这是一本中国大学英语系的教科书，为了教学需要而编写的。

学习英语的中国大学生在阅读英文书刊和同英语国家人士的交往中，往往感到由于缺乏欧洲文化知识而增加了许多困难。而一旦对这些有了较多知识，则不仅了解程度会提高，而且由于通过文化来学习语言，语言也会学得更好。本书请教师或外国访客用外语来介绍整个欧洲或其中一国的社会或其他情况，作为语言课的补充。

Introduction

 1. Uses of the Subject

 2. Two Major Elements in European Culture

DIVSION ONE GREEK CULTURE AND ROMAN CULTURE

Ⅰ. Greek Culture

 1. The Historical Context

 2. Social and Political Structure

 3. Homer

 4. Lyric Poetry

 5. Drama

a. Aeschylus(525-456 B. C.)

b. Sophocles(496-406 B. C.)

c. Euripides(484-406 B. C.)

d. Comedy

 6. History

a. Herodotus (484-430 B. C.)

b. Thucydides(about 460-404 B. C.)

 7. Philosophy and Science

a. Socrates

b. Plato

c. Aristotle

d. Contending Schools of Thought

e. Science

 8. Art, Architecture, Sculpture and Pottery

a. Art

b. Architecture

c. Sculpture

i. Discus Thrower

ii. Venus de Milo

iii. Laocoon group about 125 B. C.

d. Pottery

 9. Impact

a. Spirit of Innovation

b. Supreme Achievement

c. Lasting Effect

Question for Revision

Ⅱ. Roman Culture

 1. Romans and Greeks

 2. Roman History

 3. Latin Literature

a. Prose

i. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B. C.)

ii. Julius Caesar (102/100?-44 B. C.)

b. Poetry

i. Lucretius (about 93-50 B. C.)

ii. Virgil (70-19 B.C.)

4. Architecture, Painting and Sculpture

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