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1、B.LoanwordsfromGreek1・RelevanthistoricaleventsAsmanyGreekwordswereborrowedintoLatin,intheoldEnglishperiod,GreekwordsareborrowedinEnglishmainlythroughLatin.However,intheRenaissanceperiod,educatedEnglishmanstartedtobekeenonstudyingGreekliteratureandtheypreferredborrowwordsfromGreekdir
2、ectly.TheRenaissaneewasaculturalmovementthatprofoundlyaffectedEuropeanintellectuallifeintheearlymodernperiod.BeginninginItaly,andspreadingtotherestofEuropebythe16thcentury,itsinfluencewasfeltinliterature,philosophy,art,music,politics,scienee,religion,andotheraspectsofintellectualinq
3、uiry.Renaissancescholarsemployedthehumanistmethodinstudy,andsearchedforrealismandhumanemotioninart.DuringthetimeoftheRenaissance,GreekhadmadegreatcontributiontotheEnglishvocabulary.OneoftheachievementsthatRenaissancescholarshadmadewasthattheybringtheentireGreekliteralworkintowestern
4、Europeforthefirsttime・OnewaythatGreekinfluencedEnglishisGreekiatrology.DuringtheRenaissance,manyGreeklexiconwhichwereborroweddirectlyintoEnglishwereterminology.GreekmedicalscientistHippocrates,whohadwrittenacoupleofmedicalliterature,wastheoriginatorofwesterniatrology.So,manyEnglishm
5、edicalterminologyrootinGreek・AnotherwaythatGreekinfluencedEnglishisGreekmythology.Greekmythologyhadaprofoundeffectonworldliterature,especiallyonEuropeanLiterature.Asiswell・known,modernEnglishisgraduallyevolvedafteraconstantmeltingofeachnation'sIanguageandcultureandanexperienceofalon
6、gdevelopmentprocess.Inthisway,asitwere,GreekmythologyhasanenormousimpactonEnglishlexicon.TheloanwordsbroughtfromGreekmythscanbefoundeverywhereinEnglishlexicon.SomeMythologicalFigureshadtheirnamesturnedintoEnglishwordseitherbecauseoftheirtypicalfeaturesoroutstandingcharacterorbecause
7、oftheirspecialexperience.Hereisanexample・FortuneisagoddesswhoisinchargeofhappinessandsuccessinGreekmythology・Thus,inmodernEnglish,theword"fortune"meansanunknownandunpredictablephenomenonthatcausesaneventtoresultonewayratherthananotheroralargeamountofwealthorprosperity.Thesewordskept
8、theiroriginalspell,
