a. 字首 Prefixes
de-: down, away from
for example,
decline/[INTRANSITIVE] to become less or worse
depreciate/[INTRANSITIVE] to become less valuable than before
departure/[SINGULAR] an occasion when someone leaves a place, for example togo on a journey
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b. Plot
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c. Cupid's arrow
Cupid carries 2 kinds of arrows,one with a sharp golden point, and the other with a blunt tip of lead. 金箭射入人心會產生愛情，鉛箭射入人心會產生憎惡(經常無目的地瞎射)
Apollo taunts Cupid as the lesser archer, Cupid shoots him with the golden arrow, but strikes the object of his desire with the lead.
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d. cassandra's prophecy
Cassandra consented to have sex with Apollo in exchange for the gift of prophecy, and then broke her promise. Her punishment was the curse of never being believed.
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e. 單字 Vocabulary
suitor: OLD-FASHIONED a man who wants to get married to a particular woman 求婚者
plague: any serious disease that spreads quickly to a lot of peopleand usually ends in death 瘟疫
crisis: an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation 危機 [典故來自Apollo祭司的女兒Chryseis(因為Agamemnon不願還給Chryses)]
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f. thousand ships
希臘聯軍各城邦出一艘船→ thousand ships
The face that launched a thousand ships.
Meaning
A reference to the mythological figure Helen of Troy (or some would say, to Aphrodite). Her abduction by Paris was said to be the reason for a fleet of a thousand ships to be launched into battle, initiating the Trojan Wars.
Origin
The face that launched a thousand shipsChristopher Marlowe, in Doctor Faustus (variously dated between 1590 and 1604), referring to Helen of Troy, or as Marlowe had it 'Helen of Greece':
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
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g. In medias res
The Iliad begins when the war is already in its tenth year and ends before the capture of the city.
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h. Greek Immortals
*Hephaestus, the god of the Smith; the son of Hera and artificer of the Olympians.(送Achilles的父母特製盔甲和盾牌)(娶Aphrodite)
*Aphrodite, the golden goddess of Love; born of the blood of Ouranos (the Heavens) and the foam of the sea.
*Ares, the god of War; the son of Zeus and Hera.
Aphrodite和Ares偷情，Ares找僕人在天亮叫醒他們，結果僕人忘記，害他們被發現→rooster由來
*Hermes 荷米斯(Roman name is Mercury水星): god of trade(貿易走水路); the son of Zeus and Maia.
*Iris, the Wind-Footed messenger of the Immortals.
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