《欧洲文化入门》知识点笔记1、There are many elements constituting(组成) European Culture.2、There are two major elements：Greco-Roman element and Judeo-Christian element.3、The richness(丰富性) of European Culture was created by Greco-Roman element and Judeo-Christian element.第一章1、The 5th century closed with civil war between Athens and Sparta.2、The economy of Athens rested on(依赖) an immense(无限的)amount of slave labour.3、Olympus mount，Revived in 1896(当代奥运会)4、Ancient Greece(古希腊)‘s epics was created by Homer.5、The events of Homer‘s own time. (错)(They are not about events of Homer‘s own time，probably in the period 1200-1100 B.C.)6、The Homer‘s epics consisted of Iliad and Odyssey.7、Agamemnon，Hector，Achilles are in Iliad.8、Odysseus and Penelope are in Odyssey.9、Odyssey(对其作品产生影响)—→James Joyoe‘s Ulysses(描述一天的生活)。

In the 20th century.10、Drama in Ancient Greece was floured in the 5th century B.C.11、三大悲剧大师①Aeschylus《Prometheus Bound》—→模仿式作品Shelly《Prometheus Unbound》②Sophocles(之首)《Oedipus the King》—→Freud‘s “the Oedipus complex”(恋母情结) —→David Herbert Lawrence’s《Sons and lovers》(劳伦斯)447页③EuripidesA.《Trojan Women》B. He is the first writer of “problem plays”(社会问题剧) 在肖伯纳手中达到高潮，属于存在主义戏剧的人物C. Elizabeth Browning called him “Euripides human”(一个纯粹的人)D. Realism can be traced back (追溯到) to the Ancient Greece.To be specific(具体来说)，Euripides.12、The only representative of Greek comedy is Aristophanes. 18页Aristophanes writes about nature. —→浪漫主义湖畔派(The lakers )华兹华兹13、History (Historical writing)史学创作新古典主义代表作家《格列夫游记》《大人国小人国》《温和的提议》用讽刺的写作手法)※“Father of History”—→Herodotus —→war(between Greeks and Persians)This war is called Peleponicion wars. 博罗奔泥撒，3只是陈述史实，并没有得出理论。

※“The greatest historian that ever lived.”(有史以来最伟大的历史学家) —→Thucydides —→war (Sparta，Athens and Syracuse)14、The Greek historical writing writes mainly about wars.15、受希腊文化影响的传教士St. Paul. Democritus (Materialism)16、希腊文化中的哲学被基督教所吸收17、①Euclid‘s Elements解析几何It was in use in English schools until the early years of the 20th century. (历史地位)②ArchimedesHis work not only in geometry几何学，but also in arithmetic算术，mechanics机械，and hydrostatics.流体静力学选择：Give me a place to stand，and I will move the world.谁的理论(Archimedes)18、Architecture古希腊建筑三大风格temple—→Parthenon巴台农神庙①The Doric styleis also called masculine style. (宏伟的) (陶立克式的〔纯朴、古老的希腊建筑风格〕)but the Doric style is monotonous and unadorned (单调)is sturdy (坚强的)，powerful, severe-looking (庄严肃穆) and showing a good sense of proportions and numbers.②The Ionic style(爱奥尼亚式的)is also called the feminine style. (阴柔的)is graceful (优雅的) and elegant (优美的)。

The Ionic style often shows a wealth of ornament. (装饰性)③The Corinthian style((古希腊)科林斯(式)的)is known for its ornamental luxury. (奢侈)19、The famous temples：The Acropolis (雅典的卫城)at Athens and the Parthenon.20、The burning of Corinth in 146 B.C. Marked Roman conquest of Greece.21、The melting between Roman Culture and Greek Culture. (罗马征服希腊的标志)22、From 146 B.C.，Latin was the language of the western half of the Roman Empire.Greek that of the eastern half.23、Both Latin and Greek belong to Indo-European language.24、The Roman writer Horace(贺拉斯〔公元前65-8年，罗马诗人〕) said “captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive”。

