Week 08

Continue The Aeneid

The photo showed Aeneas and his companions fighting the Harpies.

The Aeneid (/ɨˈniːɪd/; Latin: Aenēis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter.^[1] The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.

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                       Journey of Aeneas : Retracing The Aeneid through the Mediterrancan.

Vocabulary:

1.Juno:朱諾（主神朱庇特的妻子）

2.Aeneas:特洛伊戰爭中的勇士

4.exhibit:展覽品


5.vanity fair:浮華世界

6.The State:國家


7.Wreck:破壞


8.invoke:調用


9.pyre:火葬用的柴堆

10.Oros:奧羅斯（俄羅斯地名）


11.sidetracked:將火車轉到側線

12.affair:私事


13.my fair lady pygmalion:窈窕淑女皮格馬利翁

14.George Bernard Shaw:喬治.蕭伯納（英國劇作家）

15.All is vanity:一切皆空


16.Bicentennial man :機器管家

17. galatea :水神卡拉蒂

18.pygmalion galatea:皮格馬利翁和卡拉蒂

                      pygmalion and galatea (pecheux)


19.dionysus:迪奧尼索司（希臘神話中的酒神）

20.troop：軍隊

21.theban prophet：底比斯人的先知


22.dictator:獨裁者

23.Manipulation:操作


24.duty responsibility:職責


25.duty obligotion:義務


26.duty free:免稅


27.protagonist:領導者


28.St.Christopher :圣.克里斯托弗

29.Patron Saint：守護神

30.Patronage:任免權

31.Arbitrary:武斷的


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Week 07

Virgil. the Aeneid

Virgil makes his transformation of Homer's hero an actual part of the story he tells.We see Aeneas gradually changing in a series of crises throughout the first half of the poem.Virgil presents Aeneas' departure from Troy as a departure from the values that had defined Homer's story of the war to capture Troy.Aeneas' refluctance to leave his native city is therefore both a credit to his commitment and an impediment to his historic mission.For every gain in this story there is a corresponding loss. One of the most memorable pictures of Aeneas is his weeping in Carthage as he contemplates depictions of the Trojan war:"there are tears for passing things;here,too/ things mortal touch the mind".Homer's heroes are no less capable of tears than Aeneas is, but the tears of no Homeric hero ever have such weighty moral and historic implications.

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Vocabulary:

1.entreaty:懇求

2.deficient:有缺陷

3.xerox copy:靜電複製本

                                                                     
                                                                Photograph by xerox copy.
4.carbon copy:複寫本

5.exposition:博覽會

6.climax:高潮

7.conflict:衝突

8.Iris:鳶尾屬植物

9.courage:勇氣

10.lamentation:悲歎

11.invocation:祈禱

12.elegy:感傷

13.lament: 哀悼

14.eulogy:頌揚

15.the art of the losing:失去的藝術

16.cunnings:狡猾的

17.continent:大陸

18.telemachus:奧德修斯的兒子

Telemachus and Pisistratus in the palace of Meneleus Giclee Print.

19.calypso:海中女神（荷馬《奧德賽》中人物）

Calypso and Odysseus in Ogygia.

20.dactyl:強弱弱格（希臘.拉丁詩歌）

21.prey :捕食

22.predator:掠奪的

23.nemesis:復仇女神號

24.convey:傳達

25.dactylic:揚抑揚格之詩

26.foreshadowing:伏筆

Week 06

Continue The Odyssey

It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read.^[2] The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek—a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects—and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter.^[4][5] Among the most noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and serfs, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.

The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer. It was usually attributed in antiquity to Cinaethon of Sparta. In one source, the Telegony was said to have been stolen from Musaeus by Eugamon or Eugammon of Cyrene (see Cyclic poets).

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Vocabulary :

1.penelope's weaving:佩內洛普的編織

2. suitor:起訴者

3.disguise:偽裝，掩飾

4.Argos: 阿哥斯(希臘東南-古城)

5.Argos peacock:阿哥斯孔雀

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6.Hera:赫拉(主神宙斯之妻)

7.heifer:小母牛

8.hermes:赫爾墨斯(希臘神話人物)

9.mephistopheles:梅菲斯特

10.nymphomaniac:女色情狂，花癡

11.Ithaca：伊薩卡島(希臘西部愛奧尼亞海中群島之一)

12.cassandra:卡珊德拉(希臘神話人物)

13.predict:預言，預知

14.praphetess:女預言家

15.Agamemnon:阿伽門農(特洛伊戰爭中希臘軍隊的統帥)

16.Achilles:阿基里斯

17.Electra:厄勒克特拉(希臘神話)

18.Oedipus :俄狄浦斯(希臘神話人物)

19.Plotted:標繪，策劃

Week 05

The Odyssey.

Odyssey_Map

The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, pronounced [o.dýs.sej.ja] in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancientGreek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.^[2]

The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War.In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek:Μνηστῆρες) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.

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Vocabulary

1.nature:自然，性質

2.nurture:養育，鼓勵

3.final destination:最終目的地

4.fate:命運，註定

5.fatal woman:致命女性

6.chieftains:首領，酋長

7.hubris:狂妄自大

8.greek postal stamp:希臘郵政郵票

9.virgil:維吉爾（古羅馬詩人）

10.vergil:弗吉爾(古羅馬詩人)

11.verify:核實，查證

12.virtual:虛擬的，事實上的（但未在名義上或正式或承認)

13.hero:英雄

14.nero:尼祿（古羅馬暴君）

15.zero:零點，零度

16.paragraph:段落

17.parallel:平行線

18.graphic:圖表，繪畫似的

19.paradox:自相矛盾的人或事

20.parachute:降落傘

21.dictates:規定，命令

22.parasol:陽傘

23.dictator:獨裁者，命令者

Week 04

Continue The Iliad.

Twelve Olympians and Their Symbols

I. 12 OLYMPIAN GODS

GREEK	ROMAN	GOD OF...	SYMBOL
1. Zeus	Jupiter/Jove	King of the Gods	Thunderbolt, eagle and oak tree
2. Hera	Juno	Queen of the Gods	Peacock, cow, wedding ring
3. Poseidon	Neptune	The Sea	Sea, trident, horse, dolphin
4. Hades	Pluto	The Underworld	Pomegranate, cap of invisibility
5. Hestia	Vesta	Hearth/Home	Fireplace
6 Athena	Minerva	Wisdom/War	Owl, olive, tree, plow, loom
7. Artemis	Diana	Moon/Hunt	Moon, deer, silver bow and arrows
8. Apollo	Apollo	Light/Music/Prophecy	Lyre, sun, mice, Laurel tree
9. Aphrodite	Venus	Love/Beauty	Dove, swan, roses
10. Hephaestus	Vulcan	Fire/Forge	Hammer, quail
11. Ares	Mars	War	Dog, wild boar, vulture
12. Hermes	Mercury	Messenger/Divine Herald	Caduceus, crane

From:http://www.dl.ket.org/latin/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/data/12olymgods.htm

Week 03

Continue The Iliad.

課外讀物

Coraline（第十四道門）


Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion animated 3D dark fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. The film depicts an adventurous girl finding an idealized parallel world behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that the alternate world contains a dark and sinister secret. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the film was made with Gaiman's approval and cooperation.

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Week 02

Homer. The Iliad

Homer

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best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.

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Troy Theatrical Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCg8Ku7C5eI&gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&feature=related

Iliad

The Iliad (/ˈɪliəd/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς Ilias, pronounced [iː.li.ás] in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

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