09/22/2016 Western Literature (week2)

09/22/2016 Western Literature (week2)

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※Roman Numerals

You don't need to remember all of it. 

Only 7 numerals to remember.

 I=1 

V=5

X=10

L=50

C=100 

D=500 

M=1000

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※ Helen Of Troy

(Helen Of Troy, 2003, 173min) IMOD

Menelaus: King of Sparta
Agamemnon: the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus.
Achilles: a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.                 Paris: the king of Troy
Cassandra:was a daughter of King Priam and of Queen Hecuba of Troy.
Hector: a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.
Patroclus: Achilles' beloved comrade.


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※Homer's Epic

Iliad : 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.

Odyssey:The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy.

※Tragedy   (Greek tragedy )

From its origins in the theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago, from which there survives only a fraction of the work of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

※Definition

Lyric

 expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or  recognized forms.

Narrative

 a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

※Bard

a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition.

22/09/2016       Chang I-Hsin