单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Do you know what the picture is?,Walk into Athens,Walk into the world of Greece,Greek and Roman Mythology,The ancient Greek myth is the core of ancient Greek religious.,Greek mythology,Gods story,Heroes lore,The origin of the universe,Ancient heros performance,古希腊神话是古希腊宗教的核心。,There are many love stories in Greek and roman mythology.such as.,Cupid and Psyche,Diana and,Actaeon,Zeus and Io,Helen,Penelope and Odysseus,Orpheus and Eurydice,.,The most impresses us is the story about,Apollo and Daphne,Lets introduce Apollo,Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo,He was the son of Zeus and Let to,According to Greek mythology,，,Leto,was driven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon took Pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live on,There she gave birth to the twins,，,Apollo and Artemis,Apollo was me sun-god,He wore a purple robe,He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky,During the day he drove his carriage of gold and ivory,，,and brought light,，,life and love to the great world below,Later in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home,Apollo was the god of music and poetry,He could stir up all feelings,These feelings are expressed in lofty songs.,Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty,His golden hair,，,stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world,Lets introduce Daphne.,Daphne was a lovely blooming fairy maiden,She was the daughter of the river god,Peneus,(river in Thessaly).she,hating the thought of marriage as crime.she wants to remain unmarried like Diana.,The story of them,Daphne was Apollos first love.It was not brought about by accident,but the malice of Cupid.,The Roman sun god,Apollo,was famous for his archery skills.One afternoon,Apollo came across Cupid playing with his bow and arrows.Apollo had recently defeated a giant snake and was feeling very powerful and confident.”What have you to do with warlike weapons,little boy?”Apollo asked Cupid.You might hurt yourself!Why dont you run along and leave the weapons to someone who knows how to use them?,Apollos taunts upset Cupid,who stood up and took two different arrows from his quiver.The first was made of gold and had a sharp tip.The person struck by this arrow would immediately fall in love.The second,however,was not sharp,and it had a tip of lead.The person struck by it would not be able to stand even the thought of love.You may be able to hit any target you choose with your arrows,Apollo,but I shall strike you with mine!”Cupid said,raising his bow.,Cupid shot the golden arrow straight through Apollos heart,and the lead arrow struck the beautiful Daphne,daughter of the river god,Peneus,.From then on,Apollo was madly in love with Daphne.Because of Cupids arrow,Daphne rejected love completely and refused all suitors.She was only interested in running around in the woods and never thought of marriage.Although Daphne wanted nothing to do with Apollo,he was still affected by Cupids arrow and chased after her.Slow down!he called.“I am not the enemy.I am in love with you!”However,like a rabbit fleeing a wolf,she always kept one step ahead of him.To her,love and marriage were like punishments.After a while,though,Daphne grew tired and could run no more.Oh,Father,help me change my form!she called out to,Peneus,as Apollo gained on her.,All of a sudden,Daphnes feet became rooted to the ground,and her body turned into the trunk of a laurel tree.Her arms became its branches and her hair the leaves.Apollo finally stood before her,touched her bark,and kissed her leaves.Since you cannot be my wife,you shall always be my tree.I will wear you for my crown,and your leaves will be woven into wreaths for triumphant Romans.“To this day,the laurel wreath remains a symbol of the highest honor and victory.,Feeling after reading,We cant help admiring Daphne.There is a man who has constancy of purpose around her.,Yeah,surely,his love story is so great,the spirit of his love is so strong and firm.if he exists in our,life,he,may be loved by many girls.,We cant doubt his perseverance,However,different people has different opinions.,Some people think his love depends on the arrow.so,from their point of view,he is not so great as we think.his love is unrealistic.the arrow impels him continuously to pursue her.of course,if not,he may be not so crazy.,The End!,Thank you!,