
1, Pandora's box (Pandora's box): Prometheus (Prometheus) for mankind to steal the fire of the heavens, provoked Zeus (Zeus). Zeus decided to punish mankind, so he ordered the god of fire to create a beautiful woman Pandora, let her go to seduce. He ordered Vulcan to create a beautiful woman, Pandora, to seduce Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus. Epimetheus fell for it and approached Pandora, who then opened the box in her hand and let out all the evils, disasters, diseases and misfortunes inside, leaving only "hope" in the box. So Pandora's box became synonymous with "the root of disaster".
2, the sword of Damocles (the sword of Damocles) [3]: Damocles is a minister of the Syracuse dynasty, very envious of the emperor's glory and wealth. One day, the king sat him on the throne and hung a sword from a hair on Damocles' head, telling him that the danger of kingship, like the sword, could come at any time. Thus the sword of Damocles became a synonym of "the danger hidden in wealth", and it can also refer to a critical situation, a close call.
3. Damon and Pythias[3] : Damon and Pythias were good friends, and Pythias was sentenced to death, so in order to let him go home to visit his relatives, Damo stayed in the prison as a hostage, and if Pythias didn't return on time, he would execute Damon, when the time limit expired and Pythias came back in time. The king was y moved and sentenced them to death. The king was y moved and released them both, thus, Damon and Pythias means "friends in life and death".
4. Penelop's web: from the epic poem Odyssey[4]. Penelop was the wife of Odysseus, known for her fidelity. The Trojan War lasted ten years, and Odysseus was delayed another ten years on his way home. During these twenty long years, many princes and noblemen asked Penelop to marry them, but she said that she had to wait until she had finished weaving before she could consider it, and then at night, she took apart the cloth she had woven during the day. So Penelop's web became a job that was never finished.
5. apple of discord[5]: meaning "a source of discord, a cause of dispute". Peleus and Thetis forgot to invite Eris, the goddess of discord, to their wedding. The goddess was so enraged that she left a golden apple inscribed "To the fairest of them all", which caused strife between Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. This led to the long Trojan War.
6. Judgment of Paris[5]: meaning "not love the mountains and rivers, but love the beautiful people", Eri came to the gathering of the gods uninvited, and left the golden apples behind when she left. The three goddesses were not sure which of them would win the golden apple, and decided to let Zeus decide. Zeus could not choose between his wife, the goddess of wisdom, and the goddess of love and beauty. Zeus cannot decide between his wife, the Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Love and Beauty. When Zeus is in a dilemma, he looks through the clouds and sees Troy's second prince, Paris, shepherding the sheep and gives the decision to Paris. The three goddesses offer "the greatest land", "the wisest mind", and "the most beautiful woman", and in the end, Paris gives up the kingdom in favor of Venus, and gains the most beautiful woman, Helen.
7, Helen of Troy: Because Helen led to the fall of Troy, "Helen of Troy" has become a synonym for "the beauty of the red face, the beauty of the country".
8. The Trojan horse[4]: meaning "a destructive thing or person used to make an enemy or opponent fall for the false belief that it is beneficial to him or her". In the Trojan War, the Greeks, in order to attack the city of Troy, built a huge wooden horse in which Greek soldiers were hidden. They deliberately pretended to abandon the horse and flee, and the Trojans invited the horse into the city as a trophy. In the middle of the night, the soldiers climbed out of the wooden horse and killed everyone in the city. The Trojan Horse has become a widespread idiom through constant references, often used as a metaphor for the hidden danger; the covert wreckers: to engage in underhandactivities.
9, Stables of Augeas (Augeas's Bull Ring): meaning "the dirtiest place: the accumulation of heaps of unsolvable problems". King Augeas of Elis had thousands of cows, and his bull ring had not been cleaned for thirty years. Heracles cleaned it in one day.
10, Achilles' heel: Greek warrior, the crystallization of man and God. After birth was carried upside down by his mother and dipped in the River Styx, his entire body was invulnerable to swords and spears except for his heels. Achilles'heel means "no one is perfect", and refers to the only fatal weakness or shortcoming.
