►Greek Mythology:
“Agamemnon’s Family and the War of Troy”:
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The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked “for the fairest” (Kallisti in greek).
Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the “fairest”, should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Prince Paris, who took her to Troy.
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Agamemnon, the king of Argos or Mycenae, was the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes and Chrysotemis.
Menelaus was Agamemnon’ s brother, and, besides, the king of Sparta.
When Helen, Menelaus’ wife, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War.
Greek forces gathered at Aulis. However, weak winds prevented the fleet from sailing. The priest Calchas said the winds would be favorable if Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis.
Agamemnon persuaded his wife Clytemnestra to send Iphigenia by deceptively telling her that the purpose of his daughter’s visit was to marry her to Achilles, the greek heroe.
The trojan War ended with the Achaean’s (or greek’s ) victory.
The Greeks tricked the Trojans. They made them know that they had won the war by sending all their ships into hiding. This made the Trojans believe they were gone. As a parting gift, the Greeks had left a wooden horse which the Trojans brought into their city. Inside of it there were lots of achaeans soldiers. Once in the city of Troy, the Greeks came off, slaughtered the Trojans and desecrated their temples.
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The war lasted ten years and ended with the wooden horse episode and after the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris.
During this period of Agamemnon’s long absence, his wife Clytemnestra began a love affair with Aegisthus, her husband’s cousin.
Upon Agamemnon’s return from Troy, he was murdered (according to the oldest surviving account, Homer´s “Odyssey”) by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife, Clytemnestra.
In some later versions Clytemnestra helps him or kills herself Agamemnon, like Aeschylus tells us in “The Oresteia”.
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►Aeschylus’s Oresteia: “A Tragedy in Three Plays”:
The best-known version of Agamemnon ‘s death and the following events related to the war of Troy is that of Aeschylus’s “Oresteia”, a three -act drama of family fate, like the “Oedipus trilogy” by Sophocles. The term “Oresteia” originally probably referred to all four plays, but today is generally used to designate only the surviving trilogy.
The parts of “The Oresteia” are: First: “Agamemnon”. Second: “The Libation Bearers“. Third and last play: “The Eumenides”.
In the first one, (“Agamemnon”) Clytemnestra herself murders his husband Agamemnon.
In the second part (“The Libation Bearers”) Clytemnestra is murdered by his son Orestes.
In the third and last play,”The Eumenides”, Orestes is judged by a jury composed of Athena and twelve Athenians. After being counted, the votes on each side are equal. Athena declares that tied juries will result in the defendant (Orestes) being acquitted as mercy should always take precedence over harshness.
For further details on this topic, check out this article: “Background and Images for the Oresteia“.
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►Links Post:
http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clytemnestra
https://www.greatbooks.org/resources/guides/drama/the-oresteia/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/poetsplaywrightswriters/a/oresteia.htm
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Aquileana 🙂
puedo recibirlo traducido al español??? gracias Y felicitaciones. Aurelio
Te lo voy a enviar como email a la brevedad.
Muchas gracias, saludos, Aquileana 🙂
Muy interesante el post. la Manzana de La Discordia es asimismo una zona del Paseo de Gracia del Ensanche de Barcelona. El nombre proviene de una rivalidad entre Domènech y Antoni Gaudí.
Gran aporte y por mi parte creo que la controversia no es necesaria. Ambos, grandes artistas y arquitectos.
Muchos saludos, Aquileana 😛
Gracias @HernandoDelaRos por compartir este post en Twitter,
Aquileana 😀
El bing traductor me dijo que no puede traducirlo… lo tienes en español?
Te lo puedo enviar a tu correo electrónico con mucho gusto… En un rato te lo paso.
Gracias por tu apoyo e interés,
Un abrazo, Aquileana 🙂
ya lo recibí, te dejo una rosa… sabes, tengo un texto que está basado en la mitología… se llama Pasifae…
Te gustaría hacer un post en colaboración conmigo, bilingüe… Yo hago la parte técnica y vos la poética. Si te interesa mandamelo Via email. Puede ser una buena experiencia … Definilo vos,
Abrazo, Aquileana 😉
http://senddero.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/pasifae-y-el-minotauro-2/
Lo leo enseguida… buen tema, de hecho.
Besos, Aquileana 🙂
Merci, Aquileana pour ce bel article aux si nombreuses références mythologiques. L’histoire de la pomme de discorde, celle de la belle Hélène et de guerre de Troie ont inspiré tant d’artistes depuis des siècles.
Merci à toi Elisabeth pour ton commentaire.
