湖北工业大学毕业设计（论文）摘 要希腊神话是希腊艺术的“武库”和“土壤”，也是欧美文艺取之不尽的艺术源泉 马克思曾说：“希腊神话不只是希腊艺术的武库，而且是它的土壤” 希腊神话凸显的是人的精神，回荡着昂扬、乐观、健康的现世气息本研究通过古希腊神话故事背景及其故事的内容进行探究，将神话故事进行大致分类再将各类神话故事进行细致分析并找出运用其中的英语俗语，了解并探究这些英语俗语的特点及其类型和运用等方面本研究还对希腊神话中的俗语对后来的影响进行了探究，了解到它们对现代语言，文学，艺术等方面都有着重要的影响关键词：希腊神话; 俗语; 文学 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; literature; proverb目录摘 要 11 Introduction 52 Summary of myth 62.1 An overview of Greek myths 63 Research on classification of English idioms in ancient Greek mythology 73.1 Some English proverbs from the Twelve Olympians in Greek mythology 73.1.1 Horn of Plenty and Abundance 73.1.2 An Apple of Discord 73.2 Some English proverbs from the other gods in Greek mythology 83.2.1 The wheel of fortune 83.2.2 Web of life 93.3. Some English proverbs from the stories of heros in Greek mythology. 93.3.1 Achilles' heel 93.3.2 Cadmean victory 103.4 Some English proverbs from the stories of half demigods in Greek mythology. 103.4.1 Pile Pelion on Ossa 103.5. Some English proverbs from the stories of mortals in Greek mythology. 103.5.1 Midas touch 104 Today's English proverbs derived from Greek mythology 124.1 The direct use of proverbs in Greek mythology 124.2 The indirect use of proverbs of Greek mythology 135 The influence of Greek mythology proverbs on the current literature 145.1 Greek mythology proverbs provide a solid foundation for the development of British and American literature 145.2 Greek mythology provides the unique way of thinking for literary 145.3 For the British and American literature works provide a rich source of story 156 Conclusion 167 Bibliography 178 Acknowledgement 181 IntroductionMythology is the first precious spiritual wealth of human creation. It is not only a kind of pure literature, but also an integrated mass of social ideology which includes religion, philosophy, politics, art, customs, science, history in the primitive society. Every country and nation has its own myths. Ancient Greek played a huge role in the development of European literature. It’s not only the source of western culture, but also a key of vitality and deep roots in every language and culture in the west. With regard to English language, the profound influence of the Greek myth can be seen everywhere. 2 Summary of myth2.1 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 Homer's two epic poem Iliad and the Odyssey contains most of the Greek mythology. Zeus is the center of 12 gods who are in charge of nature and all kinds of phenomena and things in life. The hero of the legend are mostly descendants of gods and normal people, they are brave, heroic and embodies the perseverance that human try to conquer nature . The mythical god and man are is Morphy and have the same temperament. In many fairy tales, gods have the same envy, selfish, cruel, cunning and strong revenge with ordinary people. But there are also great gods like Prometheus who benefit mankind. The basic difference between the god and man is the god’s special ability, they can forever live and have a leisure life. Human will die and have a hard life. Greek mythology of the gods and heroes are uninhibited、publicizing individuality and pay attention to individual character which is our familiar individualism and it’s also the core of American values in life nowadays. Besides, Greek Mythology has important influence on English root and idioms.3 Research on classification of English idioms in ancient Greek mythology3.1 Some English proverbs from the Twelve Olympians in Greek mythology3.1.1 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. (One sayin。