11, Swan song [3]: literally translated as "swan song", from the Greek idiom Kykneion asma. in ancient Greek mythology, the swan is Apollo's god bird, so it is often used as a metaphor for literature. Legend has it that the swan does not sing, but before it dies, it will lead the neck long song, sing a song, its song is mournful and moving, touching the lungs. This is its only life, but also the last time to sing. Therefore, this idiom in modern English is a metaphor for a poet, writer, composer's dying masterpiece, or an actor's or singer's last performance. As early as the 6th century BC, the ancient Greek fable writer Aesop (Aisopos) fables, there is a "swan dying to sing". In England, Chaucer, Shakespeare and other great poets and playwrights, have used this idiomatic allusion. For example, in Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Othello" (Othello), Amelia is portrayed as a woman who comes forward to expose her husband's crimes at the moment of her death. When she was dying, she compared herself to a goose and sang for the last time in her life[6].
12, Under the rose: directly translated "under the rose". Derived from ancient Roman mythology. Cupid, the god of love (Cupid) is the god of love and beauty Venus (venus red apricot wall and the god of war Mars (Mars) born son. In order to protect his mother's honor, Cupid sent a bouquet of roses to Harpocrates, the god of silence, asking him to keep his mouth shut and not to spread the affair of Venus. Harpocrates accepted the roses and kept quiet, becoming the true "God of Silence". Because of this myth and legend, the ancient Romans took the rose as a symbol of silence or strict secrecy, and in their daily lives into the wind. When people went to visit a house and saw a rose painted on top of the host's table, the guests understood that everything they talked about at the table should not be disclosed to the public. under the rose then had the meaning of "secretly, privately, in secret".
English word of Greek origin
apple of discord
Eris, the goddess of discord, threw a golden apple at a wedding with the words "For the fairest of them all". This led to a fight between Hera, the queen of the gods, Athene, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. They finally went to Paris, the prince of Troy, for judgment. The three goddesses made different promises to Paris.Aphrodite promised that she would give Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, so Paris awarded the Xin apple to Aphrodite.Hera and Athene were very angry and vowed to take revenge on the Trojans. Later, Paris went on a mission to Sparta in Greece and, with the help of Aphrodite, seduced away Helen, the queen of Sparta - the most beautiful woman in the world at that time.The abduction of Helen by Paris aroused the public indignation of all the Greeks, and the Greek countries formed an allied army and made an expedition against the Trojans Aphrodite supported the Trojans in the war. In the war, Aphrodite supported the Trojans and Hera and Athene supported the Greeks. The war was triggered by an apple, so apple of discord means "the root of discord, the cause of dispute".
Electra Complex
Electra was determined to avenge the murder of her father by her mother and her lover, and she and her brother killed their mother.
Achilles' heel (fatal weakness)
When Achilles was a child, his mother dipped him in the river Styx with his feet so that he could not be harmed by swords and spears, but his heel was not dipped, and he was killed when he was fighting with Paris, who shot him in the heel with a poisoned arrow. The name Achilles' heel became synonymous with "Achilles' heel".
Helen of Troy
In the last year of the Trojan War, the Greeks used the Trojan Horse to capture the city of Troy with the help of Hera and Athene. Helen of Troy has become synonymous with "the woman of color, the woman of beauty" because of her role in the fall of Troy.
The Sword of Damocles
Damocles was a minister of the Syracusan dynasty who envied the glory and wealth of the emperors. One day, the king sat him on the throne and suspended a sword from a hair over Damocles' head, telling him that the danger of kingship, like the sword, could come at any time. Thus the sword of Damocles became a synonym for "the danger hidden in wealth", and it can also refer to a critical situation, a close call;
Damon and Pythias (friends in life and death)
Damon and Pythias were good friends. Pythias was sentenced to death, in order to enable him to go home to see his relatives, Damon stayed in the prison as a hostage, if Pythias did not return on time, he would be executed Damon. When the deadline expired, Pythias came back in time for the execution. The king was y moved and released both of them, thus, Damon and Pythias mean "friends in life and death".
