大学英语课程希腊罗马神话WEEK13.pptVIP

Greek Myth Week 13 QUIZ Relate the following in the following order: POLYPHEMUS ? POSEIDON ? ANDROMEDA ? PERSEUS ? OEDIPUS For example: Bow and Arrows ? Venus The bow are arrows are the tools of Cupid, who is the son of Venus 00 QUIZ ANSWERS POLYPHEMUS ? POSEIDON ? ANDROMEDA ? PERSEUS ? OEDIPUS Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon Poseidon sends a sea monster to destroy Andromeda’s homeland, her parents try to sacrifice her to make Poseidon happy Perseus saves Andromeda Perseus is destined to kill his grandfather, Oedipus is destined to kill his father, both were nearly killed when young, both kill a terrible monster RELAX! ECHO Echo was a nymph She was good at talking and was a favorite of Hera’s One day, she distracted Hera so that a friend could spend time with Zeus PUNISHMENT Hera punished Echo by taking away her ability to make her own words Now she could only repeat the words of others Echo lived in the woods, ashamed and lonely NARCISSUS One day, Echo saw a handsome young man walking through the woods His name was Narcissus Like many other women, Echo fell in love with him LOVE But Echo could not make her own words, so she followed him Narcissus came to a pool of water and saw a beautiful face in the water He knelt next to the water and spoke to the face “I love you” ECHO Happy Echo repeated these words that expressed her own meaning exactly But Narcissus did not hear her words He was focused on the beautiful face TRANSFORMATION Narcissus was so focused he didn’t eat or drink He stayed there looking at the face until he died Out of his body, beautiful flowers sprung These are named Narcissus after him ECHO Echo also changed She still haunts the woods and mountains But now she has no body Only her voice remains to echo the sounds made by others WHAT ARE THREE SEAS WHOSE NAMES COME FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY? GERYON Hercules traveled far to the west to capture Geryon’s cattle Along the way it was hot, so Hercules drew an arrow and threatened the sun The sun was fri