【题文】The ancient Greek philosopher Plato said, “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and joy to life and to everything.” This is one of Don Spencer’s favorite mottos that he firmly believes. For the founde...
Greek rhetors credited him with the invention of iambic poetry and its application to satire. The only previous measures in Greek poetry had been the epic hexameter, and its offshoot the elegiac metre; but the slow measured structure of hexameter verse was utterly unsuited to express the quick,...
The word ‘zodiac’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘circle of animals.’ The only zodiac sign that is non-representative of a living creature is Libra, the sign of the Scales. But in astronomy, even the Scales of Libra are borrowed from the stars of Scorpio and the claws of the giant s...
28.A.推理判断题.根据第一段The ancient Greek philosopher Plato said,"Music is a moral law.It gives soul to the universe,wings to the mind,flight to the imagination,and charm and joy to life and to everything."古希腊哲学家柏拉图说:"音乐是一种道德法则.它赋予宇宙灵魂,赋予思想翅膀,飞向想象...
The Greek word for butterfly, psyche, is also the word for soul, and in Greek mythology the butterfly was the symbol of the soul's transformation after the death of the body. See also Anansi ; Basilisk ; Birds in Mythology ; Brer Rabbit ; Centaurs ; Cerberus ; Dragons ; George, St....
On closer analysis, Teliavelis appears to be the same god as Velnias, lord of the souls of the dead (veles):The prefix ‘Telia-‘ may be related to the latin word for ‘the earth’ –tellus.It might also be related to the Greek wordtelios(which linguists believe to be a metathesis ...
He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People traveled to it from all over the Greek world to divine the future. His tree was the laurel. The crow his bird. The dolphin his animal. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT APOLLO Ceres Origin: Greek (Demeter) Corn Goddess. Eternal Mother. The...
The word ‘theatre’ comes from the Greek word theatron which literally means ‘a place for watching’. Theatres were built from the sixth century B.C.E onward. Most religious sites had a theatre and, as previously mentioned, they were used to celebrate festivals in honour of Dionysus. Greek...
C.specializinginrhetoric,theartofarguing,theyweremoreprofessionaleducatorsthanphilosophers.AlthoughthebestoftheSophistsmadevaluable,contributionstoGreekthought,thegroupasawholeacquiredareputationfordeceit,insincerity,anddemagoguery.Thustheword“sophistry”hascometosignifythesemoralfaults....
In its early stages (during the period of matriarchy) Greek mythology was characterized by elemental, monstrous forms, that is. it was vividly chthonic (from the Greek word for earth, chthō n, which according to the mythological view gave birth to these monsters). During the period of the...