Tu as raison, ces mythes ont inspiré d´artistes et écrivains…
Probablement parce que les sujets qu´íls entraînent sont universels, car les passions humaines sont presque toujours les mêmes depuis longtemps
Bon week-end pour toi chère Elisabeth,
Aquileana 😛
C’est exactement cela, Aquileana, je dis souvent que les arts tournent autour des mêmes sujets depuis toujours car ils sont universels… tout est dans la façon de les traiter.
Doux week-end à toi 🙂
Merci beaucoup chère Elisabeth.
Mes meilleurs vœux pour toi,
Aquileana 😀
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Aquileana 😛
Great read,superb topic,dear Aquileana ! You have handsomely expanded on your subject without tiring your readership with superfluous details ! Your writing style runs smoothly and you have made a nice reference to Drama and Aeschylus works ! One day you should come and attend those tragedies in the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus ( 4th cen.B.C.E.) ,where you,along with the characters of the tragedy,you feel the Catharsis.
It is situated within the archaeological site of the Sanctuary of Asklepios, in Argolis.It’s so exciting ! Each time I go to attend a performance during the summer,I am always thrilled ! Imagine,we sit on the same marble tiers our ancestors sit … Isn’t it magnificent ?
All the very best, Doda 🙂 xxx
Hello Doda…
It means a lot to me to read your words…
When I post on these issues I try to do my best to be clear..
As you have said , the details on the background may lead to confussion, so I think it is important to summarize the whole story, without missing facts and characters…
As to the Theatre of Epidaurus… I´d love to vist it !… Do they still performance the classic tragedis such us Aeschylus or Sophocles?… It must be truly touching and quite a pathos/sublime moment (as you would say).
Much obliged to you for your support and nice comment.
Best wishes, παζ υ γκλορια,
Aquileana 😀
Hi there,dear Aquileana ! Thanks kindly for reading and appreciating my words !
The way you display your posts on the Ancient Greek Spirit ( Philosophy or Mythology ) ,does surprise me and it feels as if it is running in your blood …
Yes,every single summer several performances of Greek Tragedies and not only,take place in the ancient theatre of Epidaurus and they are usually staged by the National Theatre of Greece or of the UK.Occasionally they stage Shakespeare’s plays too.The performances start after the sunset and the atmosphere is so inviting that you relive the spirit of the past and become one with the plot and the characters !
That’s all water under the bridge ( παζ υ γκλορια ),as you ended your reply-comment above,but it is eternally running and quenches our thirsty soul …
Kindest thoughts to you, ” here peace and then glory ” … ,παζ υ γκλορια,
Doda 🙂 xxx
Hello DG…
I hope you have started a nice week over there… Greece… I close my eyes and dreams of being there! 😉
I am really honored by your words…
As regard to The Epidaurus theatre it sound amazing and captivating… How great that they also include Shakespeare´s play… As a matter of fact The other day I was thinking thta there are some clear similarities between Aeschylus´s “Oresteia” and Shakespeare´s “Hamlet” … Don´t you find the same thing too?…
I love that you have included those quotes in greek…
I would like to include this aphorism by Heraclitus here :
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ (Nature loves to conceal herself).
Many hugs and as you have said παζ υ γκλορια,
Aquileana 😛
As always a fascinating piece. What I love about your blog is that you give all the different versions of a particular myth, your coverage is so in depth. I love Greece and am looking forward to my next trip. I missed out on a tour guide to the Acropolis and saw it on my own which meant I missed all the fascinating explanations of the mythology behind the buildings at the Acropolis. Next time I want to do a tour of Athens with a guide who fills me in on all the mythology…
Next time it would be neat then… I guess the historical background is as much important as the mythology surrounding Greece…. and Mythology shows us sociological values in Ancient Greek as well as has many layers to dig into deeper meanings… I really appreciate your visit and comment, dear Caroline… they mean so much to me… seding love. Aquileana
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Aquileana 😀
Hi Aqui,
I love how you write about mythology because you always present new details that I did not know before. You mentioned the apple, which gets me thinking (oh,,, oh,,, wait until we play with words soon). I think you are so intelligent and are able to express such in-depth topics with wonderful ease and clarity.
Thanks for all the delicious details you bring to satisfy my mind’s appetite!
Many hugs, xoxo,
Christy
Hello Christy / Pie.
How nice to read your comment…
Yes I know, Apple of Discord sounds quite eloquent to us (bananas), right?…
I know we are already looking forward to writing something together. At least until now this is a good first kick.
