【正文】 nce on people.. Some English proverbs from the stories of heros in Greek mythology. Achilles39。Greek mythology, whenwas a baby, it was foretold that he would die young.ThetisAchillesRiver Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water.in battle of the Trojan War. However, the sun god Apollo knew of Achilles39。 His Achilles’ heel was his pride—he would get very angry if anyone criticized his work. In those two sentences, we can see two different ways of using the proverb. Achilles’ heel could be your weakness or your special advantage. Cadmean victoryIn Greek mythology, Phoenicia’s prince Cadmus had to kill a dragon, and buried the dens in the ground, the result gave birth to a group of fierce warriors, in an attempt to kill him. He followed Athena’s advice and threw a stone to let them pete for and kill each other. In the end there were only five people left. The five men would help him build the city of Thebes, and introduced the text. People call this victory of Cadmean victory to pare costly victory.Most English proverbs e from the stories of heros in Greek mythology promote human39。s English proverbs derived from Greek mythologyEnglish idioms are the quintessence of the language.Through study the definition and characteristics of English idiom, and the English idioms from myths of Greek and Roman.English idioms is an important part of the English language, it is the epitome of the language.The structure of English idioms is flexible, it can be long or short, and it is pendious.influence of the Myths of Greek on English.So many expressions from myths of Greek, specially some idioms, are getting into the society life of Britain and America, through the works of literature and art.The meanings of idioms are often implied in the images and figures they contain. their strong national and cultural characteristics should be taken into consideration for the purpose of better crosscultural munication. Many idioms of Greek mythology are still being used in the same way. They are widely used now and have a farreaching influence. For example: “apple of discord” These words are often used to refer to dispute arises or curse. Like “His lawyer tried to persuade him to make a more equitable disposal of his property. ‘What you have here.’ He said, ‘is not so much a will as an apple of discord.” The indirect use of proverbs of Greek mythologyThose proverbs and stories bee the treasure and literary creation source of western culture and art, was favored by numerous literary artist. Shakespeare and Milton, Tennyson, Yeats, Keats39。s artistic style is like bright scenery. It can be said like this: Greek mythology is one of the origins of human’s literature development. Especially the basis for the development of European literature had a great influence on the development and progress of literary. Greek mythology proverbs provide a solid foundation for the development of British and American literatureGreek mythology is one of the origins of human literary development and it’s also one of the foundations of the development of literary. Greek mythology story appear repeatedly in Homer and later the Roman poet Virgil, three ancient Greek tragedy writer Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and drama writer Aristophanes, the medieval poet Dante. A large number of works of famous writers of modern European。s “Theogony” describes Greek mythology in the form of poem is the initial attempt。legendary storiesspreadamong thes perceptual experience and rational thinking, pay attention to personal giving. For the British and American literature works provide a rich source of storyIn Greek mythology, stories eulogizing love, kindness and the struggle with evil, the stories also praise the beauty of humanistic spirit. In praising of heroism, inscribing personal pain and struggle, it has attracted a lot of readers, American and British literature and art creation provide a rich source of materials. Even many American and British astronomers use fairy tales for the subject matters of their space experiments. There are many ship named after the gods in Greek mythology. People want to use this way to show their respect to the gods. I think the gods will bless them and give them protection.6 ConclusionGreek mythology is the product of social development in the early stages, because of the limits of social historical condition at that time, which cannot form the text of a kind of oral literature and art. Since the Renaissance, the Greek mythology was concerned by British and American writers, the gods and heroes and allusions of Greek mythology are often appeared in their works. Besides, the Greek mythology had impact more to some writers’ mind and inspired their initiatives, cultivated their freewill and selfawareness. As we can see in their articles, they express their feelings and thoughts more bold and unrestrained.Ancient Greek mythology is of farreaching significance to British and American literature. British and American literature is made up of the ancient Greek myth which gave birth to both its content and its form. They provide source of creation to the British and American writers. Greek mythology is a very historic treasures, it has been leading the world literature, and let the people of the world being addicted. It needs people to study and explore constantly. Let more people to learn the real meaning of the ancient Greek myth. So, if you want to understand a nation39。s神話時(shí)代——神邸和英雄的故事[M].沈陽(yáng)：遼寧教育出版社，2001[9][J].北京第二外語(yǔ)學(xué)院報(bào)，2000. [10]葛 蘭. 讀希臘羅馬神話學(xué)英語(yǔ)詞匯[J].青年文學(xué)家, 2009.8 AcknowledgementI would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. I gratefully acknowledge the help of my supervisor, Ms. Zhang Alin, who has offered me valuable suggestions in the academic studies. In the prepara