Pandora's box
Prometheus stole fire from the sky for mankind and angered Zeus, who decided to punish mankind by ordering Vulcan to create a beautiful woman, Pandora, to seduce Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus. （Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother.) Epimetheus took the bait and approached Pandora, who then opened the box in her hand and let out all the evils, disasters, diseases and misfortunes inside, leaving only "hope" in the box. So Pandora's box became synonymous with "the root of disaster".
Penelop's web
It is an idiom from the epic Odyssey: Penelop, the wife of Odysseus, was known for her fidelity. The Trojan War was fought for ten years, and Odysseus was delayed another ten years on his way home. During these twenty years, many princes and noblemen asked Penelop to marry them, but she said she could not consider them until she had finished weaving, and then, at night, she took apart the cloth she had woven during the day. So Penelop's web
became a job that was never finished.
arachnid
Arachne, a maiden of great skill in knitting and embroidery, once held an embroidery contest with Athene, and killed herself because she could not bear Athene's contamination; Athene later regretted it, and admired her for her embroidery, so she was turned into a spider, and wove her web for all eternity.
atlas (Atlas)
Atlas was one of the Titans, a race of gods who were punished for betraying Zeus by carrying the heavens on their shoulders. The name "Atlas" came from the fact that the title page of the atlas published by the Dutch geographer Mercator contained a picture of Atlas carrying the sky on his shoulders.
cereal
Originally from Ceres, the goddess of grain and the earth in Roman mythology, or Demeter in Greek mythology;
daphne
Daphne was a beautiful woman loved by Apollo, the goddess of love who liked to play pranks;
Daphne was a beautiful woman loved by Apollo, the goddess of love who liked to play pranks;
Daphne was a beautiful woman loved by Apollo, the goddess of love who liked to play pranks. In this way, Apollo pursued, Daphne fled, and finally Daphne had no place to run, and turned into a laurel tree. Apollo was so grieved that he vowed to remember her forever, so that people would honor her memory. Apollo was the master of music, poetry, etc., and therefore, the ancient Romans made crowns out of branches of the laurel tree, rewarding the winners of music, fine arts, athletic competitions, and battles, and the "laurel" was used for this purpose. The "laurel" became a symbol of victory and honor.
hercules task
Apollo punished hercules by ordering him to serve King Orestes for 12 years. During that time, hercules accomplished 12 great and difficult tasks, and was finally crowned by Zeus with a constellation named Vulpecula. Hercules task is used in English to describe a very difficult task. To make herculean efforts to describe the great efforts. hercules' choice now refers to immortality in English. The reason for this is that he chose virtue between the god of VIRTUE virtue and the god of
PLEASURE pleasure, and the god of virtue assured him of immortality, and in the end, through the efforts of hercules, he was immortalized into the constellation of Wulf in the sky.
Gordian knot Means a thorny problem, a difficult problem. A farmer named Gordian drove his cattle through a country called Phrygia, and was elected king by the locals because a prophet predicted that Gordian would be their future king. In order to thank Zeus, the god of the heavens, and to sacrifice the ox cart to Zeus, Goldie asked people to make a strong rope from the bark of a tree, and tied a knot himself, which was Goldie's Knot. Goldie left his last words that whoever could untie this knot would be able to rule all of Asia Minor. Then a man cut the knot with his sword, and he was Alexander the Great, who later conquered all of Asia Minor.
narcissism
Narcissus was a handsome young Greek who rejected the advances of the goddess Echo, so he was destined to fall in love with his own reflection in a lake as punishment. Having failed to make his love complete, he grew increasingly thin and eventually turned into a flower named after him, Narcissus, or Narcissus.
