阿波罗只能悲伤地看着年轻情人的血流淌到地面，他什么也不能做。当他死后，阿波罗不允许哈得斯（冥王）夺走男孩的生命。有一个阿波罗能使海先得斯活着的办法，就是把他变成了一种花——风信子，这种花我们现在也这么叫。阿波罗是为人所知的有时会爱上同性的众神之一。
单词短语透视
1.
admire [d‘ma（r）] v. 羡慕；爱慕例句
The pretty girl was admired by plenty of boys.
许多男孩子爱慕着那位漂亮的女孩子。
2.
feud[fjud] n. 不和；争执
例句
Because of a family feud， he never spoke to his wife’s parents for years.
由于两家不和， 他已多年不与岳父母
说话。
3.
passionately [‘pntlI] adv. 非常；极度地例句
She is passionately fond of tennis.
她热爱网球。
4.
accompany [’kmpn] v. 伴随或跟随（某人）；陪伴例句
I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
我得要求你陪我去一趟警察分局。
5.
discus [‘dsks] n. 铁饼
例句
I see Britain did well in the discus.
我看英国队在铁饼项目中表现不错。
6.
relationship [r’lenp] n. 暧昧关系，男女关系
例句
His relationship with Mary went through four stages.
他与玛丽的关系经历了四个阶段。
7.
desire [d‘za（r）] v. 希望得到（某事物）；想要
例句
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都希望幸福和健康。
8.
resentful [r’zentfl] adj. 感到或表示愤恨的；憎恨的例句
He was deeply resentful of her interference.
他非常讨厌她从中干预。
9.
impress [m‘pres] v. 给予某人深刻印象；使某人钦佩而起敬例句
The girl impressed her fiance’s family with her liveliness and sense of humour.
姑娘又活泼又富幽默感， 未婚夫家人十分喜欢她。
10.
strike [strak] v. 打，击
例句
The stone struck me on the side of the head.石子打中了我头部的侧面。
11.
severely [s‘vl] adv. 严重地
例句
The car went into a pole and was severely damaged.汽车撞上了一根电线杆，损坏十分严重。
12.
claim [klem] v.（指灾难﹑事故等）使（某人）失踪或死亡例句
The earthquake claimed thousands of lives.地震夺去数以千计的生命。
13.
hyacinth [’hasnθ] n. 风信子
例句
She painted a picture of hyacinth.她画了一幅风信子的画。
34. Hermes and Argus
Argus was Hera’s servant. He has as many as one hundred eyes， which were located all over his body. He could sleep while always leaving some eyes open， making him a perfect watchman.
Hera knew that the heifer was in reality Io， one of the many nymphs Zeus was coupling with. Hera commanded Argus to guard the white heifer Io from Zeus， keeping her chained to the sacred olive tree.
To free Io， Zeus called on Hermes， god of thieves，to find a way to kill Argus and set Io free. Hermes thought there could be no better fun. He was extremely clever. He laid aside his winged cap and his winged shoes， and dressed like the shepherds in that country. As he walked along， he played carelessly on a shepherd’s pipe and played music close enough to draw Argus’ attention.
Argus found the music most pleasing and invited Hermes to sit and play music beside him. The music did not work as Hermes hoped. Hermes stopped playing music and began to talk and talk monotonously. The talk was nowhere near as enjoyable to Argus and he soon found himself bored as Hermes droned on. All of Hermes’ talk would lull Argus to sleep. Once the last eye had shut on Argus， Hermes struck Argus， killing him in his slumber. Io was set free， but Hera would turn on Io again， plaguing her with gadflies. In tribute to her trusted watchman Argus， Hera took his eyes off and set them on the tail of her favourite bird， the peacock.