Anyway, we have time as we are made of time … (and we are such stuff as dreams are made of… Probably dreams are also made of time)…
Many hugs and thanks a bunch for stopping by,
Aquileana 😀
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Aquileana 😛
I’m so glad I read the post on the first day it published – it’s wonderful!! Happy weekend, BGP ♥
Thank you Chris!.
Happy weekend to you too…
Much love, ♥
Aquileana 😛
Love how you can summarize even the most complicated myths and epic poems the way you do…great resorce for writers too. Thanks for sharing.
Much obligued to you dear Bastet.. I am honored by your words…
All the very best to you, Aquileana 🙂
Thanks Aquileana for the best wishes which I send back to you too! 🙂
Thanks dear Bastet, have a Great Sunday,xo, Aquileana 🙂
🙂 was!
Quite a well known story but good to re read here. Looks like all received their just deserts – all nice people, of course.
Peace,
Eric
That was so witty… “just desert” . And of course they did 😉
Thank you Eric for stopping by and for your comment.
Best wishes to you, xo, Aquileana 😉
Your posts are always so beautifully illustrated and written. Have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks Chris for your nice words.
By the way, I am glad to know your name cause I didn’t until yesterday
Enjoy your weekend too. All the best for you,
Aquileana 🙂
Oh I didn’t know about the Apple of Discord bit to this myth,thanks for teaching me something new,have a great week end,xx Rachel
Glad that you know now Rachel. Thank you very much for Stopping by… I hope you also enjoy your weekend, hugs .
Best wishes, Aquileana 🙂
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Aquileana 🙂
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Me gustan mucho tus entradas. Siempre hay algo que me inquieta cuando voy a ver la representación de una tragedia griega y es que casi todas presuponen un trasfondo que quizá, en sus inicios, era de todos sabido.
Hoy en día es algo complejo trazar una narrativa lineal sobre los sucesos que se encuentran detrás de la Iliada o la Odisea. Hay veces que, personalmente siento, nos hace falta el trasfondo religioso que le daba tanto impacto a las representaciones tanto épicas como dramáticas. Sin mencionar los desacuerdos había que entre los conservadores como Esquilo y los críticos como Eurípides, por ejemplo.
Actualmente estoy muy intrigado por Ifigenia. Eso se debe a la obra de un autor mexicano llamado Alfonso Reyes llamada Ifigenia cruel. A uno se le olvida la importancia que personajes tan devotos tienen para la conformación de la cultura griega a través de su poesía, y se llega inclusive a creer que la gallardía de Aquiles resume los ideales de su cultura; sublimando lo pasional a costa de lo religioso.
Muy buen aporte Aquileana. Me gusta la idea de delinear el desarrollo de esta estirpe aquea.
Mario.
Muchas gracias por tu excelente comentario. Interesante que destaques el ideal cultural, representado por Aquiles…
Y aún más que menciones el caso de Ifigenia en relación al libro que estabas leyendo.
A mi me parece de una importancia fundamental su figura porque es una víctima de su propio padre quien prefiere anteponer la integridad de su patria a la vida de su hija, ofreciéndola en sacrificio, “a cambio de buenos vientos”.
Es cierto que el trasfondo religiosos nos es ajeno, mayormente porque la religión es hoy monoteísta. y los dioses no interactúan con los humanos ni se manfiestan tan pasionalmente, por ejemplo…
También entiendo que estas diferencias se han establecido con el correr de los siglos. Y sin embargo, esencialmente, la tragedia griega nos sigo siendo propia y ello se debe a que las temáticas propuestas siguen vigentes. En realidad, el hombre no ha cambiado demasiado…
Un abrazo, Aquileana 😛
Learning more about Greek mythology from your interesting post, Aquileana. Thank you for your informative sharing. 🙂 Kind regards, Iris.
Hello Iris.
Thanks for dropping by and for your comment. I much appreciate it…
I am happy to know that you found the post useful and informative.
Best wishes, xo, Aquileana 🙂
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Aquileana 😉
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I love the way you bring together the art and literature related to the the stories and myths in this series of posts to make them more exciting. Great summary. Take care, Tom
Tom…
I hope you are doing well.
Thanks a lot for your nice words.
They mean a lot to me, as they come from you (quite an expert in these fields)…
Best wishes and regards, Aquileana 😀
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Aquileana 🙂
Excellent post. I enjoyed mainly the second part about Agamenon, which I didn’t new at all.
And as usual, very good pictures!!
Thank you
Hi Chestersoc…
I also like the second part, related with the murders of f Agamemnon ‘ Clytemnestra and the trial of Orestes.
I have read the three tragedies by Aeschylus and they are all of them, highly recommended.
Best wishes and thank you very much for the comment,
Aquileana 😛
Hi Aquileana,
Thank you for another GREAT post.