cassandra complex
A prophetess in Greek mythology, daughter of King Priamus of Troy. As a temple sorceress, she was given the power to foretell fate by Apollo, but when Apollo demanded physical relations with her in return, she refused and Apollo, in a fit of rage, cast a curse on her: any prophecy she uttered would be a hundred times more likely to come true, yet no one believed it. After the city's collapse, she was captured by the Greek general Aias the Younger. She was killed when her ship sank on the return voyage of the Greek fleet. The Kessandra Complex is a psychological term for people who are convinced of the imminence of a disaster that has not yet occurred. Such a person usually claims to be able to meet future catastrophes, and when he tries to persuade those around him he is met with ridicule and contempt from all around him, so that he is the one who is doubly tormented by his own ability to foresee the catastrophe and his inability to do anything about the reality.
Medusa (Extremely Ugly Woman)
Medusa is a siren in Greek mythology, one of the Three Sirens of Gorgon. Her father was the sea emperor Poseidon and her mother was the siren monster Ketto. Her hair is all snakes. It is said that she was originally a beautiful maiden. Because Medusa and the goddess of wisdom Athena than beautiful, Athena in a fit of rage will Medusa's hair into a poisonous snake, into the face of the ugly monster; Medusa finally by Perseus to take down the head, to offer to Athena, Athena will be embedded in the center of the divine shield Egeus. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes was turned into a stone statue. Later, the word Medusa came to mean "extremely ugly woman".
hero Hero
From Greek mythology, meaning half-human, half-god, born of a god and a man.
hercules task
Hercules The Greek myth of Hercules Apollo, in order to punish hercules, ordered him to serve King Eurytheus for 12 years. During that time, hercules accomplished 12 great and difficult tasks, and was finally crowned by Zeus with a constellation named Wulf. Hercules task is used in English to describe a very difficult task. To make herculean efforts to describe the great efforts.
hercules' choice now refers to immortality in English. The reason is that he chose virtue between the god of VIRTUE virtue and the god of PLEASURE, the god of virtue guaranteed that he would live forever, and finally through hercules' efforts he lived forever and became the constellation of Wulf in the sky.
Achilles' heel Chinese for Achilles' heel. English used to indicate a person's dead center or the weak link of an event. This Greek myth is basically known to those who have studied English, and will not be recounted.
Gordian knot Chinese translation for "Gordian knot" meaning thorny problem, difficult to solve the problem. The story goes that a farmer named Gordian drove his oxen through a country called Phrygia and was elected king by the locals because a prophet predicted that Gordian would be their future king. In order to thank Zeus, the god of the sky, to sacrifice the ox cart to Zeus, he asked people to make a strong rope made of tree bark, and personally tied a knot, which is the knot of Goldi. Goldie left his last words that whoever could untie this knot would be able to rule all of Asia Minor. Then a man cut the knot with his sword, and he was Alexander the Great, who later conquered all of Asia Minor.
Troy Troy is too famous to mention. The Trojan horse virus in computers, also uses this word.
Oedipus complex Oedipus complex (patricide and matricide)
The story is too sad, the representative of the three major tragedies of Greek mythology, and psychologically used by Freud to denote a psychopathology in which the children are hostile to their fathers and have adoring feelings for their mothers.
Electra Complex, Oedipal Complex, is a compound complex in which the daughter is pro-father and anti-mother. It is a view advocated by Freud. The name comes from the story of Electra in Greek mythology, where it is rumored that Electra was determined to avenge the murder of her father by her mother and her lover, and eventually she and her brother killed their mother.
narcissism Narcissus complex, narcissism
Narcissus was a handsome Greek young man who rejected the advances of the goddess Echo, and so was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a lake as punishment. Having failed to make his love complete, he grew increasingly thin and eventually turned into a flower named after him, Narcissus, or Narcissus.
