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Eros[5irCs, 5erCs]n.【希神】爱神厄洛斯(相当于罗马神话中的爱神丘比特 Cupid, 为艺术作品中常见题材)

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Statue of Eros sleeping, Hellenistic, 3rd century b.c.–2nd century b.c.

Greek

Bronze

L. 33 9/16 in. (85.24 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1943 (43.11.4)

On view: Gallery 172   Last Updated February 22, 2013

The Hellenistic period introduced the accurate characterization of age.

Hellenistic[helI5nIstIk]adj.Hellenist的, 希腊风格的, 希腊文化的

Hellenist[5helinist]n.希腊文化研究者, 昔时常用希腊语的犹太人

Hellen[`helEn]n.[希神]赫楞(相传为希腊人的祖先)

请比较：

Helen[5helEn]n.海伦(女子名)【希神】美女海伦(为斯巴达王 Menelaus 的王后, 因她被 Paris 拐去而引起 Troy 战争)

Hellen和Helen只是一个字母之差，是同音词。

类似的请复习：

soul[sEul]n.灵魂, 心灵, 精神, 精力

元音字母组合ou只读其中的o[Eu]。您如果能熟悉英语五个元音字母和相应的音标，相信您的英语发音问题会变得十分简单。

Seoul[sEul]n.首尔（汉城）

soul和Seoul也只是一个字母之差，也是同音词。

accurate[5Akjurit]adj.正确的, 精确的(ac+cur+ate)

拉丁语 accūtus [小心做的]  [] accūrāre的过去分词 [小心地做]

ac-=ad-，用在c前的变化

-ate多数是动词后缀，但accurate是形容词。

cur表“关心”（相当于英语中的heart），curr表“跑”（相当于英语中的run）

Young children enjoyed great favor, whether in mythological form, as baby Herakles or Eros, or in genre scenes, playing with each other or with pets.

Herakles[`herEkli:z]n.大力英雄, 力士, 武仙座

Heracles[`herEkli:z]n.大力英雄, 力士, 武仙座(Hera+c(u)le+s)

Hera[5hiErE]n.宙斯神的妻(赫拉)

也就是说，您只要熟悉了her和Hera，再记忆Heracles就相当于容易。

genre[VB:Nr]n.[法](文艺作品的)风格; 流派; 类型(=genre painting)风俗画; (日本的)浮世绘

源自 拉丁语 genus

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Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, literally "pictures of the floating world"^?) (Japanese pronunciation: [ukijo.e] or [ukijoꜜe]) is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.

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This Eros, god of love, has been brought down to earth and disarmed, a conception considerably different from that of the powerful, often cruel, and capricious being so often addressed in Archaic poetry.

capricious[kE5priFEs]adj.反复无常的（carpric(e)i+ous）

caprice[kE5pri:s]n.反复无常, 任性, 怪想

源自 caporiccio [惊吓，吓一跳]

cap= capo [头部]  源自 拉丁语 caput

ric源自riccio [卷曲的]

archaic[B:5keiik]adj.古老的, 古代的, 陈旧的

希腊语 arkhaikos [过时]

One of the few bronze statues to have survived from antiquity, this figure of a plump baby in relaxed pose conveys a sense of the immediacy and naturalistic detail that the medium of bronze made possible.

He is clearly based on firsthand observation.

The support on which the god rests is a modern addition, but the work originally would have had a separate base, most likely of stone.

This statue is the finest example of its kind.

Judging from the large number of extant replicas, the type was popular in Hellenistic and, especially, Roman times.

extant[eks5tAnt]adj.现存的, 未毁的, <</FONT>古>突出的, 显著的（ex+(s)t+ant）

请复习constant, instant。

In the Roman period, statues of Sleeping Eros decorated villa gardens and fountains.

Their function in the Hellenistic period, however, is less clear.

They may have been used as dedications within a sanctuary of Aphrodite or possibly erected in a public park or private, even royal, garden.