You’ve enriched my knowledge of this story with interesting details. I’ll have to come back to it, of course. 🙂
Cheers, Irina
Hello Irina,
Thank you Very much for dropping by to read and comment… Really glad ro read your nice words. Come back whenever you want dear friend.
Best wishes Aquileana 😉
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Aquileana 😛
I have always wondered about the recurring theme of the “apple.” A most excellent post!!
Hello Clanmother,
Thank you for taking time to read and comment. Really grateful to you and well, happy that you now know more the Apple of discord myth…
Best Regards, Aquileana 🙂
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Aquileana 😛
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Aquileana 🙂
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I do enjoy our dialogue! 🙂
So do I, dear Clanmother…
Best regards, Aquileana 😛
Great summary of the story. Captures some of the story from both of Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey. Both great works to complemented by Virgil’s Aeneid.
Exactly, Kev All those three books are related to the war of troy somehow…
And the Iliad starts with Achilles ‘ rage due to his best friend’ s death in the blattlefield.
Best wishes to you, dear Kev, Aquileana 🙂
And to you also. Keep up the good work! 🙂
Thank you Kev. I much appreciate your support.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
Hello Dear Aquileana, wonderful post! Near and dear to my heart, as you know, lol, you did a great job of summarizing the story by pulling many threads into your post, it’s too much for me to presume to add upon what you offer! But, lol, I’m going to anyway, just for the fun of adding to the discourse.
first, here is a wonderful and interestingly creative new poem about the famous apple and the judgement of Paris, its title is “The Judgement Tale,” by Valzhyna Mort, online at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/247424
2nd, the reason Menelaus was able to enlist all the Achaean Princes’ support for the expedition to retrieve Helen from Troy, was because all the princes had sworn an oath to protect Helen and to uphold the Prince whom she chose from among them as her husband, when they were all vying for her hand in marriage. This is critical, because without this oath there never would have been a Trojan War. There was no central government at that time, only separate kingdoms and principalities. Perhaps we can thank Helen for uniting Greece, or at least the Agolid, into what became the modern concept of Nationalism!
3rd, in reference, or should that be “reverence” to Mother’s Day (in the USA, at any rate), the Eumenides, being not only the title of the third act of the Oresteia, but the title of the mythological “furies” – the translated meaning of eumenides – are very interesting spirits. They are sent specifically to harass the criminal who is guilty of crimes againt his/her mother! Isn’t it true that our discomfort is most acute if we hurt/offend/disappoint our mom? Imagine how horrible is one’s guilt and self incrimination, God Forbid, if one killed one’s mother! The ancient Greeks were quite perceptive about this particular case, as is made really clear in the Oresteia. I’ve always found this aspect of the Oresteia especially fascinating, and I love that I get to highlight it on Mother’s Day. How wonderful is that?!
Thanks again, my dear and wonderful friend, Aquileana, for such an excellent post and sympisium of discussion, I’ve been working hard all day to clear my table so I could come to play at yours! ♥♥♥ ;^)
Hello my dear Aisha,
Great that you have added there further details…
I loved the poem and didn’ t know It… I didn’t know the author Either…
The second point is highly relevant… You are right as regard to Menelaus ‘ s oath… Thanks for highlighting this detail, dear Aisha…
With Regard to the third topic, yes you are perfectly right…
The Erynnies or Furies became the Eumenides after Orestes’ trial… And Athene helps then to change their dark nature naming them protective goddesses of the city….
” The Oresteia” is one of my favorite trilogies and there is an interesting study by Bachofen which I suggest you to search online as he linkens these tragedies with the arrival of Matriarchy…
Many Hugs to you. Thanks for the interesting points you have shared with me.
Best wishes, Aquileana 🙂
Hi dear Aquileana, we lost dsl for a week, it was horrible! Lol, just getting caught back up, I’m interested to check out that study, but the original Amazons, known in Jason and the golden fleece, was a matriarchical society, earlier than the trojan war period of the Achaeans, and I remember a passage about Achilles and Penthisileia, a famous amazonian warrier, somewhere in Homer, its a famous greek vase painting, which you can see here:
http://www.bensozia.com/benhist/amazons.html
I missed you! ♥♥♥ ;^)))
Thanks @AishasOasis for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😛
Hi sweet Aisha…
I missed you too and I am glad to know thta your internet connection is fixed now…
You are right as regrad to amazons as an “exception” of Apollo´s manly domain… Great text, and very interesting, dear Aisha…
As to me, I found an excerpt in my blog related to Bachofen´s interpretation of Aeschylus ´trilogy . Here it goes:
“Bachofen held that there is a progression that goes from the matriarchal stage which leadsto a definitive Patriarchal stage.
