【正文】 d Aloidea. They are very tall and strong. In order to board the heaven to woo the queen Hera and the goddess of hunting Artemis, they tried to put the Pelion base to the mount Ossa. But before they began, they had been killed by the sun god Apollo, plan unrealized. Later generations use pile Pelion on Ossa to express harder or higher and higher. These words are also called “heap Pelion on Ossa.. Some English proverbs from the stories of mortals in Greek mythology. Midas touch This old saying es from Greek mythology. Midas was the king of Phrygia. Midas had a gift – everything he touched turned into gold. But he soon learns that an excessive love of riches squeezes the truly valuable things out of life. One day, while walking in his garden, he saw an elderly satyr (forest god, half man half beast) asleep in the flowers. Taking pity on the old fellow, King Midas treated him great courtesy and let him go without punishment. When the god Dionysus heard about it, he rewarded King Midas by granting him one wish. The king thought for only a second and then said “I wish for everything I touch to turn to gold. And so it was. The beautiful flowers in his garden turned toward the sun for light, but when Midas approached and touched them, they stood rigid and gold. The king grew hungry and thin, for each time he tried to eat, he found that his meal had turned to gold. His lovely daughter, at his loving touch, turned hard and fast to goldHis water, his bed, his clothes, his friends, and eventually the whole palace became gold. King Midas saw that soon his whole kingdom would turn to gold unless he did something right away. He asked Dionysus to turn everything back to the way it had been and take back his golden touch. Because the king was ashamed and very sad, Dionysus took pity on him and granted his request. Instantly, King Midas was poorer than he had been, but richer, he felt, in the things that really counted. And as long as he lived, he rejoiced in all that was simple and natural.According to this story, the Midas touch refers to the ability to make a lot of money , The ability of making money of everything and everywhere. The phrase is often used with verbs “have”.4 Today39。 weak spot, and disclosed it to the Trojan prince Paris. Paris used a poisonous arrow which shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly after. For example: The girl is a good student, but pronunciation is her Achilles’ heel。But as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. After a few years, Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. Achilles was brave, courageous and invincibleto thetookTo prevent his death, his motherAchilles heelIngods in Greek mythology is not as much as the Twelves rotation and constantly changing. In Greek mythology, the goddess of fate is Tyche. It’s monly used in English that Fortune is represented as Fortune and Fortuna which also es from the Latin Fortuna. Therefore, the wheel of Fortune’s literal meaning is wheel of destiny goddess or the wheel of Fortune, after the reference to fate or the vicissitudes of life. These words can also say roulette (a rotating onscreen). For example: The wheel of fortune dealt him another blow when his business failed。Olympians in Greek mythology. Such as olive branch、Hercules’ choice、under the aegis of、rest on one’s laurels and so on. Some English proverbs from the other gods in Greek mythology The wheel of fortuneDerived from ancient Greek and Roman mythology, the image on the monument or in the painting of destiny goddess Fortuna with one hand holding claw is a symbolic of given abundance。wasOlympians in Greek mythology Horn of Plenty and Abundance After Zeus was born, his mother Rhea was afraid of him being swallowed by his father Cronus, so she hid him in a cave of Crete and entrusted to the fairy Amalthea to raise Zeus. Amalthea fed him with support milk. (OneWith regard to English language, the profound influence of the Greek myth can be seen everywhere. 2 Summary of myth An overview of Greek mythsGreek mythology is the spirit of the primitive clan society, It’s also the original European folk oral creation which produced in the 12th century BC to the 8th century BC. It merged the legends and stories happened in Asia minor , the Aegean region and Egypt. Greek mythology consists of two parts of the story of god and the legend of heroes. The ancient Greek poet Homer39。 heel 9 Cadmean victory 10 Some English proverbs from the stories of half demigods in Greek mythology. 10 Pile Pelion on Ossa 10. Some English proverbs from the stories of mortals in Greek mythology. 10 Midas touch 104 Today39。 proverb目 錄摘 要 11 Introduction 52 Summary of myth 6 An overview of Greek myths 63 Research on classification of English idioms in ancient Greek mythology 7 Some English proverbs from the Twelve 文學(xué) Abstract Greek mythology is the armory and soil of Greek art, is also the inexhaustible source of art in European and American literary. Marx once said: Greek mythology is not only the armory of Greek art, but also its soil. Greek mythology highlight the human spirit, echoed with great enthusiasm, optimistic and healthy life. Through the ancient Greek myth story background and content of the story, this research will classify the tales and analysis all kinds of myths and find out the use of it. To understand and explore the characteristics and the types of these English proverb and etc, this study also explores the Greek mythology proverb, the influence of modern language, literature, art, etc.Keywords: Greek mythology。關(guān)鍵詞：希臘神話。再將各類神話故事進(jìn)行細(xì)致分析并找出運(yùn)用其中的英語俗語，了解并探究這些英語俗語的特點(diǎn)及其類型和運(yùn)用等方面。 希臘神話凸顯的是人的精神，回蕩著昂揚(yáng)、樂觀、健康的現(xiàn)世氣息。湖北工業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）摘 要