Topic: Quiz4 &book discussion
- Quiz
3.In Book 1, Achilles is stopped from killing Agamemnon by
A)Odysseus
B)Zeus
C)Hector
D)Pallas Athena
*Pallas-Homeric epithet-" A great virgin"
6.The Trojan War was caused by
A)the fight over who would possess the jewel-studded Trojan horse
B)Troy's monopoly of the spice trade
C)Paris' abduction of Helen
D)Agamemnon's abduction of Chryseis
*ab-"away, from, from off, down"
abduct
abnormal
abort
9.Which two Achaeans go on the night raid in Book 10?
A)Diomedes and Odysseus
B)Ajax and Odysseus
C)Agamemnon and Odysseus
D)Achilles and Patroclus
*night raid=attack
12.In the Iliad, who is the messenger of the gods?
A)Andromache
B)Athena
C)Zephyrus
D)Iris
Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. Iris links the gods to humanity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.
Hermes is a god of transitions and boundaries. He is quick and cunning, and moves freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as an emissary and messenger of the gods,intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife.He is the protector and patron of herdsmen, thieves,oratory and wit, literature and poetry, athletics and sports, invention and trade,roads, boundaries and travelers.
Eris ( Greek: Ἔρις, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord. Her name is the equivalent of Latin Discordia, which means "discord".
19.Who is the oldest of the Achaean chieftains?
A)Nestor
B)Agamemnon
C)Diomedes
D)Achilles
*chieftains-leader of the soldier
21.Homer's attitude toward the interaction between fate and free willcould best be described as
A)a belief that fate is an illusion
B)a belief in an often paradoxical combination of man's free will, the intervention of the gods, and the dictates of fate
C)a belief that the gods control everything and men have no agency
D)a belief that man's destiny is always completely in his own hands
*para-:"alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal"
paradox-
1)a person, thing, or situation that is strange because they have features or qualities that do not normally exist together.
2)a statement consisting of two parts that seem to mean the opposite of each other, or the use of this kind of statement in writing
paradoxical
parallel
→parallel-parking(路邊停車)
parasite
parachute
parasol
paragraph
*dic-:to tell,to say a word
dictation(聽寫測驗)
dictate-
1)to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record the words said, so that they can be written down
2)to say or state (something) with authority or power
→The UN will dictate the terms of troop withdrawal from the region.
3)to influence something or make it necessary
→I wanted to take a year off, but my financial situation dictated that I got a job.
dictionary
predict
*Fate幸運女神/Sleep睡神
*free will-the ability to choose between different possible courses of action.
It is closely linked to the concepts ofresponsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgments which apply only to actions that are freely chosen. It is also connected with the concepts of advice, persuasion, deliberation, and prohibition.
On one hand, humans have a strong sense of freedom, which leads us to believe that we have free will.On the other hand, an intuitive feeling of free will could be mistaken.
*hubris(pride)-exaggerated pride or self-confidence
→Show me some hubris.
→He was punished for his hubris.
*nature/nurture
天生nature-the basic character of a person or an animal
後天發展nurture-to provide the necessary conditions for something to grow and develop
- book discussion
A.atheism(a-:without, the:god)-"without god"
-the belief or theory that God does not exist
monotheism(mono-:one)-belief in only one God
polytheism(poly-:many)-the belief that there is more than one god
B.vir-;ver-:true
verify
virtue
virtual-almost a particular thing or quality→virtual reality
veritas-"truth" in Latin
C.Nero
He was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his grand-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death.
In 64 AD, most of Rome was destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome, which many Romans believed Nero himself had started in order to clear land for his planned palatial complex, the Domus Aurea.
The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire that started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 AD. It caused widespread devastation, before being brought under control after six days. Differing accounts either blame Emperor Nero for initiating the fire or credit him with organizing measures to contain it and provide relief for refugees.
In response to the accusations that he was responsible for the fire Nero blamed the devastation on the Christian community in the city, initiating the empire's first persecution against the Christians.
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