Patriarchy in the trilogy is represented by Apollo (male principle) and Pallas Athena (also male, equal to Reason).
These gods specifically in the Eumenides are the protectors of Orestes, the avenger of his father who killed her mother, Clytemnestra .
For Bachofen, after the acquittal of Orestes, we would go from the reign of the chthonic deities to the Solar uranic stage.
Man would emancipate from nature, giving priority to the development of the spirit and the reason, whilst relegating the feminine and bodily aspects to the private sphere”.
Sending you hugs and I hope you have a great week ahead,
Aquileana 😀
Oh, excellent, dear Aquileana! I misunderstood, thinking he meant the rise of matriarchy… but you make it clear now, and I feel it is an excellent argument pointing out the ascendency of patriarchy at this point in time in ancient greek societies. The worship of Mother Earth, e.g. Demeter definitely goes into decline about that time, too, not to mention the collapse of the matriarchal Minoan civilization is basically complete by the time of Agamemnon’s unification of the Peloponnese. Which brings me to a question, did you ever look into the allegorical nature of the marriage of the Cretan princess Europa to the Greek king, I forgot who right now, but I’m pretty sure it was only a few generations before Agamemnon, resulting in the transfer of the prevailing economic power from the hands of the Cretans, to the Greeks, that is, the future “Europe” – I’ve always found that fascinating… lol and never had any one to discuss it with!
I swear I would be devastated to lose my connection to you, dear friend! I have to clear my email and then I’ll be back to visit you again, I see you have a new post! I can’t wait! ♥♥♥ ;^)
Dearest Aisha,
You are so clever, and I am so grateful to be your blogger friend ….
I am glad that you got the ideas of Bachofen and thanks for the examples you brought to the spotlight.
Your question as Regard to Europe and that Greek King (which name I don’ t remember either), It is totally well timed… I am planning a next post on Pasiphae and the minotaur…. And in the texts I read, Europe was named several times.
I think she also felt a sort of sexual attraction towards bulls, at least judging for the paintings I found.
The symbolism of the marriage is beautiful and I appreciate you have told me about It.
Anyway, I Will have to read a little bit more about Europe, because until now I didn’ t know much about her story. I’ ll be back to tell you what I got.
Many Hugs, sweet friend.
I’ll visit your Oasis very soon,
Aquileana 🙂
Thanks so much, Aquileana, but you are the clever one, definitely! Sorry I’m so bogged down right now, but as soon as I get out from under this pile of work I’ll be over to visit you, I’m having a classic case of classics withdrawl syndrome… lol see you soon! ♥♥♥ ;^)
Hello dear Aisha…
No worries sweetie. You come when you are free and available…
Ah… and as to Europa and Pasiphae, they both have the bull in common !. I have just ascertained it!
Have you been blogging lately. I will catch up with your newest post very soon too.
Sending you big hugs, Aquileana 🙂
Lol, I can’t see it, myself, the bull is quite ugly and stinky! Thanks for the laugh and the encouragement, Sweetheart! ♥♥♥ ;^))))
Haha, neither do I…
We´ll talk soon, dearest friend ,
Many hugs, Aquileana 😀
Loved this Aquileana.. I have always loved the story of the trojan horse .. And didn’t know all the facts behind the beginnings of the war.. You write in a way I always understand and I always love the details you go to…
Loved the slide show too of pictures.. ..
And the tempting apple once again seems to have caused so much damage!
Love to you Aquileana.. xox 🙂
Sue xox
Hello Sue,
Thanks a lot for stopping by to read and comment. Really glad that you liked the post and found some interesting details as to the origin of the war of troy. I agree with you: once again ( like in the Bible) an Apple cause a not of damage. Maybe It also appears in other Religions too. i Will have to do a liittle research on this topic.
Well then, I am sending you hugs and hope you enjoy your Sunday, dear friend…
Aquileana 🙂
I will be interested in reading what your research reveals about the Apple Aquileana.. 🙂
Thanks Sue… We’ ll see what the apple brings us.
Best Regards xo, Aquileana 🙂
Awesome post dear.
Keep writing about the greek mythology.
I really enjoy it.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Kisses & Hugs.
Hello Rotze,
Thanks a lot for stopping by. Great to read your words…
I am really happy to know that you enjoyed the post..
Many Hugs and best wishes to you, Aquileana 🙂
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Aquileana 🙂
I have always loved these stories!! Beautifully illustrated too. I included the King Midas story on my tuatha tales!! I couldn’t resist!! 🙂
I love reading your ancient tales.
