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1. Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton.  It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.

Definition

1. dramatic irony

1. advent----the coming of an important event, person, invention, etc.

ad----ford 來臨

1. oracle---the advice or information that the gods gave, which often had a hidden meaning

    lamet ( v. )---feel sorry for something

1. How to take great notes?

---write down facts

1. Homeric epithet----byname, descriptive, binomial  nomenclature   

An epithet is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It can be described as a glorified nickname. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature.

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1. Poseidon----death of the earthquake and sea

Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea". 

1. democracy   民主

    cracy   治理

1. epic poetry       

An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.

1. In medias res             

In medias res is the literary and artistic narrative technique of relating a story from the midpoint, rather than the beginning. In an in medias res narrative, the story opens with dramatic action rather than exposition setting up the characters and situation.

1. James Madision

1. about Apollo

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more.

1. Tetragrammaton ( YHWH ) --adopted the Phoenician alphabet

tetra---stands for four

1. genre --- a type

             --- drama