第1章 诸神和提坦神（节选）
盖亚有时也被称为大地之母。她是*古老的神祇，喂养一切生灵。她诞自混沌之神，那是所有事物的起始，旋动而无形。盖亚独自生下乌拉诺斯 （天空之神）、乌瑞亚（山脉之神）和俄刻阿诺斯 （海洋之神）。
盖亚与丈夫乌拉诺斯生下一众巨大的孩子，称作提坦神、独眼巨人和百臂怪物，后者名为布里阿瑞俄斯、古革斯和科托斯。乌拉诺斯嫌恶这些怪胎，于是将他们埋入大地深处，关进深不可测的塔耳塔洛斯。这个幽暗的地洞到冥界哈迪斯的距离，恰如黑暗冥界到明亮的天穹那般遥远。
看见乌拉诺斯如此对待自己的孩子们，盖亚愈发愤怒，于是她密谋着复仇。
她来到塔耳塔洛斯，拿出一把长刃镰刀，问道：“；我的孩子们，你们谁能替我找狠心的乌拉诺斯报仇？”；其他人都很害怕，只有她*小的儿子克洛诺斯接受了这项任务。
盖亚把镰刀递给克洛诺斯，并警告他：“；一定得等你父亲睡熟了再动手。”；那天夜里，克洛诺斯偷偷靠近乌拉诺斯，用镰刀狠狠地砍伤他。随后，克洛诺斯强迫流血的父亲前往深不可测的塔耳塔洛斯。乌拉诺斯途经空中时，他的一些血液与海洋的泡沫交融。从乌拉诺斯与海洋不朽的结合中，爱神阿佛洛狄忒就此诞生。
如今克洛诺斯成为提坦神的主人，他娶了女提坦神瑞亚为妻。盖亚提醒她的儿子：“；正如你比你的父亲强大，要当心你会有一个儿子比你强大。”；为防止此事发生，克洛诺斯吞下瑞亚为他所生的不死婴孩，使他们不得自由。*后一个孩子就是光辉的宙斯。为了不让克洛诺斯也吞下襁褓中的宙斯，瑞亚喂丈夫吃下一块裹在毯子里的石头。残忍的克洛诺斯并未察觉异常，抚拍着胃笑了。
当宙斯远离父亲的视线，在一个遥远的洞穴里平安长大后，他请求富有智慧又千变万化的海洋女神墨提斯调配一种药。“；这种药，”；宙斯对墨提斯说，“；必须能使我那邪恶的父亲咳出我的兄弟姐妹，我需要手足们的帮助，窝在克洛诺斯的胃里可帮不上忙。”；
墨提斯为克洛诺斯酿出一种能反胃的饮品，带给可怕的提坦神。
克洛诺斯抿了一口，他很喜欢这个味道，便将剩下的一饮而尽。片刻之后，孩子们便从他的大嘴里迸跳出来，分别是哈迪斯、波塞冬、德墨忒尔、赫拉和赫斯提亚。
“；我被骗了！”；克洛诺斯吼道，“；现在我的孩子都自由了！”；
的确，大家很高兴能重见天日。他们感谢宙斯的营救，宙斯则迅速组织他们对抗父亲。
“；拿起武器！”；宙斯果断地说，“；既然我们自由了，就必须打败他。”；众神将群山连根拔起，扔向自己的父亲。
冷酷的克洛诺斯和许多强大的提坦神也扔回高山反击他们，开战的声音犹如雷霆万钧。宙斯用他巨大的神盾抵挡父亲的攻击，并用勤快的独眼巨人为他锻造的恐怖霹雳击炸克洛诺斯和众提坦神。趁着克洛诺斯和提坦神们头晕目眩、仰躺着动弹不得时，宙斯同兄弟姐妹将仇敌囚禁在山峦之下，或是塔耳塔洛斯的深坑中。遭受镇压和挫败的提坦神们又踢又吼，怒火中烧，炸翻了压着他们的山顶。如今，我们甚至还能看到炽热的火山喷涌出提坦神的狂怒。他们强壮的大腿依旧推挤着地壳，引起地震，但他们再也无法逃出来。战争结束后，宙斯和兄弟们划分了新的领地。就这样，宙斯成为天空之神和众神之王，波塞冬成为海神，哈迪斯成为冥神。
诸神与提坦神一战后，和平随之而来。在此期间，宙斯使智慧的墨提斯受孕。然而地母盖亚警告宙斯，倘若墨提斯产下男孩，那他会比宙斯还强大。参照残酷的克洛诺斯的失败经历，宙斯便吞下墨提斯。好几个月之后，他头疼得厉害。他找到朋友们，央求他们劈开自己的脑袋，好让疼痛释放出来。除了有先见之明的提坦神普罗米修斯之外，众神和提坦神们都不敢做这件事。普罗米修斯富有远见，在不久前与克洛诺斯的对抗中，他与宙斯为伍，并因此受到嘉奖，在诸神中获得一席之地。
“；会很疼，”；普罗米修斯说，“；但之后你能舒服点—；—；—；现在用手捂住眼睛。”；宙斯照做了。普罗米修斯一斧头砍下来，宙斯的头骨裂开了！
宙斯的新生女儿从他的前额中跳出来。她身披战士闪光的盔甲，光彩照人。她就是智慧女神雅典娜。
就在普罗米修斯匆忙地用黏土为宙斯修补头上的裂缝时，宙斯放声大笑。这孩子的出生方式真是稀奇！她虽然发育成熟，却只有几秒钟大。
“；亲爱的父亲，”；她说，“；我记得很多事情。”；“；的确如此，因为你出生前，我已将所有想法与你分享。”；宙斯说道。
不久之后，宙斯与姐姐赫拉成婚。他也爱过很多别的女神和凡人女子，并同她们生下许多重要的子嗣。这些子女中包括缪斯女神、时令女神、命运女神、美惠三女神、少女珀耳塞福涅、阿波罗、阿尔忒弥斯、阿瑞斯、赫尔墨斯，当然，还有伟大非凡的赫拉克勒斯。
Chapter 1 Gods and Titans
Gaia is sometimes known as Mother Earth. She is the oldest of all the gods and gives food to every living being. She was created out of Chaos， the swirling formless beginning of all things. By herself Gaia gave birth to Ouranos (the Sky)， Ourea (the Mountains) and Oceanus (the Sea).