Hello Cybele Moon…
Thanks for stopping by…Great to read your comment… I am glad that you enjoyed ancient myths and look forward to read your newest posts too…
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
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Aquileana 😉
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One of my favorite stories in mythology. It’s ironic that ‘the apple’ always seems to be the temptation with many stories—biblical and mythological. 🙂
Hello there DG…
I hope you are doing well and happy as regard to the new book’s release !!!..
I couldn’t agree more as to the apple’s symbolism.
Thanks a lot for dropping by to read and comment
All the best for you xo, Aquileana 🙂
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Aquileana 😀
Mi querida Aquileana: en cualquier momento me inspiro y comienzo a escribirte en inglés. (¿tan grande podrá ser tu influencia?). Leo y releo tus magníficas entradas. Con cada lectura aparecen nuevos matices y tiendo a perderme en ellos. Entonces… luego de la profundidad, la superficie. Voy por una bocanada de aire. Oxigenada, puedo decir: ¡vaya genealogía! (Abro paréntesis por si me rastrean hasta aquí. Esta familia me recuerda a … esteeee… en fin…) Y la manzana, casi se está volviendo mi fruta favorita, la más divertida y pecaminosa. 😛
No deja de causarme admiración cuán claro estaban identificados los arquetipos (uso este término de manera coloquial, aclaro).
Abrazo afectuoso, V. 🙂
Hola querida Verónica,
Encantada de tenerte de visita. Mil gracias pro tu comentario, y lo el lenguaje es relativo: usa el que te resulte más cómodo.
En cuanto a los puntos que has señalado respecto al post en cuestión, yo también creo que existe una simbología profunda en estos personajes, que podría vincularse con la idea de arquetipo, tal como la entendiera Carl Jung… Es cierto que estas genealogías están condenadas a matarse entre ellos y perecer… Es una maldición que recae sobre un apellido o una dinastía que generalmente gobierna una polis o un principado (pienso también, como lo mencionaba en un comentario anterior, en la Familia del Príncipe Hamlet).
Gracias por interpretar este aspecto del post, nadie lo había hecho hasta el momento. Inteligente y profunda tu lectura, por lo visto.
Un abrazo y buena semana para vos, Aquileana 😀
Aquileana, thanks so much for such a lovely post. I’m very fond of the slideshow you provide with the paintings that express the personality and emotions of each of the characters.
Vengeance, as described by two quotes from Niccolò Machiavelli:
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” and
“People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.”- Amazing, eh?
Another one is of course, Napoleon Bonaparte’s:
“I may forgive, but to forget is another matter.”
Then Henry Ward Beecher (North American Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer) said:
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.”
Excellent quotes dear Maria.
I will do a research later and add a few ones here too…
Bonaparte´s saying is eloquent, isn´t it?… So well said.
Sending you hugs and hope you have a nice week ahead,
Aquileana 😀
Hi Maria
Thaks for your comment and encouragement. I am honored to read your words, dear friend
Great selection of quotes linked to Revenge…
My favorite quote is an excerpt on revenge taken from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
HAMLET
[…] I do not know
Why yet I live to say ‘This thing’s to do;’
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To do’t. Examples gross as earth exhort me:
Witness this army of such mass and charge
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puff’d
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death and danger dare,
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour’s at the stake. How stand I then,
That have a father kill’d, a mother stain’d,
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep? while, to my shame, I see
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!
(4.4.6)
Best wishes and thanks for dropping. Hugs, Aquileana 😀
How eloquent and divine Aquileana. Shakespeare is so poetic and dramatises that human inner turmoil though his ‘soliloquies’. Beautiful video!
I will add Francis Bacon:
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.”
and my favourite is Nietzsche’s:
“It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.”
Hi Maria,
I hope you are having a nice tuesday over tehre…Glad that you enjoyed the video.
This version of Hamlet (1996) is the best one for me… It was direted by Kenneth Branagh, whio also played the main role.
It is literary identical to Shakespeare´s play. Have you watched it?.
Nietzsche´s quote is excellent !. I can see him clearly through his words. That´s part of his originality, don´t you think.?..
I will bring to the spotlight some quotes related to revenge too… All taken from the three greek clasics in Tragedy: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
I hope you enjoy them.
Many hugs to you, Aquileana 😀
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►”Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make”.
―Euripides, “Medea”.
►”Justice brought me back again. I laid my hands on this man from outside, fitting together every device of ill intent. So even death is well for me too, now I have seen this man in Justice’s toils”.
-Aeschylus, “Agamemnon”(Aegisthus´ speech)
►”Wholly dishonoured, you say: oh, the hurt!
