英语第一章课件.ppt

Division One Greek Culture and Roman Culture Knowledge of Greece location: Southern Europe capital city: Athens neighboring countries: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, famous Greek people: places of interest: The Lion Gate Parthenon I. Greek Culture 1. Historical context 2. Social and political structure 3. Homer 4. Lyric poetry 5. Drama 6. History 7. Philosophy and science 8. Art, architecture, sculpture and pottery 9. Impact 1. Historical context War between Greece and Troy in about 1,200 B. C. Greek culture in the 5th century B. C. Civil war between Athens and Sparta Rule of Alexander in the 4th century B. C. In 146 B. C. the Romans conquered Greece. A legendary horse What’s the name of the horse? In which war did it appear? What was it used for? Trojan War 特洛伊战争 In Greek mythology and in Iliad and Odyssey by Homer About 1,200 B. C. War between Greece and Troy Fought over the beautiful Helen Lasted for 10 years Trojan horse, Laocoon(p33) Troy defeated Greece and Troy Laocoon Rule of Alexander Ancient Greek king of Macedon (336–323 BC)马其顿, ancient kingdom in the northern-most part of ancient Greece Alexander fighting Persian king 2. Social and political structure Democracy— “exercise of power by the whole people”, the adult male citizens Economy—slave labor Sports –Olympus Mount—Olympic Games, revived in 1896 3. Homer Ancient Greeks considered Homer to be the author of their epics. He probably lived around 700 B.C. Two such epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, 《伊利亚特》与《奥德赛》 have survived. They are not about events of Homers own time, but about great men and wars of a remoter age, probably in the period 1200-1100 B.C. The Iliad deals with the alliance of the states of the southern mainland of Greece, led by Agamemnon in their war against the city of Troy. The heroes are Hector on the Trojan side and Achilles and Odysseus on the Greek. In the final battle, Hector was killed by Achilles and Troy was sacked and burned by the Greeks. The Odyssey deals w