白領(lǐng)英語晨讀經(jīng)典365 144 Aphrodite (Venus) 阿芙羅狄蒂（維納斯）
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Aphrodite(Venus)
Aphrodite was the goddess of extreme beauty．Her birthwas a mysterious one．On one of those days when the Olympians had begun to enjoy power in the universe，the floating bubbles of the sea glowed with holy brightness．Out of the wave rose a fair and lovely maiden，shining forth warmth and charm．She was then taken by the ocean fairy maiden to Cyprus which became her sacred island．Her beauty was beyond description，and she was rightly called the Beautiful．Over her deathles shead was a golden crown，her eyes were deep and soft，and herbrows warm．Her long halr flowed over her dellcate neck and white bosom ．Her slender fingers and rosy-white feet all added to her attractive grace and elegance ．Her slim lily form of a figure caused both the enthusiastic admiration of the gods and the burning jealousy of the goddess when she first took her place on Olympus．
She was appointed goddess of Love and Marriage．Sitting inher carriage drawn by sparrows，doves or swans，she travelledfar and wide to inspire love in the hearts of all nature and move man and beast and animal and plant to reproduction． with the help of her little son，Eros，the god of love，she made many a tale of happiness and sadness in the life of gods and men．
阿芙羅狄蒂（維納斯）
阿芙羅狄蒂是“至美”女神，她的身世很神奇。在那段日子里，奧林波斯山神們已開始樂于追求宇宙間的權(quán)力。一天，海上漂動(dòng)的浮泡散發(fā)出萬道圣潔的金光。隨著波浪的起伏，一位美麗可愛的少女升出海面，放射出溫暖與魁力。她被海神帶到了塞浦路斯，后來，塞浦路斯成了她的圣島。她的美麗無法形容，于是，她被理所當(dāng)然地稱為“美人”。在她不朽的頭顱上有個(gè)金皇冠，她的雙目深沉柔和，雙眉溫暖祥和。她那瀑布般的長發(fā)撒在她優(yōu)美的頸項(xiàng)以及白皙的胸脯上。此外，她纖巧的手指，玫瑰般白嫩的雙足更為她的美增添了迷人的高貴和典雅。當(dāng)她第一次出現(xiàn)在奧林波斯山上時(shí)，她纖細(xì)勻稱的身段不僅贏得了眾神狂熱的崇拜，還招致了眾女神發(fā)瘋般的妒嫉。
她被選為愛和婚姻女神。為了激起宇宙間萬物心中的愛，為了使人、獸以及動(dòng)植物能夠繁衍，她乘著由麻雀、鴿子或是天鵝駕馭的車子到處游逛。在她的小兒子愛神厄洛斯的幫助下，她在眾神和人世間挑起了許多悲與歡的動(dòng)人故事。
