A myth, in this sense, according to the Greeks,is just a tale.

对希腊人来说就是一个传说
It can true,it can be false,and so on.

亦真亦假虚无缥缈
Anyway, the Judeo-Christian story says,

那么犹太-基督教故事讲到的是
in the beginning,men were innocent.

最初人类清白无辜
Innocent was the same as ignorant

或说愚昧无知
because knowledge gets in the way of their innocence

因为知识使人不再清白
and they have solitude,living in paradise.

他们在天堂里感到了孤独
What destroys their happy,permanent condition is the sin of pride

傲慢之罪摧毁了他们永恒的幸福
and the consequence of that sin is society,orruption,

而结果就是社会形成堕落
pain,and death

痛苦与死亡
because they knew neither pain nor death while they were in Eden.

因为他们在伊甸园里对痛苦与死亡一无所知
Salvation is available,and with it immortality,

人可以被救赎而不朽