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  Aeneas 的A不發音 (2子音2母音放字首字尾前面的不發音)

  問答題 What's that?
                  What for?
                  Example

  In medias res 故事從中間講

        In medias res or medias in res (into the middle of things) is a Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning (cf. ab ovo,ab initio), establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback or expository conversations relating the pertinent past. The main advantage of in medias res is to open the story with dramatic action rather than exposition which sets up the characters and situation. It can be employed in any narrative genre, epic poetry, novels, plays, or film. 

  各神 希臘名 羅馬名 掌管職位 必考!!!!!

  suitor(n.)求婚者

  Homeric epither 
          A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter(i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the poet and the audience alike.^[1]     

       simile 
         A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like", "as".^[1]Even though both similes and metaphors are forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare the two ideas and allow them to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors compare two things directly. For instance, a simile that compares a person with a bullet would go as follows: "Chris was a record-setting runner as fast as a speeding bullet." A metaphor might read something like, "When Chris ran, he was a speeding bullet racing along the track." 

       

  羅馬抄希臘

  swine (n.) 豬，下流胚

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  Evocation 查!!
        Evocation is the act of calling or summoning a spirit, demon,god or other supernatural agent, in the Western mystery tradition. Comparable practices exist in many religions andmagical traditions.