希腊罗马神话

1、APPRECIATION OFAPPRECIATION OF GREEK & ROMAN GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGYMYTHOLOGY希腊罗马神话欣赏希腊罗马神话欣赏About the Course Course Description Requirements & Grading Outline Recommended ReadingCourse DescriptionGreek and Roman mythology one of the three origins of western culturehaving enormous influe

2、nce upon western literature, arts, astronomy, social lifeTherefore, there is some truth in the saying that without certain knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology, one can never fully understand and appreciate western culture. (eg. literature, arts, character)Significance of the CourseLanguagevchaoti

3、cvmartialvPrometheanvunder the aegis ofvJupiter laughs at lovers perjuries.vFar from Jupiter, far from thunder.vWithout Ceres and Bacchus, Venus grows cold.Literaturev Shakespeare (1564-1616)v Troilus and Cressida (tragedy)v Venus and Adonis (poem)Literaturev Shelley (1792-1822)v Prometheus Unboundv

4、 Hymn of Apollov Hymn of Panv AdonisvKeatsvEndymionvOde to PsychevJames JoycevUlysses(Odyssey)vB. ONeillvMourning Becomes Electra(Oresteia)LiteraturevGeorge Bernard Shaw vPygmalionSaturn: God of agriculture and father of JupiterAstronomyUrsa MajorConstellation 48 out of 88Ursa MinorConstellationLyra

5、ConstellationHerculesConstellationOrion ConstellationArtsDa Vinci, 1506a 16 C. copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo, 1530 (National Gallery, London) Leda and the Swan ArtsJacopo Carucci Pontormo 1512-13 意大利佛罗伦萨乌斐兹美术馆.jpg大理石雕塑大理石雕塑 希腊古典时期希腊古典时期v Apollo Programv Poseidon Submarinev Trident I &am

6、p; II missileOther AspectsG & R mythology consists of 3 parts: Origins of the world Lives and adventures of gods & goddesses Lives and adventures of heroes & heroinesCourse DescriptionThings to be Covered in the CourseCourse DescriptionThis course introduces: Origins of the world how the

7、 world beginsits Gods and Goddess who they are and what they do its Heroes & Heroines Trojan war heroes; Kings its features what we can know about Greek and Westernspirit from the mythology REQUIREMENTSGRADINGDISTRIBUTIONParticipation30%Throughout the termPresentation40%Week 3 to 8Test OR Paper3

8、0%The last day of class Requirements & GradingCourse DescriptionPresentationv On an assigned topic (a word/idiom)v PowerPoint; use visual aids v about 5 minutes longv The presentation should include: Origin (the myth)Meaning Usage (give some examples)Course DescriptionOutline Introduction to Myt

9、hology G. Mythology vs.vs. R. Mythology Genesis, First Men, and Flood Major Gods and Goddess Features of G. & R. Mythology Course DescriptionRecommended Readingv希腊罗马神话一百篇希腊罗马神话一百篇（英汉对照）（英汉对照）陶洁等选译，陶洁等选译，中国对外翻译出版公司中国对外翻译出版公司 1989v古希腊神话古希腊神话（英汉对照）（英汉对照）折鸿雁译，折鸿雁译，西北工业大学出版社西北工业大学出版社 1999v希腊罗马神话希腊罗马神

10、话（英文）（英文）常耀信编注，常耀信编注，外语教学与研究出版社外语教学与研究出版社 1981v希腊的神话和传说希腊的神话和传说（中文）（中文）(德德)斯威布著；斯威布著；楚图南译楚图南译,人民文学出版社，人民文学出版社，1958v希腊古典神话希腊古典神话（中文）（中文）(德德)古斯塔夫古斯塔夫施瓦布著；施瓦布著；曹乃云译，曹乃云译，译林出版社，译林出版社，1995Recommended Wvhttp:/ /areas/mythology/europe/greek/后羿射日黄帝的故事大禹治水Greek MythologyGreek Mythology vs. R

11、oman MythologyRoman MythologyGreek CivilizationGreek CivilizationRoman CivilizationRoman CivilizationMinoan AgeThe Dark AgesMycenaean AgePre-eminent Stage 克诺索斯王宫克诺索斯王宫遗址 距今3000多年前，克里特岛北部城市克诺索斯在卫生和舒适方面达到了相当现代化的水准。取暖、排水设施精良。历史上第一个把浴缸引进日常生活的城市。A small tribe of shepherds from the banks of the River Danu

12、be;Backward culture(753 509 BC)vthe city of Rome (founded in 753 B.C.) va settling place for herder-farmers along the Tiber Rivervacceptance of Greek Culture vcreation of Latin language(509 31 B.C.)vRoman expansion vpolitical system & lawvimitation of Greek culture(31 BC AD 476)vAchievements in

13、cultureLiteratureArts (architecture)PhilosophyLaw vInfluence of Greek cultureGreek MythologyGreek Mythology vs. Roman MythologyRoman Mythology For quite a long period: oral tradition; tanglesome; contradictory: two epic poems (start of Greek literature) Iliad伊利亚特 The last year of Trojan War (the las

14、t 51 days); Agamemnon; Achilles; Patroclus vs.vs. Hector Hera & Athena vs.vs. Aphrodite & Apollo Odyssey奥德赛 Odysseus: (赫西俄德) Theogony神谱 (735 BC) (6th-5th BC) Aeschylus (埃斯库罗斯)Prometheus Bound; Prometheus Unbound ; Agamemnon ; Sophocles (索福克勒斯) Oedipus Tyrannus Euripides (欧里庇得斯) Daughters of

15、Pelias (story of Medea) Highlighting the power of the gods; objects to symbolize gods Lightening Jupiter Spear Mars Roman gods are more closely related to agriculture, animal husbandry & family life Venus Vesta build temples for gods bestow human shape to gods blending of Greek and Roman godseg:

16、 JupiterJunoMinervaApollo same image and personality, and same relation as those in GM (70 19 BC) Aeneid 伊尼伊德an epic modeled after Homer and filled with material drawn from Greek legend. Adventure of a Trojan hero, Aeneas (Troilus) (43 BC 17 AD) Metamorphoses 变形记an entertaining and lively rendering

17、of Greek mythological stories into LatinZeusHeraAthenaApolloArtemisAphroditeAresHephaestusHermesDemeterDionysusPoseidonHadesPersephoneErosJupiterJunoMinerva ApolloDianaVenusMarsVulcanMercuryCeresBacchusNeptunePlutoProserpinaCupid 宙斯宙斯赫拉赫拉雅典娜雅典娜阿波罗阿波罗阿耳特弥斯阿耳特弥斯阿弗洛迪特阿弗洛迪特阿瑞斯阿瑞斯赫菲斯托斯赫菲斯托斯赫尔墨斯赫尔墨斯德墨特耳德墨特耳狄俄尼索斯狄俄尼索斯波塞冬波塞冬哈得斯哈得斯珀耳塞福涅珀耳塞福涅厄洛斯厄洛斯朱庇特朱庇特朱诺朱诺密涅瓦密涅瓦阿波罗阿波罗迪安娜迪安娜维纳斯维纳斯马尔斯马尔斯伏尔甘伏尔甘墨丘利墨丘利克瑞斯克瑞斯巴克斯巴克斯涅普顿涅普顿普路同普路同普洛塞庇娜普洛塞庇娜丘比特丘比特Zeus zju:sHera hirAthena i:nApollo pluArtemis :timisAphrodite .frdaitiAres ri:zHephaestus hifi:stsHermes h:mi:zDemeter dimi:tDionysus .dainaiss