Ø English is the only you
employ to access information.
For
example, we use it to study the reflection of Literature.
Ø Continue “The Iliad”
The Iliad is
an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to
Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy
(Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events
during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.
The Iliad is paired with
something of a sequel, the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer.
Along with the Odyssey, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western
literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth
century BC. It is written in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek
and other dialects.
Ø How to fight in Troy? One-on-one
combat
Ø Priam：
In Greek mythology,
Priam was
the king of Troy during the Trojan War.
Priam had many wives;
his first was Arisbe, who had given birth to his son Aesacus, who met his death
before the Trojan War. Priam later divorced her in favor of Hecuba, daughter of
the Phrygian king Dymas. By his various wives and concubines Priam was the
father of fifty sons and many daughters. Hector was Priam's eldest son by Hecuba, and
heir to the Trojan throne. Paris, another son, was the cause of the
Trojan War. Other children of Priam and Hecuba include the prophetic Helenus
and Cassandra; eldest daughter Ilione; Deiphobus; Troilus; Polites; Creusa,
wife of Aeneas; Laodice, wife of Helicaon; Polyxena, who was slaughtered on the
grave of Achilles; and Polydorus, his youngest son.
Ø In medias res
A
tale beginning in medias res opens in the midst of action. Often, exposition is bypassed
and filled in gradually, either through dialogue, flashbacks or description of
past events.
Works that employ in
medias res often, though not always, subsequently use flashback and nonlinear
narrative for exposition of earlier events in order to fill in the backstory.
Ø Hephaestus ：天國唯一鐵匠
The Greek god of blacksmiths,
craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes. Hephaestus'
Roman equivalent is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of
Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods. In
another version, he was rejected by his mother because of his deformity and
thrown out of heaven and down to earth.
Ø Syllable
1.
pyr- hot; fire
2.
pyre 葬禮
3.
initial
→happening at the
beginning of a process, or when you first see or hear about something
4.
outrageous
→ very shocking or
unreasonable
5.
enchanted
→ affected by
special magic powers
6.
vulnerable
→ someone who is
vulnerable is weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally
