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1、TheInfluenceofGreekCultureonEnglishLiteratureThoughtheGreekcultureexistedalongtimeagoandwasfarfromnow,itsinfluenceisenormousenoughforustoconcentrateonitandhaveadeepunderstandingofit.Inthisessay,Iwilltalksomethingaboutthistopicandgivesomeexamplestoshowwhatitis.Theexam
2、plesincludetwoaspects,vocabularyandideology.Maybetheseexamplesarereallysimple,buttheirhistorycanbeverylongandIsupposefewofyouknow.FromthisessayIseehowtheGreekcultureinfluenceEnglishliteratureandhowenormousitis.Greekcultureisalostandclassicculture.Itsexistenceisover20
3、00yearsfarfromnow.Buttherationalityandwisdominitisstillcharming.Thousandsofscholarswhoarecuriousaboutculturehavestudiedinthisareaandcannothelplosingthemselvesinit.Thebeautyofitmakeslatergenerationsexcited.Wemustnotignoreitsstrongpower.AlsotheEnglishliteraturehasavery
4、longhistory.AndtheinfluenceofGreekcultureonEnglishliteratureisobviouslyenormousandfar-reaching.EnglishknewGreekculturethroughtheRomans.RomanscameinforGreekculture,especiallytheGreekmythology.DuringthecommunicationbetweenEnglishandRomans,Greekmythologypenetratedancien
5、tEnglishviaancientLatin.TherearelotsofthingsinEnglishliteraturethatcomefromGreekculture.Maybewecansaytheinfluenceisineverywhere,suchasvocabulary,art,ideology,architectureandsoon.TherearetoomanythatIcannotlistallofthembutsomeofthem.Wecanlearnsomethingabouttheinfluence
6、inthisessay.SotheessayistryingtofocusonsomeexamplestoshowtheinfluenceofGreekcultureonEnglishliterature.AtfirstletustakealookattheinfluenceofGreekcultureonEnglishliteraryvocabulary.TheGreekmythologyisabigpartofGreekculture.Thestoriescamedownoverthousandsofyears.Howeve
7、r,theyarealwaysbeingreadstudied.Writersusethemintheirbooksstudentsusethemintheircompositions.Theyhavealready6.comeintothemodernlife.Themythologyusuallyhassomespecialmeaningsintheancient.Sopeopleandwritersusethemasawaytoshowtheirspecialmeanings.Ofcourse,therearemanyde
8、rivationsfromtheGreekculture.Andsomeofthesederivationsarenowwidelyusedinthemodernlifeandmanygreatworks.TakeFloraforexample.Sheisthe
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