Week 2 Western Literature notes

Greek

Apollo and Athena

-Apollo

has a lyre

god of knowledge

Athena's brother

-Athena

has an owl

goddess of knowledge, hunting, war

came out of Zeus's head with full body armour

-Thebes and Oedipus

-Atreus and Agamemnon

-Greek Theatre

Before theatre was Epic poetry

The middle part where the orchestra stand is called altar

Skene is the stage where the play actually takes place

The fan shaped seats are where the audiences sits 

Fan shaped seats are better for vocal reception

-Medical symbol, snake and cup

Pharmacy sign in Greece 

Homer

-Best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

-Was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets

-Author of the first known literature of Europe  

week 2 Etymology notes

Prefixes

-Pre: Prior to such as Predict

                                       dict: to tell, say, word

-Ori: Beginning  such as Origin

-Fin: Ending such as Finish

-Re: Again such as Rematch

-Ann: Year such as Anniversary 

-Con: To make such as Conduct

-Homo: The same such as Homosexual

-Ambi: Two such as Ambidextrous 

-Co: Together such as Collaborate

-Mo: death such as Mortal

-Im: Does not die such as Immortal 

Important People which Contribute to the English language

-William Caxton- fix the language to sort of official form (Printing Press)

-King James I- Translation of the Bible

-Samuel Johnson

-Jesus knocking on the door without a door knob. This image implies that one must open his or her heart to let Him in

Different spelling 

AMERICAN	BRITISH
catalog	catalogue
program	programme
liter	litre
theater	theatre
color	colour
neighbor	neighbour

Different words

AMERICAN	BRITISH
apartment	flat
potato chips	crisps
drugstore	chemists
highway	motorway
garbage	rubbish
movie theater	cinema

bathroom	toilet
vacation	holiday
to call	to phone
cookie	biscuit
dumb	stupid
French fries	chips
gas	petrol

line	queue
movie	film
purse	handbag
truck	lorry
candy	sweets