Western Literature week 6
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature; the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the
end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.
The Garden
of Eden or often Paradise is the biblical "garden of God", described most
notably in the Book of Genesis chapters 2 and
3, and also in the Book of Ezekiel.The "garden of God", not called Eden, is mentioned in Genesis 13, and the "trees
of the garden" are mentioned in Ezekiel 31. The Book of Zechariah and the Book of Psalms also refer to
trees and water in relation to the temple without explicitly mentioning Eden.
Adam and Eve, were the first man and woman and the ancestors of all humans. The story of Adam and Eve is central to the belief that God created human beings to live in a paradise on earth,
although they fell away from that state and formed the present world full of suffering and injustice. It provides the
basis for the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone
descended from a single pair of original ancestors. It also provides
much of the scriptural basis for the doctrines of the fall of man and original sin that are important beliefs in Christianity, but which are not generally held in Judaism or Islam.
The Sistine
Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.
The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel,
the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is
named. It was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II.
The chapel is the location for papal conclaves and many important services.
The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger
scheme of decoration within the Chapel, which includes the large fresco The Last Judgment on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall
paintings by several leading painters of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Pietro Perugino,
and a set of large tapestries by Raphael,
the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
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