研究生英语预习课件Cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome.ppt

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1、CulturesofAncientGreeceandRomeGreekandRomanMythologyGreekandRomanMythologyareagroupoftraditionaltalestoldbytheancientGreeksandRomanaboutthedeedsofgods,heroesandtheirrelationswithhumanbeings.So，lookatthedifferencebetweentheRomanMythologyandtheGreekMythology.TheFirstDifferenceTheori

2、ginofthetwosystemsofMythology:ThearchaicRomansdidnothavemyths.UntiltheiroetsbegantoborrowfromGreekmodelsinthelaterpartoftheRepublic,theRomanshadnosequentialnarrativesabouttheirgods.TheSecondDifferenceThedifferentideasabouttheGods:TheRomanmodelinvolvedaverydifferentwayofdefiningand

3、thinkingaboutthegodsthanwearefamiliarwithfromGreece.ThearchaicRoman"mythology",atleastconcerningthegods,wasmadeupnotofnarratives,butratherofinterlockingandcomplexinterrelationsbetweenandamonggodsandhumans.ThethirddifferenceThenameofthetwosystems.MostoftheGreekdeitieswereadoptedbyt

4、heRomans,althoughinmanycasestherewasachangeofname.ThePrincipalGodsFamilyTreeMajorGods/GoddessesZeusHeraPoseidonHephaestusAresArtemisApolloHermesDionysusAtheneAphroditeDemeterTheBeginningoftheWorldBeforeearthandseaandheavensbecameknown,thefaceofnaturewasoneformlessmassandwholespace

5、waslifeless.Theuniversewasauniformdarkness,withoutsunandmoon.ChaosandGaea(theearth)generateeverythingthatexists,includingseas,mountains,godsandmonsters.ThenGaea’smatingwithhersonUranus（thesky),whichproduces12TitanswithGronusastheirleader.theTitans（十二泰坦）Cronus(克罗诺斯):天空之神。Rhea(瑞亚):时

6、光女神。Oceanus(俄刻阿诺斯):水之神。Tethys(泰西斯):沧海女神。俄刻阿诺斯之妻。Crius(克瑞斯):生长之神。Lapetus(伊阿佩托斯):灵魂之神。阿忒拉斯、普罗米修斯、厄庇米修斯和墨诺提俄斯之父。Phoebe(福柏):月之女神。月之女神勒托与阿斯特瑞亚之母。Coeus(科俄斯):智力之神。Themis(忒弥斯):秩序和正义女神。宙斯第二位妻子,时序三女神母。Mnemosyne(谟涅摩叙涅):记忆之神。宙斯第五位妻子,九缪斯之母。Hyperion(许配利翁):光之神Thea(忒亚):许配利翁之妻。theGods（十二主神）Zeus(宙斯

7、):thegodofthesky.Hera(赫拉):thegoddessofmarriageandchildbirth.Poseidon(波塞冬):thegodofthesea,protector.Hades(哈迪斯):thegodthedeadandwealth.Hestia(赫斯提亚):thegoddessoftheHearth(灶台).Ares(阿瑞斯):thegodofwar.Hermes(赫尔墨斯):thegodofthievesandcommerce.Hephaestus(赫斯菲托斯):thegodoffireandtheforge(熔炉).A

8、pollo(阿波罗):thegodoflight.Artemis(