古希腊神话对西方政治文化的影响

The Influence of Ancient Greek Mythology on Western Political Culture

古希腊文明对全人类文明特别是以欧洲为主的西方文明有着极具重要的作用。以古希腊流传下来的神话进行解读,探讨古希腊神话中那些对于西方文明影响的直接表现,并以古希腊对自然万物与社会制度原因进行思考。古希腊神话不仅培养了西方人自古以来乐观进取的精神,更造就了西方悠久的人文主义传统与自由冒险主义精神,并且从对近代以来的西方政治模式与公民的自我约束有着极为深远的影响。以古希腊神话为例,探讨古希腊文化的深度内涵,并以此为源,阐述其对西方政治文化的具体影响。

Ancient Greek civilization has a very important role in the civilization of all mankind,especially in Europe.(Based on the interpretation of Greek mythology,this paper explores its influences on the western civilization)Greek mythology not only cultivated the spirit of optimism and progress of Westerners since ancient times,but also created a long Western humanist tradition and free adventurism spirit,(and has a very far-reaching impact on modern western political model and self-restraint of individual)Taking Greek mythology as an example,this paper discusses the deep connotation of Greek culture and expounds its concrete influence on western political culture.