上海通大￥ SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSITY Narcissus and Echo Echo:"talkative nymph",chatterbox. magnificent voice and song,repeat only the last words out of many. Narcissus:extraordinary beauty,"only if he didn't get to know himself -Echo felt madly love with him. Narcissus:a graceful flower 40 different species;fragile and very beautiful,with white. yellow and pink blossoms
Narcissus and Echo ▪ Echo: “talkative nymph”, chatterbox, magnificent voice and song, repeat only the last words out of many. ▪ Narcissus: extraordinary beauty, “only if he didn’t get to know himself”. ▪ Echo felt madly love with him. ▪ Narcissus: a graceful flower 40 different species; fragile and very beautiful, with white, yellow and pink blossoms
上海文通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSTTY Apollo and Artemis -Twin sisters Zeus,the father Leto the mother (Delos) ▣sun and i moon More complex
Apollo and Artemis ▪ Twin sisters ▪ Zeus, the father ▪ Leto the mother (Delos) ▪ sun and moon ▪ More complex
上海文通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSITY Apollo:The Archer He embodies the Hellenic values of reason. harmony,lucidity and moderation;he is the unerring prophet who knows the true and the right and the will of his father Zeus, revealing them to the mortals,though often in enigmatic fashion;he is a god of purification and healing,but also the archer-god 'who strikes from afar'and inflicts plague and death with his arrows; he is the leader of the Muses and a patron of poetry and music,particularly that of a lyre (Hard,2004) www.theoi.com
Apollo: The Archer ▪ He embodies the Hellenic values of reason, harmony, lucidity and moderation; he is the unerring prophet who knows the true and the right and the will of his father Zeus, revealing them to the mortals, though often in enigmatic fashion; he is a god of purification and healing, but also the archer-god ‘who strikes from afar’ and inflicts plague and death with his arrows; he is the leader of the Muses and a patron of poetry and music, particularly that of a lyre (Hard, 2004)
上海文通大学 HANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSITY Apollo:The Archer Phoibos Apollo or Phoibus Phoibus:Bright or Radiant sun-god Helios(5th BC) Laurel,Apollo's special plant; Swan:swan song Hyperboreans:beyond the North Wind';just and pious;free from toil and conflict;songs,dances and feasts;loved by Apollo (during the Winter)
Apollo: The Archer ▪ Phoibos Apollo or Phoibus ▪ Phoibus: Bright or Radiant ; sun-god Helios (5th BC) ▪ Laurel, Apollo’s special plant; ▪ Swan: swan song ▪ Hyperboreans: ‘beyond the North Wind’; just and pious; free from toil and conflict; songs, dances and feasts; loved by Apollo (during the Winter)
上海文通大学 HANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSITY MFim ■Swan song
▪ Swan song