古希臘神話故事：波塞冬(中英文)

　　Poseidon was son of Kronus and Rhea，and brother ofZeus.After the war with the Titans，he became the mighty and majestic god of the sea，ruling all the water saround the earth.He was considered to have the greatest power next to Zeus .Poseidon ruled his kingdom with cold shaking.He could call up all the big winds and stir up or calm down the stormy oceans. with a trident in his hand ，he flew across the waves in a carriage drawn by horses with bronze hoofs and golden hairs.Although he had a seat on Olympus，he lived，most of the time，in his shining golden palace in the deeps of the oceans.

　　Poseidon was ambitious and aggressive .Unhappy with the part of power given to him，he planned to throw down Zeus from his high position.The plan did not come off，and he was senta way to serve a human being on earth. with the help of Apollo he built the famous walls of Troy for king Laomed on.On one occasion he argued with Athena over the naming of the new city Athens and was forced to give in to the goddess of wisdom.On another he entered into a bitter dispute with Apollo over the king of Corinthand won the case in the end.

　　Poseidon's loves produced strange children.His wife bore him the children who were half man and half-fish in form.When Demeter did not like his attention and changed herself into ahorse，shameless Poseidon turned himself into a horse to continue his seeking.Out of their love a wonderful horse，Arion byname，was born.This horse had the power of speech and was sure to win all the car riageraces in Greece.Poseidon robbed The ophane，a beautiful maiden，and taking her to an island，changed her into a sheep and himself into a ram.As a result the golden-fleeced ram came into being.

　　波塞冬是喀瑯娜斯與洛伊之子，宙斯之兄。與泰坦的戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束之后，波塞冬成為偉大而威嚴(yán)的海之神，掌管環(huán)繞大陸的所有水域。人們認(rèn)為他的權(quán)力僅次于宙斯。他用令人戰(zhàn)栗的地動(dòng)山搖來統(tǒng)治他的王國。他有呼風(fēng)之術(shù)，并且能夠掀起或是平息狂暴的大海。手持三*戟，他坐在銅蹄金髦馬駕的車?yán)锫舆^海浪。盡管他在奧林波斯山有一席之地，但是大部分時(shí)間他都住在海洋深處他的燦爛奪目的金色宮殿里。

　　波塞冬野心勃勃，而且好戰(zhàn)。不滿足于他所擁有的權(quán)力，他密謀把宙斯從他的寶座上趕下來。陰謀沒有得逞，他被趕往人間服侍一位凡人。在阿波羅的幫助下，他替拉俄塞冬國王修筑了著名的特洛伊城墻。一次他和雅典娜就新城雅典起名之事爭吵，最后被迫向智慧女神讓步。另一次他因科林斯的國王之故與阿波羅激烈爭吵，最后以勝利告終。

　　波塞冬的愛情為他帶來了奇怪的子女，他的妻子給他生下半人半魚的子女。得墨特爾不喜歡波塞冬對她的注意，就變成一匹馬，不知羞恥的波塞冬也變成一匹馬，繼續(xù)追求她。一匹駿馬，名為阿瑞翁，是他們的愛情之果。這匹馬能夠說話，在希臘的所有馬拉車大賽中必定獨(dú)占鰲頭。波塞冬還搶走了美麗的少女忒爾菲，把她擄到一個(gè)島上，使她變成一只綿羊，他自己變成一只公羊。結(jié)果長有金色羊毛的公羊就出現(xiàn)了。