25、The dividing range(分水岭) in the Roman history refers to 27 B.C.26、The year 27 B.C. Divided the Roman history into two periods：republic and empire.27、The idea of Republic can be traced back to Plato’s republic.28、The land area of Roman empire reached its climax in 2 to 3 century.29、north：Scotland east：Armenia (亚美尼亚)and Mesopotamia(美索不达米亚)30、In the Roman history ，there came two hundred years of peaceful time，which was guaranteed(保证) by the Roman legions(罗马军团)31、In the Roman history，there came two hundred years of peaceful time，which was known as Pax Romana.(神圣罗马帝国)32、名解In the Roman history ，there came two hundred years of peaceful time，which was guaranteed(保证) by the Roman legions，it was known as Pax Romana33、The Roman Law protected(保护) the rights of plebeians (平民)。

34、The important contribution made by the Romans to the European culture was the Roman Law.35、After 395，the empire was divided into East (the Byzantine拜占廷的,东罗马帝国的Empire) and West.36、Cicero西赛罗his legal and political speeches are models of Latin diction拉丁语用词described as Ciceronian.西赛罗式的an enormous influence(巨大影响) on the development of European prose.(散文)37、Julius Caesar commentaries批评论“I came，I saw，I conquered.”38、Virgil Aeneid 阿尼德39、The pantheon was built in 27 B.C. (古希腊、罗马供奉众神的)万神殿The world‘s first vast interior space.世界上第一所最大的室内场所40、The Colosseum(大理石像) is an enormous.露天的环形影剧院41、Sculpture(雕塑) She-wolf(母狼)42、The representation form of Greek Democracy is citizen-assembly.古希腊民主的表现形式43、The embodiment of Greek democracy is citizen-assembly. 古希腊民主的具体形式论述简答一、What is the limitation of “Democracy”in ancient Greece？(名解简答)(How do you understand “Democracy”in ancient Greece？What is the difference between “Democracy”in ancient Greece and modern democracy？) 答：①Democracy means “exercise of power by the whole people”，but in Greece by “the whole people”the Greeks meant only the adult male citizens.②Women，children，foreigners and slaves were excluded from Democracy.二、How did the Greek Culture originate and develop？答：①Probably around 1200 B.C.，a war was fought between Greece and troy. This is the war that Homer refers to in his epics.②Greek culture reached a high point of development in the 5th centuryB.C.A. The successful repulse of the Persian invasion (入侵) early in the 5th century.B. The establishment of democracy.C. The flourishing (蒸蒸日上的) of science，philosophy，literature，art and historical writing in Athens.③The 5th century closed with civil war between Athens and Sparta.④In the second half of the 4th century B.C.，Greece was conquered by Alexander，king of Macedon. Wherever he went and conquered，wherever Greek culture was found.⑤Melting between Greek culture and Roman culture in 146 B.C.，the Romans conquered Greece.三、How did the Ancient Greek philosophy develop？答：(1)、Three founders1、Pythagoras毕达哥拉斯〔580？-？500 B.C., 希腊哲学家、数学家〕①All things were numbers.②Scientific mathematics.③Theory of proportion.比例的理论2、Heracleitue①Fire is the primary(主要的) elements of the universe.火是万物之源②The theory of the mingling of opposites produced harmony.矛盾的对立统一3、Democritus德谟克利特(460？-370？B. C.)古希腊哲学家①the atomic theory.第一个原子理论开拓者②materialism.唯物主义(2)、Three thinkers1、Socrates①He hadn‘t works. We can know him from Plato’s dialogues.②The dialectical method was established by Socrates.2、Plato①The Academy is the first school in the world，it was established by Plato.②He has four works. Dialogues，Apology，Symposium and Republic.3、Aristotle①The Lyceum (亚里斯多德讲学的)莱森学园；亚里斯多德派的哲学is the second school in the world，it was established by Aristotle.②Aristotle is a humanist.(3)、Five contending schools (contend1.争夺，竞争；斗争，战斗2.争论，争辩)1、The Sophists诡辩派①Under the leadership of Protagoras.②The representative of work is On the God.诸神论③His doctrine教义is “man is the measure of all things”。