EuropeanCultureAnIntroductionWhydoWeLearnEuropeanCultureItoffersthebackgroundforthelanguageofEnglish.Ithelpsustoopenmind.Itcanenrichouremotionallife.TextBookEuropeanCulture:AnIntroductionForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress主編:王佐良，祝玨，李品偉，高厚堃We’llfocuson4divisionsofthebookGreekcultureandRomancultureTheBibleandChristianityRenaissanceTheAgeofEnlightenmentAttendance10%QuickFireQuestions(teamwork)10%Presentation10%WrittenExamination70%Grouping5peopleeachgroup.Electagroupleader.TwoMajorElementsinEuropeanCultureTheGreco-Romanelement.TheJudeo-Christianelement.Ⅰ.GreekCultureand RomanCultureGreekCultureMythologyEpicLyricsDramaHistoryPhilosophyScienceArtTheCloseRelationshipbetweenGreekMythsandModernEnglishSomeWordsandIdiomsarederivedfromGreco-RomanMythology.Eg.Pandora’sBox,Damocles’Sword,aSphinxRiddle,theStoneofSisyphus,Narcissus,LaurelPandora’sBoxPandorawasthefirstwomanthatZeusorderedHephaestustomake.ShewasbestoweduponhumankindasapunishmentforPrometheus’theftoffire.asourceofmanyunforeseentroublesTheSwordofDamoclesDamocleswasaCourtiertoDionysiustheElder,tyrantofSyracuse.everexistingdanger

ASphinxRiddle

Sphinx

wasawingedcreaturehavingtheheadofawomanandthebodyofalion.Sheposedariddleforpeopletosolve,andatlastOedipusgavetherightanswer.

Apuzzlingormysteriousriddleorproblem.TheStoneofSisyphus

SisyphuswasacruelkingofCorinthcondemnedforevertorollahugestoneupahillinHadesonlytohaveitrolldownagainonnearingthetop. Eternalandfrustratinglabor.

NarcissusNarcissuswasayouthwhopinedawayinloveforhisownimageinapoolofwaterandwastransformedintotheflowerthatbearshisname.Narcissism:Excessiveloveoradmirationofoneself.

LaurelApolloandDaphneLaurelPoet,win/gain(one’s)laurelsSomeAspectsofLifeareRelatedwithGreekMythsForExample:Constellations:Aries(白羊座），Taurus(金牛座），Gemini(雙子座),Cancer(巨蟹座），Leo(獅子座),Virgo(處女座),Libra(天秤座),Scorpio(天蝎座),Sagittarius(射手座),Capricorn(摩羯座),Aquarius(水瓶座),Pisces(雙魚座)LiteratureandArt:TheDivineComedy,WorksofShakespeare…1.Theogony

ByHesiod(8thcenturyB.C.)Chaos——Gaea(earth),Tartarus(hell),Eros(love),Nyx(night),Erebus(darkness)，ByGaeaherself——Uranus(heaven),Ourea(mountains),Pontus(Sea)ByGaeaandhersonUranus:Titans,Hundred-handed,Cyclopes,Cronus,RheaByCronusandRhea:Hera,Demeter,Hestia,Poseidon,Hades,ZeusByZeusandHeraandothergoddesses:Ares,Hephaestus,Hebe,Athena,Apollo,Artemi