“命运”是氏族社会“图腾禁忌”的产物,在古希腊文化中表现为家内宗教严格的男子祭祀仪式与奥林匹斯教神秘的“命运”神话。“命运”的目的在于惩戒家族中男性成员触犯“禁忌”的行为,然而这种氏族文化与后来个体意识发达的城邦文化发生冲突,产生了古希腊文学中独特的“命运悲剧”。虽然随着古希腊哲学、宗教的发展,“命运”逐渐式微,但它仍以不同的形式融会其中,继续叩问现代人的灵魂。 “Destiny ” is the product of the clan “totem taboos ” in ancient Greek culture manifested as the mystical “fate ” mythology of the religious religious men sacrificial rituals and Olympians. The purpose of “Destiny ” is to punish the male members of the family for committing “taboos ”. However, this clan culture conflicts with the city culture of later developed individual consciousness, resulting in the unique “tragedy of destiny” in ancient Greek literature “. Although with the development of philosophy and religion in ancient Greece, ”fate " gradually declined, but it still mixed in different forms and continued to inquire about the soul of modern people.