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Homer, The Iliad

 

Hieroglyphs: a character of the ancient Eygptian writing system. 

 Hieroglyphs

 

Pinyin system: the official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.

Tetragrammaton: is the Hebrew theonym, commonly transliterated into Latin letters as YHWH. It is one of the names of the national God of the Israelites used in the Hebrew Bible.

Tetragrammaton

*Tetragrammaton means "four letters" in English.

*tetra: four

 

Ilium: another name for the legendary city of Troy.

 

Prefix(字首), Root(字根), Suffix(字尾)

monoone

For example: monogamy

*gamymarriage

For example: autogamy

*Monogamy is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during their lifetime or at any one time.

bitwo

For example: bicycle, bigamy

trithree

For example: triangle, trigonometry

quafour

For example: quarterquatrain, quarterback

pentafive

For example: pentagonpentameter

octten

For example: octopus, octave

noveleven

For example: november, innovation, rennovation, novel, novice

mort/mortdeath

For example: mortify, mortician, morgue, mortgage, mortal, immortal

 

godunspecified god

Godspecific one

Diety: a supernatural being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred.

 

Roman Numbers

*右加左減

 

  • 在較大的羅馬數字的右邊記上較小的羅馬數字,表示大數字加小數字。
  • 在較大的羅馬數字的左邊記上較小的羅馬數字,表示大數字減小數字。

 有4和9時,數字必須用減的!!!

 

The face that launched a thousand shipsHelen of Troy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYFJRomR12k

 

Leda and the swan: In the form of a swan, Zeus was chased by an eagle, and sought refuge with Leda. The swan gained Leda's affection, and they mated. Leda then produced two eggs. One containing Castor and Pollux ; one with Helen and Clytemnestra.

 

Castor and Pollux(雙子座)

Castor and Pollux

 

Achilles: son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, the king of the MyrmidonsWhen Achilles was born, Thetis tried to make him immortal, by dipping him in the river Styx. However, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body by which she held him, his heel.

Achilles' heel:deadly weakness

Thetis dipping the Infant Achilles into the River Styx 

 

Styx: a river in Greek mythology that formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld.

 

Patroclus: son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and Achilles's beloved comrade and brother-in-arms.

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