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Greek MythologyGreek mythology concerns the ancient Greekgods and heroes, the
Greek MythologyGreek mythology concerns the ancient Greekgods and heroes, the
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Greek Mythology
Greek mythology concerns the ancient Greek
gods and heroes, the (1)_____of the world, and the
origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices, attempting to explain the origins of the
world, and details the lives and (2)_____of a wide
variety of mythological creatures.
I. The early periods of the Greek literature
1. Iliad and Odyssey; epic poems, focus on the (3)_____
2. Theogony and Works and Days; two poems by Homer’s near contemporary accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of (4)_____
3. Myths; Homeric Hymns, epic poems, lyric poems, tragedians, writings of scholars and poets, texts of the Roman Empire
4. Greek gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration of (5)_____
II. Greek mythology influence
Many poets and artists have derived (6)_____
from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes.
1. Culture
The poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the diffusion and (7)_____of Greek mythology
2. Arts
Artists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology along with more conventional (8)_____themes 3. Literature
In northern Europe, Greek mythology mostly has obvious impact on literature
4. Western civilization
—The 18th century Enlightenment;
Insisting on the scientific and philosophical (9)_____of Greece and Rome
—Romanticism
Greek mythology became popular again and inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats, Byron and Shelley
—Influence on the Americans;
American authors believed that myths should provide (10)_____ [br]
Greek Mythology
Good morning, everyone. Today’s topic is the Greek mythology. (1) Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece and are part of religion in modern Greece and around the world. Modern scholars refer to, and study the myths in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece, its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
Greek mythology is embodied, explicitly, in a large collection of narratives, and implicitly in Greek representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. (2)Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world, and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and mythological creatures. These accounts initially were handed down in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature.
The oldest known Greek literary sources, (3) the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. (4) Two poems by Homer’s near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths also are preserved in the Homeric Hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the fifth century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age and in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.
Archaeological findings provide a principal source of detail about Greek mythology, with gods and heroes featured prominently in the decoration of many artifacts. Geometric designs on pottery of the eighth century BC depict scenes from the Trojan cycle as well as the adventures of Heracles. In the succeeding Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, Homeric and various other mythological scenes appear, supplementing the existing literary evidence.
Greek mythology has exerted an extensive influence on the culture, the arts, and the literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. (6)Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes.
With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in Renaissance, (7) the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets and artists and remained a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries. (8) From the early years of Renaissance, artists portrayed subjects from Greek mythology alongside more conventional Christian themes. Among the best-known subjects of Italian artists are Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur, the Ledas of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and Raphael’s Galatea. Through the medium of Latin and the works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy.
In Northern Europe, Greek mythology never took the same hold of the visual arts, but its effect was very obvious on literature. Both Latin and Greek classical texts were translated, so that stories of mythology became available. In England, Chaucer, the Elizabethans and John Milton were among those influenced by Greek myths; nearly all the major English poets from Shakespeare to Robert Bridges turned for inspiration to Greek mythology. Jean Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama. Racine reworked the ancient myths—including those of Phaidra, Andromache, Oedipus and Iphigenia—to new purpose.
The 18th century saw the philosophical revolution of the (9) Enlightenment spread throughout Europe and accompanied by a certain reaction against Greek myth; there was a tendency to insist on the scientific and philosophical achievements of Greece and Rome. The myths, however, continued to provide an important source of raw material for dramatists. By the end of the century, romanticism initiated a surge of enthusiasm for all things Greek, including Greek mythology. In Britain, it was a great period for new translations of Greek tragedies and Homer, and these in turn inspired contemporary poets, such as Keats, Byron and Shelley. The Hellenism of Queen’s Victoria poet laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, was such that even his portraits of the English court of King Arthur are suffused with echoes of the Homeric epics. The visual arts kept pace, stimulated by the purchase of the Parthenon marbles in 1816; many of the "Greek" paintings of Lord Leighton and Lawrence Alma-Tadema were seriously accepted as part of the transmission of the Hellenic ideal. The German composer of the 18th century Christoph Gluck was also influenced by Greek mythology. (10) American authors of the 19th century, such as Thomas Bulfinch and Nathaniel Hawthorne, believed that myths should provide pleasure, and held that the study of the classical myths was essential to the understanding of English and Ameri-can literature. According to Bulfinch, "the so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men; they belong now not to the department of theology , but to those of literature and taste". In more recent times, classical themes have been reinterpreted by many major dramatists in France, America, and England and by great novelists such as the Irish James Joyce and the French Andre Gide. Greek mythology has great impact on every aspects in the western countries, and it is still influencing the everyday life of the people. We’ll talk about it’s influence on our modern life next time. Thanks for your attention.
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divine rulers
解析
本题为细节题。紧接着提到了与荷马同时期的希腊诗人的两部作品,而这两部作品主要包含的内容有:Two poems…,the Theogony and the Works and Days,contain accounts of the genesis of the world,the succession of divine rulers,因此填人divine rulers。
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