西洋文學概論~上課筆記(week 7)

u  The Odyssey à 書名斜體

u  Foreshadowing ó flashback

u  P203

    Hector’s dear wife and queenly mother -> Andromache and Hecuba 

    P204

    lament(n.)

    lamentation

    P205

    my husband àParis

    Light blossomed like roses in the eastern sky. -> simile

    Purpleà loyal color

    That was the funeral of Hector, breaker of horses.

u  P206

    King of Ithaca: Odysseus

    The great Odysseus till he reached his native land. àIthaca

    Calypso

    Agamemnon’s son, renowned Orestes

    cocky

    suitor

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   River Styx

   River Styx Charon

   River Styx ferryman

   River Styx boatman

   River Styx fare

   Pyre- A pyre is a high pile of wood built outside on which people

   burn a dead body or other things in a ceremony. 

Definition:

u  Muse- The Muses in Greek mythology, poetry and literature, are the goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture that was contained in poetic lyrics and myths.

u  Homeric epithet-A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the poet and the audience alike.