Western Literature week 2

Altar :An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices and worship are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship. Today they are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as in Neopaganism and Ceremonial Magic. Judaism used such a structure until the destruction of the Second Temple. Many historical faiths also made use of them, including Greek and Norse religion.

 

Orchestra:An orchestra  is a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and electric and electronic instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus.^[1] The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century.

 

Agamemnon:
In Greek mythology, Agamemnonwas the son of king Atreus and queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike Orestes and Chrysothemis.^[



 

Oedipus: Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes, the son and killer of Laius, son and consort of Jocasta, and father and sibling of Polynices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled the prophecy, despite his efforts not to, that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family.




 

Asclepius: Asclepius was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.

 

 


syllable

Dia→across,through
For example:
(1).diameter(n.)直徑
This hole was a scant .23 inches in diameter
(2).dialouge(n)對話,對白(v.)用對話表達
She came back and tried to start a dialogue with the man
(3).diaspora(n.)移民群
People from every country of the Diaspora now live in Israel
(4).dialect(n.)方言,土語
He wrote a play in a local dialect

De→down/away from
For example:
(1.)decline(n.)下降(v.)減少
After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up
(2.)depreciate (v.)貶低
New cars start to depreciate as soon as they are on the road.

Poly→many
For example: polyphone(n.)多音響

Audi→to listen
For example: audience(n.)觀眾