For my father’s dishonour she shall pay, then,
with the aid of the gods
and with the aid of my own hands.
Oh to take her life from her, and then to die!”
-Aeschylus, “Libation Bearers” (Orestes´speech)
► “And if I have to die for this pure crime,/ I am content, for I shall rest beside him;/ His love will answer mine”.
-Sophocles, “Antigone” (Antigone´speech)
►“From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape”
-Sophocles, “Antigone” (Chorus´oration)
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Machiavelli is so poignant. Yet if one just sees him as a thinker and strategist, one can see beyond what he said. He’s another one that was misinterpreted often. I also think he used words symbolically, as when he says “but if you cripple them”, he’s alluding to emotional damage rather than actually injuring someone.
Hi María, my dearest blogger Friend…
I agree with you… Machiavelli was strategist of statecraft..
Maybe we tend to forget that…
And of course he probably used an hyperbolic language when it comes to set up his ideas…
He was also misunderstood, as you have well said.
I have found a very interesting post over wordpress in which the author held that Machiavelli has been taken as a cynic, but that was a mistake. You can check out the reasons (and a little bit more about this) on the link below. I am adding the most important excerpts as regard to this topic .
Hugs to you. Good night dear Maria,
Aquileana 😛
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Is Machiavelli cynical?:
(At: http://spursinn.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/machiavelli-cynicism-vs-cynicism/ )
“Machiavelli’s philosophy differed from the Cynics variously, however these differences can be traced back to their different starting points. The Cynics were, as previously mentioned rational. Machiavelli however, based his assumption on both experience and historical research (or ‘a posteriori’), his inductive approach defines him as an empiricist (and he has been referred to as the first political scientist).
Through his empirical approach Machiavelli observed that people are inherently evil.
In this view Machiavelli and the Cynics are completely opposed. The Cynical, natural, approach has people eschewing society and its institutions for their inherent corruption while Machiavelli argues them to be necessary and in their maintenance by common endeavour we glorify ourselves.
The Cynical view is that we should live our lives according to nature and thereby avoid situations such as war where we place our wellbeing under threat irrationally. Machiavelli argues that the answer to situations of uncertainty is to attack”.
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Thanks so much for that Aquileana, good night!
Glad that the information may be useful to you…
Good night and rest tight; dear Maria,
Aquileana 😛
I meant to make clear that I do not endorse Machiavelli’s quotes, as they are violent in terms of how they could be interpreted by some. I merely thought they added to the theme of vengeance, and how a political strategist such as him would express himself about this matter, in his own time.
The Greek quotes are fabulous.
I like Aeschylus’:
”Justice brought me back again. I laid my hands on this man from outside, fitting together every device of ill intent. So even death is well for me too, now I have seen this man in Justice’s toils”-Aeschylus, “Agamemnon”(Aegisthus´ speech) It has existentialist overtones.
What I like about the Nietzsche’s quote is its existentialism. It’s as if he were saying: “Stop complaining, and do something about it”!!! He had such talent for facing people with their own weaknesses.
No, I have not watched Kenneth Branagh’s version of Hamlet, but now you have me interested! He has a gorgeous voice and diction, and he seems to be a very intense man. I will look him up. Thanks!
Hi María
I also liked Aeschylus’ quote. So powerful, right?
As to Nietzsche’ s quote, Indeed… It might be linked to Existencialism… action was so important for philosophers Such as Camus and Sartre. This last one said, “the existente precedes the essence”. And “We are condemned to be.. as we are thrown to the world, we can’ t avoid making choices.Even the most extreme act (suicide) entrains am act of freedom…
As to Branagh’s version, you won’ t regret It. Ophelia is played by the actress of Titanic, Who also son the Oscar award for “The Reader”.It is am outstanding version of Shakespeare’ s “Hamlet”, with actors formes in the Shakespearean theatre company.
Hope you can watch It soon.
Many Hugs and best wishes to you,Aquileana 🙂
I understand what you meant, Maria.. Being a little bit cynic, I would say that his quotes are timeless and do perfectly apply to our political systems and capitalists societies…
Hugs and hope you have a nice evening and night ahead,
Aquileana 🙂
Hello Aquileana,
Thank you for following my blog. I really like the images you chose to depict the gods and goddesses.
peace,
Linda
Hello Linda…
Really glad to connect with you, thanks for dropping by…
I much appreciate your words..
