【雅典人和底比斯人的寓言故事】

　　一個雅典人和一個底比斯人一同走在路上，就像其他旅行者一樣，他們用聊天來打發(fā)時間。聊了一些其他話題之后，他們開始談起英雄，雖然沒有什么教育意義，但這可是一個頗有談資的內(nèi)容。一提到贊美各自城市里的英雄，兩個人都侃侃而談。后來，底比斯人斷言，赫拉克勒斯是地球上曾經(jīng)存在過的最偉大的英雄，現(xiàn)在占據(jù)了眾神之中的首要位置。而雅典人則堅持認為，提修斯遠遠超過了赫拉克勒斯，因為他的命運在各方面都得到了充分的眷顧，而赫拉克勒斯曾一度被迫充當奴隸。他達到了自己的目的，因為他像所有雅典人一樣，是一個非常圓滑的家伙。而底比斯人在談話中根本不是他的對手，最后有些反感地大吼道：“好吧，隨便你。我只希望，當我們的英雄對我們生氣時，雅典人會從赫拉克勒斯的憤怒中遭殃，而底比斯人則從提修斯的憤怒中受苦。”

　　【雅典人和底比斯人的故事寓意】

　　雅典人和底比斯人這篇寓言故事我看了幾遍以后，也沒有理解到底是啥寓意，但是我想說的是，誰是英雄又如何，把自己當成自己心中的英雄才最重要。

　　【雅典人和底比斯人英文版】

　　THE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBAN

　　An Athenian and a Theban were on the road together,and passed the time in conversation，as is the way of travellers After discussing a variety of subjects they began to talk about heroes，a topic that tends to be more fertile than edifying Each of them was lavish in his praises of the heroes of his own city,until eventually the Theban asserted that Hercules was the greatest hero who had ever lived on earth，and now occupied a foremost place among the gods；while the Athenian insisted that Theseus was far superior,for his fortune had been in every way supremely blessed，whereas Hercules had at one time been forced to act as a servant And he gained his point，for he was a very glib fellow,like all Athenians；SO that the Theban，who was no match for him in talking， cried at last in some disgust，“All right，have your way；I only hope that， when our heroes are angry with US，Athens may suffer from the anger of Hercules，and Thebes only from that ofTheseus．”