西概Note week2

• syllable

Em- ：out

Emerge → to come out of something or out from behind something

Dia- ：go through

1.          Dialogue → a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems

2.          Dialect → a way of speaking a language that is used only in a particular area or by a particular group

3.          Diagnosis → a statement about what disease someone has, based on examining them

4.          Diameter → a straight line that crosses a circle through the center, or the length of this line

De- ：down，away from

1.          Deport → to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there

2.          Departure → an occasion when someone leaves a place, for example to go on a journey (啟程)

3.          Decline → to become less or worse

4.          Depreciate → to become less valuable than before

Mono- ：one

Monotheism → belief in only one God (一神信仰)

(one) (god)

Poly- ：many (多個)

1.         Polytheism → the belief that there is more than one god

2.          Polygamy → the custom of having more than one husband or wife at the same time in societies where this is legal

Monopoly → something that only one person or group of people has

-ium；-eum ：框線起來的範圍

1.          Millennium → the beginning of a period of 1,000 years (千禧年)

2.          Aquarium →a glass or plastic container that fish and other water animals are kept in

Aquar- 水

3.          Coliseum → (羅馬競技場)

4.          Museum → a building where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them

5.          Equilibrium → a situation in which there is a balance between different forces or aspects

6.          Auditorium  → the part of a theatre, cinema etc where the audience sits (禮堂)

Audi- VS Spec-

Audi- ：to listen

Auditorium

Audience → a group of people who have come to a place to see or hear a film, performance, speech；The people who watch a sports match or other large event are usually called spectators or the crowd

Spec- ：to look

1.          Spectator → someone who watches a public activity or event, especially a sports event

2.          Inspect → to look at something carefully in order to check that it is correct or good enough

3.          Perspective → a way of thinking about something

Ø  Lyre

The lyre is a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later periods. The lyre is similar in appearance to a small harp but with distinct differences. The word comes via Latin from the Greek (七弦琴)

l  Lyrics → the words of a song

Ø  Owl (貓頭鷹)

The modern West generally associates owls with wisdom. This link goes back at least as far as Ancient Greece, where Athens, noted for art and scholarship, and Athena, Athens' patron goddess and the goddess of wisdom, had the owl as a symbol.

Ø  Atreus

In Greek mythology, Atreus was a king of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Collectively, his descendants are known as Atreidai or Atreidae.

Ø  Thebes

Thebes is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others. Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed a Mycenaean settlement and clay tablets written in the Linear B script, indicating the importance of the site in the Bronze Age.

Ø  Oedipus

Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes, the son and killer of Laius, son and consort of Jocasta, and father and sibling of Polynices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled the prophecy, despite his efforts not to, that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. When the truth was discovered, his wife-mother hanged herself, and Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. They had four children together. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Together, these plays make up Sophocles's three Theban plays. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe.

Ø  Altar

An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices and worship are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship. Today they are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as in Neopaganism and Ceremonial Magic. Judaism used such a structure until the destruction of the Second Temple. Many historical faiths also made use of them, including Greek and Norse religion.

Ø  Theatre of Dionysus(酒神)

A The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major open-air theatre and one of the earliest preserved in Athens. It is considered the first theatre in the world. It was used for festivals in honor of the god Dionysus.

Ø  Asclepius(醫神)

A god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment), and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean ("the Healer").The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. Those physicians and attendants who served this god were known as the Therapeutae of Asclepius.