Week 1 Orientation(Western Literature)

1. genre --- a type
             --- drama
             --- poetry
             --- fiction

2. Sappho of Lesbos-(Greek lyric poetry)
(c. 620-570 BCE) was a lyric poet whose work was so popular in ancient Greece, and beyond, that she was honored in statuary and praised by figures such as Solon and Plato.

3.Aphrodite- is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.She is identified with the planet Venus.

As with many ancient Greek deities, there is more than one story about her origins. According to Hesiod's Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus's genitals and threw them into the sea, and she arose from the sea foam . According to Homer's Iliad, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. 


Vocabulary 

1.Orientation /ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, ˌoʊr-/ noun- the direction or position in which an object faces.
Example:Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.

2. Allusion /əˈlu ʒən/ noun-something that is said or written that refers to or mention another person or subject in indirect way.
Example:Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.

3. Genre   /ˈʒɑːnrə/ noun-kind or category,especially on literature or artistic work.
Example:Hoping to tempt her back into writing, her agent suggested that she and her husband collaborate on a book in his genre.

  Roman Numerals

Example:
2014: MMXIV     90: XC     999:MCXCIX

The video
Hellenism 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6UGTvRbdUs

The movie
Helen of Troy (2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7n0ELVKHI