Western Literature 2016/10/6(Week4)

▲Virgil

Virgil was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

▲AR-Augmented reality

Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer.

▲VR-Virtual reality

Virtual reality (VR) typically refers to computer technologies that use software to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate a real environment (or create an imaginary setting), and simulate a user's physical presence in this environment, by enabling the user to interact with this space and any objects depicted therein using specialized display screens or projectors and other devices. VR has been defined as "...a realistic and immersive simulation of a three-dimensional environment, created using interactive software and hardware, and experienced or controlled by movement of the body" or as an "immersive, interactive experience generated by a computer".

▲The major Olympians (immortal)

GREEK	ROMAN	IMAGE	GOD OF...	SYMBOL
1. Zeus	Jupiter/Jove		King of the Gods	Thunderbolt
2. Hera	Juno		Queen of the Gods	Peacock, cow, wedding ring
3. Poseidon	Neptune		The Sea	Sea, trident, horse, dolphin
4. Hades	Pluto		The Underworld	Pomegranate, cap of invisibility
5. Hestia	Vesta		Hearth/Home	Fireplace
6 Athena	Minerva		Wisdom/War	Owl, olive, tree, plow, loom
7. Artemis	Diana		Moon/Hunt	Moon, deer, silver bow and arrows
8. Apollo	Apollo		Light/Music/Prophecy	Lyre, sun, mice, Laurel tree
9. Aphrodite	Venus		Love/Beauty	Dove, swan, roses
10. Hephaestus	Vulcan		Fire/Forge	Hammer, quail
11. Ares	Mars		War	Dog, wild boar, vulture
12. Hermes	Mercury		Messenger/Divine Herald	Caduceus, crane

▲Greek Mythology The Trojan War

Summary

King Priam ruled in the wealthy, fortified city of Troy. He was not only prosperous, but he had fifty or more children, and it seemed as if good fortune would bless him and his children for a long time to come. However, his wife, Hecuba, had a nightmare in which she gave birth to a deadly firebrand. The seers interpreted this to mean that her unborn child would destroy Troy and its inhabitants. When the infant was born it was exposed on Mount Ida, but a she-bear nursed it and it survived, growing up as a shepherd called Alexander, or Paris. Paris took the nymph Oenone as a lover.

Analysis

The legend of the Trojan War comes from a number of sources besides Homer. The Iliad deals with the central part of the tale, from the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles to Hector's funeral. This is the heart of the story, but the legend as a whole has a unity of its own. Schliemann's excavations at Troy and subsequent investigations make it somewhat likely that a siege may have taken place in the Mycenaean period. But regardless of actual historical fact and despite discrepancies in various treatments of the legend this story has a reality and a coherence that seem remarkable.

▲Prefix

◆ver- or vir- truth

For example: verify, virtual  

◆ag- drive, lead, force, act

For example: agent, agile, agitate

◆astr- star

For example: astrology, astral

▲Definition

◆fortification: The act of fortifying or strengthening.
◆rally: A regrouping for renewed action after a repulse.
◆soothe: quiet, comfort, mollify, come down
◆oracle: A message from a god, expressed by divine inspiration.
◆prophecy: function of a prophet
◆predict: foretell, prophesy