homer.ppt

In western painting, Helens journey to Troy is usually depicted as a forced abduction. The Rape of Helen (c.?1530–1539) Homer 荷马正在爱奥尼亚的一条大路旁 吟唱歌颂特洛亚英雄的史诗 Do you know the idioms? An Apple of Discord The Heel of Achilles /the Achilles’ Heel Helen of Troy The Trojan Horse A Penelope’s Web/The Web of Penelope From The Iliad and The Odyssey Little is known about Homer. Supposedly he was a blind bard (吟游诗人) who lived on the west coast of Asia Minor between 800 and 700 B.C. Homer Homer is traditionally held as the author of the two epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey. He is believed to be the first recorder of ancient Greek epic poems and scholars found in his works an obvious change from a completely oral tradition toward an actual written script. 《荷马和他的向导》 布格罗作 The Iliad The Iliad is part of the Trojan War, which has its roots in the judgment of Paris, the prince of Troy, along with his abduction of Helen. To retrieve Helen, her husband Menelaus calls on the Greeks to go on a journey of war to fight the Trojans. The narrative covers: Achilles’ withdrawal from the fighting after a quarrel with Agamemnon Achilles’ resumption of arms The death of the Trojan Prince, Hector at Achilles’ hands 《伊利亚特》 中译本封面 《伊利亚特》 中译本封面 《伊利亚特》 早期中译本封面 土耳其伊斯坦布尔的特洛亚遗址 The Odyssey The Odyssey mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach hometown after the ten-year Trojan War. 《奥德修纪》 中译本封面 《奥德赛》 中译本封面 《奥德赛》 中译本封面 The two epic poems are not only windows into the distant Mycenean past and into the darkness of the Greek Middle Ages, but they are also the difining moment in Greek culture. The Greeks will turn to these poems throughout their history to define themselves culturally, politically, and historically. Value of Homer’s epics To the classical Greeks, Homers epics played very much the same role that the Bible plays for a lot of people today. And the film Troy (2004) is based on