西方文明史双语教材.ppt

西方文化;一 西方文化的起源 Source of Western Culture;克里特文化;迈锡尼文化;二古希腊神话 （Ancient Greek Mythology） ; All the chief gods mentioned above took human forms of incomparable beauty and grace. Often moved by human feelings and desires, they frequently gave way to anger and jealousy. They became involved in ceaseless battles with the world of man. Among themselves at Olympus they plotted and struggled for power. In the human world they experienced competitions and difficulties. They enjoyed earthly friendships and loves.;希腊罗马神名对照表;Questions:Please write down the gods’ family and their functions.;Lecture Two 普罗米修斯盗天火（Prometheus Steals Fire） ;Flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion, Zeus let other gods chain Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus（高加索山）, where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which evegrew Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down to men. Flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion, Zeus let other gods chain Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus（高加索山）, where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which evegrew again. His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years. Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus. At last Heracles made Prometheus and Zeus restore to friendship, when Heracles came over to in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free.;延伸内容：古希腊三大悲剧家埃斯库罗斯(Aeschylus)的代表作：《被缚的普罗米修斯》(Prometheus Bound). Prometheus Unbound (解放的普罗米修斯) is a four-act play by Percy B. Shelley （雪来）first published in 1820. It is inspired by Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound and concerns the final release from captivity of Prometheus. However, unlike Aeschyluss version, there is no reconciliation between Prometheus and Zeus in Shelleys narrative. Instead, Zeus is overthrown, which allow Prometheus to be released. ;Lecture Three Pandora’s Box 潘朵拉的盒子 ; Zeus decided to send her down to men as a present. So Hermes the messenger brough