With her husband Ouranos， she had tremendous children， known as Titans， the Cyclopes and the hundred handed brutes named Briareus， Gyges and Cottus. Ouranos felt disgust at these monsters and so buried them deep within the earth， in fathomless Tartaros， a gloomy pit as far below the underworld Hades as dark Hades is below the shining heavens.
Gaia grew angry at Ouranos’； treatment of their children， and she plotted revenge.
She went to Tartaros and asked， offering a long bladed sickle， “；Which of you， my children， will avenge me on heartless Ouranos?”；Only her youngest son， Kronos， accepted the task. The others were frightened.
Handing Kronos the sickle， she warned him， “；You must wait until your father is asleep.”； That night， Kronos sneaked up on Ouranos and cut him with the sickle， dreadfully wounding him. Kronos then forced his bleeding father into fathomless Tartaros. As Ouranos was transported through the air， some of his blood mingled with the ocean foam； from this immortal mixture of Ouranos and ocean， Aphrodite， the goddess of love， was born.
Now Kronos was master of the Titans， and he married the Titaness Rhea. Gaia warned her son， “；Just as you were greater than your father， beware or one of your sons shall be greater than you.”；To prevent this， Kronos imprisoned the immortal babies Rhea had borne him by swallowing them up.The last of these children was shining Zeus. Rhea， instead of allowing Kronos to have baby Zeus as well， fed her husband a stone wrapped in a blanket.
Brutal Kronos did not notice the difference but patted his stomach and smiled.
After Zeus had safely grown up in a distant cave， far out of sight of his father， he asked the wise， everchanging sea nymph Metis to concoct a potion. “；This potion，”； said Zeus to Metis， “；must cause my wicked father to cough up my brothers and sisters. I need my siblings to help me， and they cannot do that inside Kronos’； belly.”；
Metis brewed a stomach turning drink for Kronos and brought it to the terrible Titan.
Kronos sipped and liked the taste. He gulped down the rest， and a moment later out of his big mouth erupted his children—；Hades， Poseidon， Demeter， Hera and Hestia.
“；I’；ve been tricked!”； cried Kronos. “；Now my children are loose!”；
Indeed they were， delighted to be once again in the fresh air. They thanked Zeus for their rescue and he quickly organized them against their father.
“；To arms!”； Zeus declared. “；Now that we’；re free， we must defeat him.”； The gods uprooted mountains and flung them at their father.
Hardhearted Kronos and many mighty Titans hurled mountains in return；the warfare sounded like thunder on top of thunder. Zeus used the aegis， his tremendous shield， to defend himself from his father’；s attacks and blasted Kronos and the Titans with terrible lightning bolts that the hardworking Cyclopes forged for him. With Kronos and the Titans dizzy and flat on their backs， Zeus and his
siblings imprisoned their foes under mountain ranges or in the pits of Tartaros. The crushed and defeated Titans kicked and stormed， hot with anger， exploding the tops off the mountains that pressed them down. We see even today the fiery volcanos that spew the Titans’； fury. Their strong legs still push against the earth’；s crust， causing earthquakes， but they cannot get out again. With the war’；s end， Zeus and his brothers divided up their new possessions. This was how Zeus became the god of heaven and ruler of all the gods， and how Poseidon became god of the sea and Hades the god of the underworld.
It was during the peace following the clash of the gods and Titans that wise Metis became pregnant by Zeus. However， Gaia， Mother Earth， warned Zeus that if Metis had a son， he would be greater than Zeus himself. Taking an example from the defeat of cruel Kronos， Zeus swallowed up Metis.
Many months later， he had a terrible headache. He went among his friends and begged them to split his head open and allow the pain to get out. None of the gods or Titans dared do such a thing—；none but Prometheus， the far-thinking Titan. So far-thinking was he that he had sided with Zeus in the recent war with Kronos， and was thus rewarded with a place among the gods.
“；The pain will be sharp，”； said Prometheus， “；but then you’；ll feel better. —；Now put your hands over your eyes.”； Zeus did so. Down came Prometheus’； axe， and crack went Zeus’； skull!
Out of his forehead leapt Zeus’； brilliant new daughter， Athena， the goddess of wisdom， dressed in a warrior’；s glimmering armor.
Prometheus quickly patched up with clay the split in Zeus’； head， while Zeus roared with laughter. What an entrance for a child! Full grown and only seconds old.
“；Father， dear，”； she said， “；I have many things in mind.”；
“；Indeed you have， as I shared all my thoughts with you before you were born，”； said Zeus.
Soon after this， Zeus married Hera， his sister.
He loved many other immortal and mortal women as well， and had many important children by them.
These offspring included the Muses， the Seasons， the Fates， the Graces， the maiden Persephone， Apollo， Artemis， Ares， Hermes and， of course， the great and mighty Hercules.
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