Western Literature week 8

Pygmalion: Pygmalionis a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poemMetamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved















Pygmalion and Galatea: Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 9 December 1871 and ran for a very successful 184 performances.^[1] It was revived many times, including an 1883 production in New York starring Mary Anderson as Galatea, an 1883–84 revival at the Lyceum Theatre, again with Anderson, and an 1888 production at the Lyceum Theatre, with Julia Neilson as Cynisca.










Twelve Olympians: In the ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, the Twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes and either Hestia, or Dionysus.^[1] Hades and Persephone were sometimes included as part of the twelve Olympians,although in general Hades was excluded, because he resided permanently in the underworld and never visited Olympus.
       

Saint Christopher: Saint Christopher is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian. There appears to be confusion due to the similarity in names "Decius" and "Dacian". However his veneration only appears late in Christian tradition, and did not become widespread in the Western Church until the Late Middle Ages, although churches and monasteries were named after him by the 7th century.

 






paraphrase: A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. The term itself is derived via Latin paraphrasis from Greek παράφρασις, meaning "additional manner of expression". The act of paraphrasing is also called "paraphrasis".





Patronage: Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes and the wealthy have provided to artists such as musicians, painters, and sculptors.



Word:

1.pro=many

(1) protagonist
For example: The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.

(2) profit
For example: What parameters constitute a reasonable profit margin?

2.dic=to say

(1) contradict
For example: Don't contradict me.

(2)abdicate

For example :Is your abdicate good to the uncle?

Movie

(1) bicentennial man