古希臘神話故事：海 倫(中英文)

　　海倫是世上最美麗的女人。她也是一位臭名昭著的女人。她點(diǎn)燃了特洛伊的戰(zhàn)火，并給特洛伊城造成了巨大的破壞。海倫是宙斯的女兒。她無可匹敵的美麗和魁力使希臘各地的英雄們都迷戀于她。她小的時(shí)候被提修斯掠走。提修斯想有一個神性的妻子。但后來海倫被其兄卡斯特救出，帶回到了故土。海倫的繼父將她嫁給了斯巴達(dá)的國王墨涅勞斯。

　　在帕利斯來訪斯巴達(dá)之前，海倫的婚姻生活比較平靜。海倫被帕利斯可愛的面容迷住。當(dāng)墨涅勞斯國王不在時(shí)，他們就相互偷情，之后一起乘船私奔到了特洛伊城。海倫將幼小的女兒留在了斯巴達(dá)。為了奪回海倫，希臘軍隊(duì)越過海峽，將特洛伊城緊緊包圍。

　　一天正當(dāng)海倫靜靜地將自己的經(jīng)歷編織成一塊金色的 毯時(shí)，有人叫她在特洛伊城上觀看墨涅勞斯和帕利斯的決斗。墨涅勞斯決心殺死帕利斯。坐在皮安姆國王旁邊，她將希臘一方的首領(lǐng)告訴了國王。當(dāng)她看到城墻下前夫的身影時(shí)，愛的熱淚流滿了眼簾。帕利斯戰(zhàn)敗逃離戰(zhàn)場后，她的感覺是既愛又卑視。她鼓勵海格特和帕利斯再次走上戰(zhàn)場，并真誠地為真正的英雄海格特的死而哀痛。但當(dāng)奧德修斯和狄俄墨德斯化裝后來偷竊雅典娜神像時(shí)，她竭盡全力幫助了她們。帕利斯戰(zhàn)死后，她成了皮安姆國王另一個兒子的妻子。

　　與此同時(shí)墨涅勞斯焦急地在毀壞的特洛伊宮中尋找海倫。愛神阿芙羅狄蒂使海倫變得更美麗了。結(jié)果當(dāng)墨涅勞斯終于發(fā)現(xiàn)躲在角落中發(fā)抖的海倫時(shí)，極不情愿將利劍刺向她那迷人的面孔。而他內(nèi)心正為奪回海倫暗自高興，海倫跟隨墨涅勞斯穿過特洛伊城的廢墟，她深為自己的不潔行為感到恥辱。一想到自己將在希臘軍營中遭受的命運(yùn)，她就心驚膽顫。

　　她的美麗再次拯救了她。沒有人能忍心將劍刺向令人銷魂，嫵媚動人的女子之身。在墨涅勞斯的帳篷中，海倫跪在斯巴達(dá)國王的腳下，乞求饒恕。看到眼前的情形，墨涅勞斯深受感動，他扶起海倫，讓她忘掉過去的一切。墨涅勞斯將她抱起來時(shí)，海倫的兩眼流出幸福與悲傷的淚水。他們倆像以前那樣相愛，一同消失在遙遠(yuǎn)的西方。

　　Helen was the most beautiful woman of the world.She was an infamous lady.She lighted the flames of the Trojan war and brought extreme destruction on the city ofTroy.Helen was the daughter of Zeus.Helen's matchless beauty and charms drew towards her many heroes from all parts of Greece.

　　When still small she was carried off by Theseus，who wished to have a divine wife .But she was rescued later by her brother Castor，and brought back to her native land.Her stepfather married her to Menelaus，king of Sparta.

　　Nothing of importance had happened to her married life until Paris came to visit Sparta.Helen was attracted by Paris' lovelyface.They stole one another's love in the absence of Menelausand then eloped on board a ship to Troy.Helen left her young daughter behind.To get Helen back，the Greek army sailedacross and laid a long siege to the city of Troy .

　　Helen was quietly weaving her story into a web of goldencarpet one day when she was called up the city walls of Troy tolook at the fighting between Menelaus and Paris.Menelaus was determined to kill Paris in the battle.Sitting by the side of King Priam，she told the chiefs of the Greek side to him.Tears of love filled up her eyes when she saw her first husband down below.After Paris fled the field she had the feelings of love and scorn.She encouraged Hector and Paris to take the field again and sincerely mourned the death of the true hero Hector. But whenOdysseus and Diomedes came in disguise to steal the Palladium，she helped them to do so as much as she could.After Paris diedin battle she became the wife of another son of Priam.

　　In the meantime Menelaus was anxiously searching for Helen in the ruined palaces of Troy.Aphrodite had made Helenmore beautiful，so that，when he finally found her trembling in acorner，Menelaus was most unwilling to bring his sword downon her charming face.Menelaus felt secretly overjoyed to have his wife back again.Following Menelaus through the ruins of the city，Helen felt ashamed of her impure behaviour.And she was truly scared at the terrible fate she was to have in the Greek Camp.

　　Once more her beauty saved her.No one could bring him self to thrust his sword into such a charming and graceful lady.In the tent of Menelaus she threw herself at the feet of the Spartanking，asking for forgiveness .Moved by the scene，Menelaushelped her up and let her forget the past.He held her in his armswhile she had tears of grief and happiness.The pair loved eachother like before and vanished in the far west.