34. 赫耳墨斯与阿刚斯
阿刚斯是赫拉的仆人，有多达一百只眼睛分布在他的全身。他睡觉的时候，总有一些眼睛睁开着，这使得他成为一位标准的看守。
赫拉知道那头小母牛就是真正的伊娥——与宙斯有私情的小仙女之一。她命令阿刚斯去看守伊娥，将伊娥用链子铐着栓在一棵圣神的橄榄树下，使之远离宙斯。
为了让伊娥获得自由，宙斯恳请贼神——赫耳墨斯找一个方法把阿刚斯杀掉，释放伊娥。在赫耳墨斯看来没有比这种事更好玩了。他脱掉带翼的羽毛帽子和鞋子，装扮成那个国家牧羊人的样子。他一边走一边随心所欲地吹着牧羊笛，让笛声离阿刚斯足够近，以引起他的注意。
阿刚斯听到音乐非常愉快，便邀请赫耳墨斯坐在他身边吹奏曲子。音乐并不像赫耳墨斯所期待的那样起作用。于是赫耳墨斯停了下来，开始单调地说闲话。这些闲话远不能让阿刚斯高兴，当赫耳墨斯用沉闷的语调反复说的时候，他很快觉得无聊。所有赫耳墨斯说的话都能哄他入睡。当阿刚斯最后一只眼睛一闭上，赫耳墨斯就攻击他，在他酣睡的时候将其杀死。伊娥自由了，但是赫拉又不放过她，放牛虻折磨她。为了表达对其信任的看守——阿刚斯的敬意，赫拉把他的眼睛取下来，镶在她最喜欢的鸟——孔雀的尾巴上。
单词短语透视
1.
watchman [‘wtmn] n. 看守人
例句
Tom’s grandfather is a watchman of a hospital.
汤姆的爷爷是一家医院的看守。
2.
olive [‘lv] n. 橄榄
例句
He was sitting in the shade of a big olive tree.
她正坐在一棵大橄榄树的树荫下。
3.
call on sb. to do sth.恳求或促使某人（做某事）
例句
We are calling on you to help us.
我们恳求你帮助我们。
4.
shepherd [’epd] n. 牧羊人
例句
The shepherd gathered in his sheep.
牧羊人把羊群赶到了一块儿。
5.
pipe [pap] n. 笛
例句
He is playing a tune on his pipe.
他在用笛子吹奏一支曲子。
6.
monotonously [m‘ntnsl] adv. 无变化地，单调地例句
The maid， still in tears， sniffed monotonously.
侍女还在哭，发出单调的抽泣声。
7.
enjoyable [n’dbl] adj. 使人愉快的；令人快乐的例句
The film was quite enjoyable.
这部电影很有趣。
8.
drone [drun] v.（以低沉﹑单调的声调）谈，唱，说（某事）例句
The chairman droned on for hours.
主席一直以沉闷的语调讲了几小时。
9.
lull [ll] v. 使（人或动物）安静
例句
She is lulling a baby to sleep.
她正在哄孩子睡觉。
10.
slumber [‘slmb（r）] n. 睡眠
例句
The baby fell into a deep slumber.
那个孩子酣然入睡了。
11.
plague [pleg] v. 烦扰，折磨
例句
He’s been plaguing me with silly questions all day！
他整天老是拿愚蠢的问题来烦我！
12.
tribute [‘trbjut] v. 称赞；敬意
例句
I want to take this opportunity to pay a public tribute to him.
我愿借此机会公开向他表示敬意。
13.
peacock [’pikk] n. 孔雀
例句
The peacock is showing its tail feathers now.孔雀正在开屏。
35. Artemis
The Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto， and twin-sister of Apollo. Artemis was the goddess of the hunt and the moon. In Roman mythology， she was known as Diana.
In one legend， Artemis was born one day before her brother Apollo. Her mother gave birth to her on the island of Ortygia， then， almost immediately after her birth， she helped her mother to cross the straits over to Delos， where she then delivered Apollo. This myth helps explain how Artemis came to be considered the patron god of childbirth and the protector of pregnant women.
It is said that there were very few men with whom Artemis shared a friendly relationship and the most important of such kind of relationship in life was with her brother Apollo. They were very close to each other and seldom was another man in her life who could make Apollo insecure of his sister’s affection but when Orion came in her life， that was the first time that she felt romantically for somebody which was not taken by Apollo in good spirit.
Orion was the son of Poseidon. Although he was quite good at swimming， he liked hunting on the ground best. The handsome and strong hunter slowly fell in love with the hunting goddess and even proposed to her.