下面新東方網雅思頻道為大家整理介紹古希臘神話中的十二主神，烤鴨們可以對這十二主神和他們的故事有一個簡單的了解，在雅思口語考試中也許能用得上哦。

　　古希臘神話有新舊兩部神譜，十二諸神是新神譜系的十二位神仙，雷神宙斯、天后赫拉、海皇波塞冬、火焰女神赫斯提亞、大地女神德墨忒爾、美神阿弗洛迪斯、太陽神阿波羅、女戰神雅典娜、戰神阿瑞斯、月神阿爾特彌斯、眾神使者赫爾墨斯、工神赫菲斯托斯。十二個主神都有鮮明的性格與七情六欲，具有人的性格和情緒，具有超人的特殊本領。

　　赫爾墨斯Hermes

　　是希臘奧林匹斯十二主神之一，八大行星中的水星。宙斯與瑪亞的兒子。出生在阿耳卡狄亞的一個山洞里，最早是阿耳卡狄亞的神，是強大的自然界的化身。奧林匹斯統一后，他成為畜牧之神，是宙斯的傳旨者和信使。他也被視為行路者的保護神，是商人的庇護神，雄辯之神。傳說他發明了尺、數和字母。他聰明狡猾，又被視為欺騙之術的創造者，他把詐騙術傳給了自己的兒子。他還是七弦琴的發明者，是希臘各種競技比賽的庇護神。后來他又與古埃及的智慧神托特混為一體，被認為是魔法的庇護者，他的魔杖可使神與人入睡，也可使他們從夢中醒來。

　　Hermes ( /ˈhɜrmiːz/; Greek : Ἑρμῆς) was an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods.

　　Hermes was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods, intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He was protector and patron of travelers, herdsmen, thieves, orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, invention and trade. In some myths he is a trickster, and outwits other gods for his own satisfaction or the sake of humankind. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster and the tortoise, purse or pouch, winged sandals,winged cap, and his main symbol was the herald's staff, the Greek kerykeion or Latin caduceus which consisted of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff.

　　In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce.[citation needed]