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The cause of a war triggered by gods is also for women

Knowing All the World's Classics (Part 2)

1、 The original meaning of the title of the Iliad is "The Story of Ilion", which tells the story of the Greeks besieging Troy. At that time, Greeks called Troy "Ilion".

2、 The Trojan War was sparked by the struggle for a Greek woman named Helen. The goddess Ares, resentful of not being invited to Achilles' parents' wedding, recklessly stirred up trouble. She threw a golden apple on the banquet table with the words' To the most beautiful goddess' written on it, which sparked a competition among the three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.

3、 Aphrodite led Paris to Sparta and deceived the beautiful queen Helen, the wife of Spartan king Menelaus, leading to the outbreak of a decade long war between Troy and Greece.

4、 The story of the Iliad begins with Achilles' anger and focuses on the events of 51 days in the 10th year.

5、 Legend has it that Homer was a blind man who often carried a harp and sang songs about the heroic deeds of the Trojan War in various places. In the long-term process of life, he extensively collected and skillfully crafted, becoming the first or best comprehensive processor of the two magnificent poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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