美丽娇艳的玫瑰 你知道它动人传说么

People have been passionate about roses since the beginning of time. In fact,
it is said that the floors of Cleopatra1’s palace were carpeted with delicate
rose petals, and that the wise and knowing Confucius had a 600-book library
specifically on how to care for
roses.　　人类有史以来就钟情于玫瑰。据说，克娄巴特拉的宫殿的地面就铺满了娇嫩的玫瑰花瓣，博学的孔子有600册藏书专门讲述如何培育玫瑰。


　　The rose is a legend on its own. The story goes that during the Roman Empire,
there was an incredibly beautiful maiden named Rhodanthe. Her beauty drew many
zealous suitors who pursued her relentlessly. Exhausted by their pursuit,
Rhodanthe was forced to take refuge from her suitors in the temple of her friend
Diana. Unfortunately, Diana became jealous. And when the suitors broke down her
temple gates to get near their beloved Rhodanthe, she became angry turning
Rhodanthe into a rose and her suitors into
thorns.　　玫瑰本身就是一个传说。在罗马帝国时代，有一个名叫罗丹斯的美丽绝伦的少女。她的丽姿引来了无数狂热的求婚者锲而不舍地追求她。罗丹斯实在招架不住了，不得不到朋友狄安娜的神庙里躲避她的求婚者。不幸的是，狄安娜产生了嫉妒之心。当求婚者冲进了神庙的大门，要接近他们所爱恋着的罗丹斯时，狄安娜一怒之下将罗丹斯变成了一枝玫瑰花，将她的求婚者变成了花刺。


　　In Greek legend, the rose was created by Chloris, the Greek goddess of
flowers. It was just a lifeless seed of a nymph2 that Chloris found one day in a
clearing in the woods. She asked the help of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who
gave her beauty