序(只有了解,才會喜歡)前言第一部分成語導讀1.Achilles’heel(阿喀琉斯的腳踵)2.Althaea’Sbrand(風雲難測)3.Amphionmusic(仙樂)4.An Apple ofDiscord(引起糾紛的蘋果)5.Aphrodite’S girdle(美麗的金腰帶)6.Arachne’S labour(紡織)7.Argus-eyed(非常機警的)8.Ariadne’S thread(解決複雜問題的辦法)9.As Cephalus to Procris(意篤情深)10.Suspicion ofProcris(胡亂猜疑)11.Augean stables(極骯髒的地方)12.Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune (美酒為害,烈如海水)13.A son ofBacchus(酒鬼)14.Under the influence ofBacchus(醉酒)15.To be a Diana(終身不嫁)16.Bellerophonic letter(柏勒羅豐的信)17.Greek gift(Beware of Greeks bearing gifts) (希臘人的禮物)18.Trojanhorse(特洛伊木馬)19.Caught between Scylla and Charybdi (腹背受敵)20.Cadmean victory(以巨大犧牲換得的勝利)21.Dragonteeth(不和的種子)22.Cask ofDanaides(徒勞無功)23.Drawwaterina sieve(竹籃子打水一場空)24.Cassandrawarnings(警告)25.Castor andPollux(手足情深)26.Change like Proteus(變幻莫測)27.ClimbPamassus(寫詩)28.Cross the Styx(死亡)29.Delphic utterance(似是而非的答案)30.Dionysiac Frenzy(狄俄尼索斯狂怒)31.Dog is man’s best friend or faithful companion(狗是人類最好的朋友)32.Elysian Fields(天堂)33.The face that launched a thousand ships (一張能使千百艘船啟航的面容)34.Helen ofTroy(特洛伊的海倫)35.To fight a Chimera(同客邁拉作戰)36.Food ofthe gods(上帝的食物)37.Golden age(黃金時代)38.Greenwith envy(嫉妒)39.Halcyon days(太平的日子)40.Horn ofplenty(豐饒之角)41.Gordianknot(戈德斯之結)42.Heap Pelion upon Ossa(難上加難)43.Herculean effort(task,labours)(需要付出巨大努力的工作)44.High flyer(高飛的人)45.As hot as Hades(酷熱)46.The hounds ofhell(邪惡)47.Hydra- headed(許德拉的腦袋)48.In the arms ofMorpheus(在摩耳甫斯的懷抱里)49.Ixion’S wheel(永久的懲罰)50.Janus-faced(虛偽)51.A iudgment ofParis(帕里斯的判決)52.Leave no stone unturned(千方百計)53.Lotus-eater(食忘憂果而忘卻勞苦的人)54.Midastouch(點金術)55.Olive branch(橄欖枝)56.On the knees ofthe gods(人力所不及)57.Wheel offortune(幸運大轉盤)58.Orestes andPylades(莫逆之交)59.Pandora’s box(潘多拉的盒子)60.Penelope’s web(珀涅羅珀的織物)61.Pierian Spring(靈感的源泉)62.The PoetLaureate(桂冠詩人)63.Rest on one’Slaurels(坐享清福)64.Procrusteanbed(削足適履)65.Requisition from Semele(塞墨勒的要求)66.Rise fromthe ash(復活)67.Siren song(誘人而虛偽的言語)68.A sop to Cerberus(賄賂)69.Sphinx’s riddle(斯芬克司之謎)70.The task of Sisyphus(徒勞無益的工作)71.Underthe aegis of(在某人的庇護下)72.Underthe rose(在玫瑰花下)第二部分 地名導讀1.Aegean Sea(愛琴海)2.Arctic region(北極地區)3.AmazonRiver(亞馬孫河)4.Athens(雅典)5.Atlantic Ocean(大西洋)6.Europe(歐洲)7.Hellespont(達達尼爾海峽)8.Icarian Sea(伊卡利亞海)9.Ionian Sea(愛奧尼亞海)10.Bosporus Strait(博斯普魯斯海峽)11.Mount Olympus(奧林帕斯山)12.Rome(羅馬)第三部分 植物導讀1.Aias(飛燕草)2.Almond tree(杏樹)3.Violet(紫羅蘭)4.Fir(杉樹)5.Anemone(銀蓮花)6.Rose(玫瑰)7.Centaurea(矢車菊)8.Cypress(柏樹)……第四部分 動物第五部分 星期和月份第六部分 科學術語後記附錄參考目錄