雅思阅读材料：古希腊主神介绍(阿佛洛狄忒)

　　下面雅思为大家整理介绍古希腊神话中的十二主神介绍，古希腊神话相关的文章是非常好的阅读材料，烤鸭们可以对这十二主神和他们的故事有一个简单的了解，扩充自己的知识背景。

　　古希腊神话有新旧两部神谱，十二诸神是新神谱系的十二位神仙，雷神宙斯、天后赫拉、海皇波塞冬、火焰女神赫斯提亚、大地女神德墨忒尔、美神阿弗洛迪斯、太阳神阿波罗、女战神雅典娜、战神阿瑞斯、月神阿尔特弥斯、众神使者赫尔墨斯、工神赫菲斯托斯。十二个主神都有鲜明的性格与七情六欲，具有人的性格和情绪，具有超人的特殊本领。

　　阿佛洛狄忒Aphrodite

　　阿佛洛狄忒，古希腊神话人物，爱与美的女神。罗马神话中称为维纳斯。她生于海中，以美丽著称。被认为是锻冶工匠之神赫准斯托斯的妻子，有关她的恋爱传说很多。在古希腊、罗马艺术作品中被塑造成绝色美女，最著名的雕像是在米洛斯岛出土的米洛斯的阿佛洛狄忒。 她是宙斯和大洋女神狄俄涅的女儿。又说她从浪花中出生，故称阿佛洛狄忒。

　　Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.

　　Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.

　　According to Hesiods Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the sea foam arose Aphrodite. Thus, Aphrodite is of an older generation than Zeus.

　　Because of her beauty, other gods feared jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, soZeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat. Aphrodite had many lovers, both gods such asAres, and men such as Anchises. Aphrodite also became instrumental in the Eros and Psyche legend, and later was both Adonis lover and his surrogate mother. Many lesser beings were said to be children of Aphrodite.

　　Aphrodite is also known as Cytherea and Cypris after the two cult-sites,Cythera and Cyprus, which claimed her birth. Myrtles, doves, sparrows, horses, and swans are sacred to her. The Greeks further identified the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor with Aphrodite. Aphrodite also has many other local names, such as Acidalia, Cytherea and Cerigo, used in specific areas of Greece. Each goddess demanded a slightly different cult, but Greeks recognized in their overall similarities the one Aphrodite. Attic philosophers of the fourth century separated a celestial Aphrodite of transcendent principles with the common Aphrodite of the people .