cassandra complex The Cassandra complex
A prophetess in Greek mythology, daughter of King Priamus of Troy. As a temple sorceress, she was given the power to foretell fate by Apollo, but when Apollo demanded a physical relationship in return, she refused, and Apollo, in a fit of rage, put a curse on her: any prophecy she uttered would be accurate, but no one would believe it to be true. After the city's collapse, she was captured by the Greek general Aias the Younger. She was killed when her ship sank on the return voyage of the Greek fleet. The Kessandra Complex is a psychological term for people who are convinced of the imminence of a disaster that has not yet occurred. Such a person usually claims to be able to meet future catastrophes, and when he tries to persuade those around him he is ridiculed and belittled by those around him, so he is the one who is doubly tormented by his own ability to foresee catastrophes and his inability to do anything about the reality. See also the movie 12 Monkeys.
From here, it can be found that the stories in Greek mythology have a very strong influence on modern psychology, and almost many psychological phenomena can be found in Greek mythology in the sources and archetypes, so the Greek mythological stories, which are widely borrowed in psychology. And Latin has had a very strong influence on medicine and botany, and many medical and botanical nomenclatures are borrowed entirely from Latin.
Titan Titan
Titan is a Greek mythological family of giants who once ruled the world, the children of Uranus and Gaia, the goddess of the earth, who attempted to rule the heavens but were overthrown and replaced by the family of Zeus.Titan has the meaning of big in English, and if big can be used to describe the size of a watermelon in English, huge can be used to describe the size of an elephant, and the size of Titan is big, and the size of Titan is big. If big can be used to describe the size of a watermelon in English, huge can be used to describe the size of an elephant, and the size of Titan can be used to describe an aircraft carrier or even a celestial body. Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and its English name is Titan, the metal titanium, named after the chemist who discovered it. Because he found that titanium has good corrosion resistance, it is almost close to platinum, can resist acid, chlorine, and even aqua regia.
Pandora
In Greek mythology, Hephaestus, the god of fire or Zeus, made the first woman on earth out of clay, the first woman given to mankind as a punishment for Prometheus' theft of fire. The gods also joined in to make her more alluring. According to the myth, Pandora opened a box out of curiosity and unleashed all the evils of the world - greed, emptiness, slander, envy, pain - and when she closed it again, only hope remained inside. It can be used in modern English as a metaphor for a natural disaster.
Medusa Medusa
Medusa is a siren in Greek mythology, one of the Three Sirens of Gorgon. Her father was the sea emperor Poseidon and her mother was the siren monster Ketto. Her hair is all snakes. It is said that she was originally a beautiful maiden. Because Medusa and the Goddess of Wisdom Athena beauty contest, Athena in a fit of anger, Medusa's hair into a poisonous snake, turned into an ugly monster; Medusa was finally Perseus took off the head, and offered to Athena, Athena embedded Medusa's head in the center of the divine shield of the Eryx. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes was turned into a stone statue. The word Medusa came to mean "extremely ugly woman". In the fashion world, Medusa was used as the logo of the classic Italian brand - Versace, because of the meaning of the irresistible magic of Medusa, anyone who looks directly at Medusa will turn into stone.
Phaethon Phaethon
Phaethon in Greek mythology is generally considered to be the son of Apollo, the god of the sun. It is also said to have been the son of Ios, the goddess of dawn, and Carphoros, who was later stolen by Aphrodite to guard her temple. In another tragedy, Phaethon begged Apollo to let him drive the sun chariot because he was showing off that he was the son of Apollo, the sun god. The sun god persuaded him in a hundred ways that you don't have the power and that this would in turn bring mischief to himself and mankind. Fah Yu Tong did not listen. As a result, on that day, he panicked and lost control of the white horse pulling the chariot. The sun chariot first rose too high, and the earth suddenly turned cold; then it suddenly lowered, scorching the grass and trees on the ground, turning a large part of Africa into a desert, and blackening the skin of the inhabitants of Ethiopia. In the end, Zeus had to do it himself, and struck Faythun to death with a bolt of lightning. F?tun's body fell into a large river. In English, it generally describes a person who does not have a certain talent but prefers to take a risk to do such a thing, and in the end it backfires.