希腊神话

The analyze of Trajan war

Troy is the center of a strong city-state and is known for its great defensive walls. Helen of Troy, the daughter of King Tyndareus of Sparta, would become the cause of the epic Trojan War that lasted more than ten years. She was the most beautiful woman in the world, and Aphrodite promised her to Paris as a bribe to choose her as the most beautiful woman.

When Helen was ripe to marry, many kings and princes from around the world came to seek her hand, bringing rich gifts with them. Finally, Helen's father Tyndareus had to make a decision, but he was afraid to select a husband for his daughter, or send any of the suitors away for fear of offending them and giving grounds for a quarrel.

Odysseus, the future military leader of the Trojan War, was one of the suitors, but had brought no gifts because he believed he had little chance to win the contest. He thus promised to solve the problem on the condition that the king in turn would support him in his courting of Penelope, the daughter of Icarius. Tyndareus readily agreed and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband against whoever should quarrel with him.

After the suitors had sworn not to retaliate, Menelaus, was chosen by Helen herself to be her husband. Helen had actually mistaken Agamemnon, the future Greek commander-in-chief of the Trojan War, for his brother Menelaus. However, Agamemnon didn't take advantage of his brother and told them the truth that he was just a representative. Therefore, Helen later married Menelaus and not Agamemnon. Menelaus became the king of Sparta after Tyndareus abdicated, and Agamemnon eventually came to rule Mycenae and became the most powerful prince in Greece.

But the marriage of Helen and Menelaus was doomed to fail, as Helen had been promised to Paris by Aphrodite. Paris came to Sparta, and when he saw Helen, he indeed fell in love with her. Paris raided Menelaus's house and kidnapped Helen, likely with her consent since Aphrodite made her fall in love with paris. Their elopement summoned the warships of Greece, commanded by all of Helen's suitors

who had vowed to defend Menelaus's marriage. Helen's abduction became the righteous and immediate cause of the Trojan War, which consumed the lives of Greece's warriors, thus ending the age of heroes. Pairs brought the beautiful Helen away from her husband-Menelaus-king of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon, and this gave Agamemnon the reason to fight Troy.

Many people think the Troy was exterminated because of a woman. But, I don’t think Helen is the main reason to cause the Trajan war. I think the main reason is contend for wealth and hegemony. The Greece wanted to conquer Trajan and expanded their territory. Troy is located at the southern tip of the Black Sea Strait, control from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea, the sea route. Many countries wanted to control the main waterway since ancient times. For Troy's special geographical position, has become the ancient Greek to the expansion of the necessary land. A woman is only a good excuse to start war. But, the real purpose of the war is the interests of. "Bing, big country, the death, survival", history not the real purpose of the war was to compete for a woman. Even without Helen, out of their own national interests, Greece or Troy sooner or later will be some trivial little friction as an excuse to carry out a life and death struggle with each other. So, I think Helen is excuse for this war.

Comparing of Chinese mythology and The Ancient Greek story Comparing Chinese mythology and The Ancient Greek story, I find some common points and some differences.

I think the most different is that gods in the Greek myth is more hommization. They live like common people. They also have the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures. In their life, father probably loves his daughter and mother probably loves her son. The Greek gods in the moral aspects have nothing to praise, in the spirit and wisdom, they have no what superman place, they are being god just because their body are very satisfactory. But in east, gods don’t have any desire. Gods are gods, they have huge difference with the people ordinary. In the Greek myth, gods also have rights to love or hate, personality is distinct. Such as the father in heaven Zeus often chase the beautiful women in the mundane, and his wife Hera like a jealous heart strong woman persecute her rival in love. But in the east myth, through Qixiannv and Dongyon g love each other, they can’t live together and they must suffer hardship.

The second difference is “god”. In the different culture it has different characters. Since human since birth, man has continuously explored themselves with nature and the universe of the relationship. When they struggled with the nature, because of the low productivity, they had many questions, so they came down to the powerful nature. Then they generate “god”. In fact, throughout history, both east and west, “god” this group is ver y important. But, in the “god” the image of the mold, both in the east and in the west are accordance with their national human’s image to shape.

Third, from the culture of different can be seen in the system. In the ancient Greek, the system is democratic, so we can see in the ancient Greek myth, although gods regard Zeus as the king of all the gods, they often deal with the affairs in the areas they are in charge of by themselves, they have the right, not necessary after the examination and approval, the gods would be on Olympus, to negotiate business and the vote, not by Zeus personal dictatorship. This has been performance of democratic centralism. But in China the system is emperor of led centralized. People can be

converted into the god, to become a god, as long as through uniting the painstaking and to guide people to be good, accumulate more than a virtue.

There are differences in produce. For example, in the movies about the Greek mythology, gods also like the most westerns have white skin and curly hair, but in Chinese myth, gods have yellow skin, black eyes and straight hair.Then, in the ancient Greek and Roman’s culture we are not difficult to find the word “open”. In many of the Greek myth, few gods wrapped up their body with clothes, both men and women most expose their breasts and chests, their clothes is bold and unrestrained, no shy of facial expression. These just show the ancient Greeks’ eager for free and open. While in China by traditional religion and the influence of the feudal system, in eastern culture of the fairy system this is almost impossible.