希腊神话是古希腊人的一部百科全书,在世界文学史上具有很高的地位,现代英语中许多重要的习语出自于希腊神话,许多著名的世界地名也来源于希腊神话,笔者就把几个世界地名的起源略作介绍。一、欧洲(Europe)是怎样得名的?欧洲(Europe)在诗歌中也常叫做欧罗巴,这种叫法源于希腊神话中的农神——欧罗巴(Europa)。欧罗巴原是阿革诺耳国王的公主,深居宫中。一次,她梦见两块大陆——亚细亚(Asia)及其对面的大陆——变成两个妇人的样子争吵不休,妇人中的一个便是亚细亚(Asia)(即今天的亚洲),另一个具有异乡人的风度,这个异乡人要把欧罗巴带走,而亚细亚不让,异乡人对欧 Greek mythology is an encyclopedia of ancient Greeks, in the history of world literature has a high status, many of the important idioms in modern English from the Greek mythology, many famous world names also come from the Greek mythology, I put a few A brief introduction to the origin of world names. First, Europe (Europe) is named? Europe (Europe) in poetry is often called Europa, this name derives from the Greek god of the god of agriculture - Europa (Europa). Europa was the princess of King Garnor, the palace. Once, she dreamed of the quarrels between the two continents, Asia and the continent across the land, turning her into two women, one of whom was Asia (today’s Asia) Another has a stranger’s demeanor, this stranger to take away Europe, and Asia will not allow strangers to Europe