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* * * Do We Still Need Greco-Roman Mythology？ Wang Lei (王磊), PhD, Associate Professor College of English Language and Literature Shanghai International Studies University May 18, 2011 栽谩彼掉续截肮吮诫鞭咙躲俺福吻厨意仙摔撵迹郧汽与涩纷峭矽筷嘴宫辞LecturePPTLecturePPT To Helen 致海伦 Edgar Allan Poe 1845 Helen, thy beauty is to me 海伦，对于我，你那美艳 Like those Nicean barks of yore 像往昔的尼斯之船， That gently, oer a perfumed sea, 轻柔地拂过那芳香的大海， The weary, way-worn wanderer bore 载着那疲惫的游子， To his own native shore. 返回故乡的海岸。 On desperate seas long wont to roam, 徘徊在茫茫无际的大海上， Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, 你水仙一般的秀发，你雍容典雅的脸庞， Thy Naiad airs have brought me home 你海神一般的风韵，让我见识到， To the glory that was Greece, 希腊旧日的风华， And the grandeur that was Rome. 罗马往昔的庄严。Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche 看！在那明丽的窗镜内， How statue-like I see thee stand, 我看到了你手持玛瑙灯的身影， The agate lamp within thy hand, 这般阿娜娉婷！ Ah! Psyche, from the regions which 啊！你这来自天国的 Are Holy Land! 灵魂！ 亚炭潞慕欢角查单忌枯秆九振掺鞭瞥孕瓢怪济若宦德于生彭屯肪部扣岗很LecturePPTLecturePPT … the glory that was Greece … 光荣属于希腊 十脑伏墟储笨哈褐兹供寸氯几戴垛丁赊塔铱肋鹅啼买肠差砷景碰栓郭殷迫LecturePPTLecturePPT … the grandeur that was Rome. 伟大属于罗马 遥俗几剔弊战辨痔钉伊蹦商撮奸惩虾够疑缎雾楚碗沟淫撮物暗鞠慷掠怔普LecturePPTLecturePPT 1. What is myth Mythology = mythos (“utterances”, or “something one says”)+logos (“reason”, “truth”, “principle”) A traditional story of unknown authorship, ostensibly with a historical basis, but serving usually to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man, or the customs, institutions, religious rites, etc. of a people: myths usually involve the exploits of gods and heroes. (Websters New World College Dictionary) 线茶釉贿护亥绅辊耘士他海月兵驳赢脸爸丢敝毛琵挚矣滓仍环翼坤乙寐颧LecturePPTLecturePPT 2. How Greco-Roman mythology evolved Western civilized man has an amniotic (羊膜的) relationship to Greece. Greece is every Western man’s second nature. 2.1 The Greek mythology 2.1.1 Its evolution Strong influence of the older traditions of ancient E