Western Literature(Week 8 ) 上課筆記

Topic : The Aeneid


1. movie : The Odyssey

2.  Textbook

(1)Nymph 在森林水邊遊走的女神

(2)The kingdom of the Dead 冥府

(3)Virgil →literature epic ; Odyssey → oral epic

(4)Dido (Queen of Carthage) 

     Dido was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first Queen of Carthage. She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. In some sources she is also known as Elissa.

(5)書名要underline!

(6)Ithaca

    Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is one of the elements of the Odyssey's plot.

(7)Oresteia
a. The Murder Of Agamemnon

(8)Athena → sparkling eyed

    Polyphemus → one eye god

    sea god → the earthquake god

    Athena → bright-eyed goddess

    Menelaus → the red-haired king

(9)Inferno

a. Inferno(Dante)

    Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil.

b.Inferno (Dan Brown)

(10)Persephone
    In Greek mythology, Persephone, also called Kore , is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest-goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld.