APPle ofDiscord不和之果

On Olympus(奧林匹斯山)， there once lived twelve gods and goddesses who ruled the universe. These gods and goddesses controlled the seasons， the weather， and the growth of crops. They also rewarded people who pleased them and punished those who did not. Despite their powers， the Greek gods often showed the weak points in human nature. They were often angry， impatient， jealous， and deceitful (不誠(chéng)實(shí)的).

很久很久以前，在奧林匹斯山上，住著十二位掌管宇宙萬物的神。在這些神中，有的負(fù)責(zé)掌控季節(jié)的變換，有的掌控天氣，還有的掌管谷物的生長(zhǎng)。他們也能隨心所欲地獎(jiǎng)懲地上的人類。盡管眾神擁有強(qiáng)大的神力，他們也經(jīng)常表現(xiàn)出人性的弱點(diǎn)。他們會(huì)感到憤怒，不耐煩，會(huì)產(chǎn)生妒忌心，會(huì)說謊。

At the wedding between the daughter of sea god Thetis and the hero Peleus， Eris， the goddess of discord， determined to revenge for not being invited. She secretly threw a golden apple bearing the words “For the Fairest” on the banquet table.

海神之女西蒂斯(Thetis)和阿爾戈英雄珀琉斯(Peleus)舉行婚禮時(shí)，不和女神厄里斯(Eris)因未被邀請(qǐng)懷恨在心，決心報(bào)復(fù)。她悄悄地在宴桌上投了一個(gè)金蘋果，上面刻著“獻(xiàn)給最美的人”。

Three goddess—Hera， the queen of heaven; Athena， the goddess of wisdom and Aphrodite， the goddess of beauty and love， who attended the wedding all declared themselves to have the possession of this apple. They argued fiercely against each other and couldn’t decide the owner of the apple. At last， the prince of Troy was invited to make the final decision for the golden apple.

參加婚禮的三位女神天后赫拉(Hera)，智慧女神雅典娜(Athena)和愛與美之女神阿佛洛狄特(Aphrodite)都認(rèn)為自己最美而提出金蘋果 “非我莫屬”。她們爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不已，互不相讓，為此把特洛伊王子帕里斯(Paris)請(qǐng)來進(jìn)行評(píng)判。

In order to get the golden apple， three goddesses respectively (各自地) promised to offer Paris power， wisdom and the most beautiful woman in the world—Helen. Paris chose Aphrodite as the owner of the golden apple， which annoyed the other two goddesses. They swore (發(fā)誓) to revenge the Trojans someday， and it resulted in the ten-year war between the Trojans and the Greeks.

為了爭(zhēng)得金蘋果，三位女神分別提出給予帕里斯權(quán)力，智慧和美女海倫。帕里斯把金蘋果判給了阿佛洛狄特，天后和智慧女神惱羞成怒，發(fā)誓要向特洛伊人報(bào)復(fù)，這就導(dǎo)致了日后特洛伊人和希臘人之間歷時(shí)十年的特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。

注解：

不和女神在英語中作“discord”，她投下的那只蘋果也因此被人稱為“apple of discord”。此語常用來喻指“爭(zhēng)端起因”或“禍根”。