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1、TheGreekCivilization2021/9/20John3:161“TheglorythatwasGreece...thegrandeurthatwasRome”ToHelenHelen,thybeautyistome LikethoseNiceanbarksofyore Thatgently,o'eraperfumedsea, Theweary,way-wornwandererbore Tohisownnativeshore. Ondesperateseaslongwonttoroam, Thyhyacinthhair,thyclassicfa
2、ce, ThyNaiadairshavebroughtmehome TotheglorythatwasGreece, AndthegrandeurthatwasRome. Lo,inyonbrilliantwindow-niche Howstatue-likeIseetheestand, Theagatelampwithinthyhand, Ah!Psyche,fromtheregionswhich AreHolyLand!EdgarAllanPoe(1809 –1849),Americanauthor,poet,editorandliterarycrit
3、ic.HelenofSpartaInGreekmythology,HelenofTroy,alsoknownasHelenofSparta,wasthedaughterofZeusandLeda,wifeofMenelaus(legendarykingofMycenaeanSparta).Herabduction(诱拐)byParis(thesonofPriam,kingofTroy)broughtabouttheTrojanWar.GreekContributionstotheWesternCivilizationandtheModernWorldGree
4、ceisthecradleofWesterncivilization,theoriginofdramaandhistoryandphilosophy,andthebirthplaceofdemocracyaswell.ItishardtoimaginewhatcivilizedlifewouldbeliketodaywithouttheinfluenceofancientGreece.Thus,Greecehasmadeseverallonglastingcontributions,especiallyinclassicalart,drama,medicin
5、e,architecture,sports,mathematics,philosophy,andgovernment.TheGreekculturehashadaveryprofoundimpactonthewaypeoplelivenowadays.GreekclassicalartDiscusThrowerVenusdeMiloLaocoonandhissonsTheartsofancientGreecehaveexercisedanenormousinfluenceonthecultureofmanycountriesallovertheworld,p
6、articularlyintheareaofsculpture.IntheWest,theartoftheRomanEmpirewaslargelyderivedfromGreekmodels.IntheEast,AlexandertheGreat’sconquestsinitiatedseveralcenturiesofexchangebetweenGreek,CentralAsianandIndiancultures,resultinginGreco-Buddhistart.Wellintothe19thcentury,theclassicaltradi
7、tionderivedfromGreecedominatedtheartofthewesternworld.AncientGreekarchitectureisbestknownfromitstemples,manyofwhicharefoundthroughouttheregion,mostlyasruinsbutmanysubstantiallyintact.Parthenon(帕台农神殿)AncientGreekarchitectureThesecondimportanttypeofbuildingistheopen-airtheatre,withth
8、eearliestdatingfromaround3
