一、普罗米修斯与潘朵拉
普罗米修斯是泰坦（Titans）巨人之一。在宙斯与巨人的战争中，他站在新的奥林波斯山神一边。他用粘土造出了第一个男人。雅典娜（Athena）赋予了这个男人灵魂和神圣的生命。 在希腊神话中，人类是提坦神普罗米修斯创造的，也充当了人类的教师。凡是对人有用的，能够使人类满意和幸福的，他都教给人类。同样的，人们也用爱和忠诚来感谢他，报答他。但最高的天神领袖宙斯（Zeus）却要求人类敬奉他，让人类必须拿出最好的东西献给他。普罗米修斯作为人类的辩护师触犯了宙斯。宙斯拒绝给予人类为了完成他们的文明所需要的最后的物品——火。但普罗米修斯却想到了个办法，用一根长长的茴香枝，在烈焰熊熊的太阳车经过时，偷到了火种并带给了人类。宙斯在天上看见火焰从人间升起，火光照亮了大地，人们围着火堆跳舞。他知道天上的火种已经被盗去，心中感到一种剧烈的刺痛。为了抵消火给人类带来的好处，他又想出了一个更为恶毒的危害全人类的办法。他命令他的儿子、以巧妙著称的火神赫淮斯托斯（Haphaestus）创造一个美丽的少女。这位少女美艳绝伦，令所有的天神惊叹不已。雅典娜由于嫉妒普罗米修斯，已经对他失去好感。她亲自给这位少女穿上雪白漂亮的长裙，挂上遮面的披纱，戴上用鲜花扎成的花冠，系上金色的发带；神的使者赫耳墨斯（Hermes）把能够迷惑人心的语言技能馈赠给这妩媚的姑娘。爱情女神阿佛洛狄忒（Aphrodite）则赋予她无限的魅力。这个美丽的少女被称为潘多拉（Pandora），意思就是“被赐予一切的女人”。宙斯递给潘多拉一个匣子，匣子里有每一位天神送给她的一件对人类有害的礼物。宙斯于是命令赫尔墨斯把她带给普罗米修斯（Prometheus）的弟弟埃庇米修斯（Epimetheus）成为他的妻子。她一走到埃庇米修斯的面前，就突然打开了盒盖，里面的灾害像股黑烟似地飞了出来，迅速地扩散到地上。盒子底上还深藏着唯一美好的东西：希望，但潘多拉依照万神之父的告诫，趁它还没有飞出来的时候，赶紧关上了盖子，因此希望就永远关在盒内了。从此，各种各样的灾难充满了大地、天空和海洋。疾病日日夜夜在人类中蔓延，肆虐，而又悄无声息，因为宙斯不让它们发出声响。各种热病在大地上猖獗，死神步履如飞地在人间狂奔。普罗米修斯，这位人类的救助者和医生，看见他的造物遭受灾害的袭击，忍受疾病的折磨，突然无缘无故地死去，伤心得几乎晕厥过去。可是，奥林波斯山的统治者宙斯并不肯就此罢休。他还要向人类的创造者本人复仇，置他于死地。他令其他的山神把普罗米修斯用锁链缚在高加索山脉的一块岩石上。不幸的普罗米修斯被缚在陡峭的悬崖上，笔直地吊在那里，永远不能入睡，疲惫的双膝也不能弯曲，因为他的双手、胳膊、肩膀和两条腿都被铁链牢牢地缚住，起伏的胸脯上还钉着一颗金刚石的钉子。他忍受着饥渴、炎热、寒冷。风吹和雨淋，除此之外，宙斯还派他的神鹰每天去啄食被缚者的肝脏。但被吃掉的肝脏随即又会长出来。就这样，日复一日，年复一年，普罗米修斯为了人类的幸福，长期地忍受着难以描述的痛苦和折磨。 一他的痛苦要持续三万年。而他坚定地面对苦难，从来不在宙斯面前丧失勇气。最后，海格力斯使普罗米修斯与宙斯恢复了他们的友谊，找到了金苹果，杀死了神鹰，因而解救了人类的老朋友。宙斯还是要普罗米修斯的手腕上永远戴着一只铁环，上面连着一块高加索的石片。这样，宙斯就可以夸耀他的仇人仍然被缚在山上。
有另外一种说法，是因为潘朵拉的好奇和无知，才打开了盒子，造成了世界的灾难。所以，潘多拉的魔盒，又代表着强烈的好奇心以及其所产生的严重后果。
1936年,奥林匹克历史上首次举行了激动人心的圣火接力仪式。火炬穿越了希腊、保加利亚、南斯拉夫、匈牙利、奥地利、捷克斯洛伐克、德国7个国家，全程3050公里，共有3331人参加了火炬接力。火炬所经过的城市都举行了隆重的欢迎仪式，并设立专门的祭坛点火。声势浩大的火炬接力活动获得极大的成功，不仅唤起了世人对奥林匹克的热情，传播了奥林匹克的精神，也为后来的奥运会树立了典范。 圣火起源于古希腊神话传说。相传古希腊神普罗米修斯为解救饥寒交迫的人类，瞒着宙斯偷取火种带到人间。古希腊在每届奥运会举行以前，人们都要在赫拉神庙前点燃圣火。现代奥运会创立后，最初并没有沿袭这个传统，直到1920年第7届安特卫普奥运会上，为了悼念第一次世界大战中死去的人们，主办者在主会场点燃了象征和平的火炬，不过既没有进行火炬传递活动，也没有从古奥林匹亚采集火种。1934年，国际奥委会决定，在奥运会期间，从开幕到闭幕，主会场要燃烧奥林匹克圣火，并且火种必须采自希腊的古奥运遗址——奥林匹亚，并以火炬接力的形式传到主办城市。从此，圣火传递成为每一届奥运会必不可少的仪式。
二、 Prometheus and Pandora
Prometheus was a Titan (Titans) one of the giants. Zeus and the giants in the war, he stood on the side of the new gods of
Olympus. Clay he made the first man. Athena (Athena) gave the soul and the divine life. In Greek mythology, the Titan god Prometheus created human beings, but also as a human teacher. Useful for people who can make human satisfaction and happiness, he has taught mankind. Similarly, people with love and loyalty to thank him and reward him. But the leader of the highest god Zeus (Zeus) is asking the human worship him and let the best things humans have to show dedicated to him. Prometheus, as the defense division violated human Zeus. Zeus refused to give them human civilization in order to complete the final items needed - fire. However, Prometheus has thought of a way, with a long fennel branches, the sun blazing in flames when the car passed, stole fire and brought to humanity. Zeus in the sky to see the flame rising from the earth, the fire lit up the earth, people dance around the fire. He knew that the fire has been stolen from the sky, I feel a sharp sting. To offset the benefits of fire to mankind, he came up with a more vicious way of all mankind. He ordered his son to cleverly known Vulcan Hephaestus (Haphaestus) to create a beautiful girl. The exquisite glamorous girls, so that all the angels marvel. Athena, Prometheus, the jealousy, has lost his good opinion. The girl put her hand to the beautiful white dress, the veil hung concealed, wear the crown with flowers beaten, tied with golden hair; God's messenger Hermes (Hermes) to be able to language skills deceptively charming gift to this girl. Love goddess Aphrodite (Aphrodite) is given to her boundless charm. This beautiful girl is called Pandora (Pandora), meaning "to be given to all women." Zeus gave Pandora a box, each box there is a god sent one of her gifts harmful to humans. Hermes, Zeus then orders her to bring Prometheus (Prometheus) Egyptian asylum brother Prometheus (Epimetheus) became his wife. She walked in front of Egyptian asylum Prometheus, he suddenly opened the lid, inside the disaster like the stock black smoke flew out wildly and quickly spread to the ground. Still deep in the box at the end the only good things: hope, but according to the God Father of Pandora's warning, while it did not fly out of time, quickly closed the lid, so I hope to always be kept in a box . Since then, a variety of disaster is full of earth, sky and sea. Days and nights in the spread of disease in humans, wreak havoc, but quietly, because Zeus let them audible. All kinds of fever rampant in the land, flying in the world walking death bolted. Prometheus, the human rescuers and doctors, and saw his creature attacked by natural disasters, suffer illnesses, died suddenly for no reason, sad almost fainted. However, the ruler of Mount Olympus Zeus and refused to let the matter rest. He would also like to revenge himself the creator of human beings, kill him. He let the other gods to chain Prometheus to a rock in the
Caucasus Mountains. Unfortunately, Prometheus was tied to a steep cliff, straight hanging there, never sleep, tired knees can not bend because of his hands, arms, shoulders and both legs were chained tightly to tied, undulating breasts also nailed a diamond nail. He endured hunger, thirst, hot, cold. Wind and rain, in addition, Zeus also sent his eagle to peck each day who was tied to the liver. But was eaten out of the liver which was then president. In this way, day after day, year after year, Prometheus to human well-being, long to endure unspeakable pain and suffering. One of his pain to be thirty. And he firmly face of adversity was never lost courage before Zeus. Finally, Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus resumed their friendship, to find the golden apple, killed the eagle, which rescued the friend of mankind. Zeus or Prometheus wrist to always wearing a metal ring attached to a piece of the
Caucasus stone above. In this way, Zeus can boast of his enemy still tied in the mountains.
There is another way of saying, is that Pandora's curiosity and ignorance, only opened the box, resulting in a world disaster. Therefore, the Pandora's Box, and they represent a strong sense of curiosity and its serious consequences.
In 1936, the first time in Olympic history, held a torch relay ceremony was exciting. Torch through
Greece,
Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia,
Hungary,
Austria,
Czechoslovakia,
Germany, 7 countries, the entire 3050 kilometers, a total of 3331 people participated in the torch relay. Torch passes through the city held a grand welcoming ceremony, and set up a special altar of ignition. Torch Relay massive great success, not only aroused the enthusiasm of the Olympic world, spread the Olympic spirit, but also set an example for the Olympics later. Flame originated in ancient Greek mythology. According to legend, the ancient Greek god Prometheus was rescued from cold and hunger of the people, without telling Zeus to steal fire into the world. Held in every Olympic Games of ancient
Greece before, people have to flame is lit in the
temple of Hera. Creation of the modern Olympic Games, the original did not follow this tradition, until 1920, the 7th Antwerp, in order to mourn the people who died in World War I, organized in the main venue lit the torch symbolizes peace, but neither the Torch transfer activity, there is no fire from the ancient Olympia collection. In 1934, the IOC decided that during the Olympic Games, from opening to closing, the main venue of the Olympic flame to burn and the fire must be taken from the ancient Greek Olympic sites -
Olympia, and the form of the torch relay reached the host city. Since then, every Olympic Games torch relay as an indispensable ceremony.
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