延 安大学外国语学院古希腊罗马神话赏析课件 第四讲.pptVIP

* * LOGO Artemis It was midday, and the sun stood equally distant from either goal, when young Actaeon, son of King Cadmus, thus address- ed the youths who with him were hunting the stag in the mountains, “Friends, our nets and our weapons are wet with the blood of our victims; we have had sports enough for one day, and tomorrow we can renew our labors. Now, while Phoebus parches the earth, let us put by our implements and indulge ourselves with rest.” make dry There was a valley thick enclosed with cypresses and pines, sacred to the huntress queen, Artemis. In the extremity of the valley was a cave, not adorned with art, but nature had counterfeited art in its construction, for she had turned the arch of its roof with stones, as delicately fitted as if by the hand of man. A fountain burst out from one side, whose open basin was bounded by a grassy rim. Here the goddess of the woods used to come when weary with hunting and lave her virgin limbs in the sparkling water. One day, having repaired thither with her nymphs, Diana handed her javelin, her quiver, and her bow to one, her robe to another, while a third unbound -ed the sandals from her feet. Then Crocale, the most skillful of them, arranged her hair, and Nephele, Hyale, and the rest drew water in capacious urns. While the goddess was thus employed in the labors of the toilet, behold Actaeon, having quitted his companions, and rambling without any special object, came to the place, led thither by his destiny. As he presented himself at the entrance of the cave, the nymphs, seeing a man, screamed and rushed towards the goddess to hide her with their bodies, but she was taller than the rest and overtopped them all by a head. Such a color as tinges11 the clouds at sunset or at dawn came over the countenance of Diana thus taken by surprise. Surrounded as she was by her nymphs, she yet turned half away, and sought with a sudden impulse for her arrows. As they were n