Bets wishes, Aquileana 😀
Unable to comment under the string of our converse and have a straight continuation (there isn’t any reply choice after your answer to my comment ),
I make use of the comment-space in here just to say that I do find obvious similarities between Aeschylus´s “Oresteia” and Shakespeare´s “Hamlet”, as
retribution and revenge prevail throughout both tragedies,although Hamlet’s revenge is ineffectual and delayed … Moreover,we mustn’t forget that Shakespeare read,studied and mastered Homer ,as well as Classical Greek Tragedy and Comedy and he adapted thousands of elements to his plays and poems.
Thank you for also including Heraclitus aphorism :
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ (Nature loves to conceal herself).
I see that your Greek is becoming better than mine …
I ‘m dead sure you know the big difference between Nature ( with capital N ) and nature ( with a small n ) .Nature is Physis and its main characteristic,its nature,is to remain unrevealed even after revealing herself … In other words,
Physis prefers to remain something of a mystery … And this is her grandeur !!!
Oh dear,enough of my ramblings, have a nice and creative week ,
Doda 🙂 ☆ ∧ _ ∧ (´・ω・`)
Hello Doda…
Great comment, as per usual… I didn´t know that Shakespeare had studied Classical Greek Tragedy and Comedy… But of course I can see those similarities you have highlighted as regards to revenge… But in Hamlet´s case it is less effective than in Orestes´one… Hmm. Much ado but Nothing (never more timed!) …
You are right as to Nature and nature… Do you know a medieval philosopher called Johannes Scotus Eriugena. Well, in his most well known book, “De divisione naturae”, he held that Nature is one, and nature is just its expression
De divisione naturae (Περί φύσεων),refers to these four divisions of nature: (1) that which creates and is not created; (2) that which is created and creates; (3) that which is created and does not create; (4) that which is neither created nor creates. The first is God as the ground or origin of all things, the last is God as the final end or goal of all things, that into which the world of created things ultimately returns. The second and third together compose the created universe, which is the manifestation of God, God in process, Theophania; the second is the world of Platonic ideas or forms, and the third is a more pantheistic world, depending on the interference of God. Thus we distinguish in the divine system beginning, middle and end; but these three are in essence one; the difference is only the consequence of our finite comprehension.
( At: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Scotus_Eriugena )
Well then, I hope you can take a peak and find this philosopher as intelligent and visionary as I do..
Best wishes and hugs to you, Aquileana 😛
Hi again,Aquileana ! Glad you referred to the well-known and most influential Irishman or John the Scot,who was a member of the Neoplatonic School and his Greek was excellent,something quite rare at his time.He strongly believed in the Unity of all things and that we should eventually return to God to find the cause of our being.
Yes,he classified Nature into four parts as you analysed above. In short :
1) God 2) Logos 3) the Sensible World and 4 ) God as supreme end.
I consider that the natural companion of Physis is concealment …
Take care my friend , Doda 🙂 (´・ω・`)
Great comment, dear Doda.
Thanks for your clever insights…
Your thoughts as regard to John the Scot´s philosophy made me think that Heraclitus was in fact a visionary as his idea of Physis as concealment is present all along his work…
Particularly I can find some similarities between them, as regard to these two notions by Hercalitus
>Dike eris, (“strife is justice” / ” One must know that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things happen by strife and necessity”)
>And Hodos ano kato, (“the way up and the way down are one and the same”)
(At: http://philosophy.gr/presocratics/heraclitus.htm)
Best wishes and hugs to you,
Aquileana 😀
Hola Amalia,
Siempre consigues dejarme con la boca abierta de pura sorpresa. Me fascinan tus conocimientos. En este caso has tocado un tema que me encanta, La guerra de Troya.
Un abrazo muy fuerte y un placer siempre, visitarte…
Hola querida María…
Me alegro muchísimo de que te haya gustado el tema, especialmente por la conexión que sientes con el mismo.Gracias por el comentario,…
Un abrazo grande y un gusto tenerte por aquí,
Aquileana 😉
Hey Aquileana, this has picked my interest in Greek mythology. I think I should find time to read “The Iliad”. The summary you give here is so well done, one wants to grab the book immediately.
One of my favourite movies is “Troy”.
Hello makagutu… It is a pleasure to read your words… I am glad that this post picked up your interest in Homer’ s classic book “the Iliad” … And I also love the movie “Troy” ( I have seen It at least twice)
Thanks for stopping by. Best wishes,
Aquileana 🙂
Reading this post makes me feel amazed that I was ever able to present a semi-coherent summary of Helen of Troy and the face that launched a thousand ships. I’ve only read Antigone when it comes to ancient Greek Drama, but can easily see the appeal in all of the ones you’ve mentioned here. The Greeks gave us so much 🙂
Hello Jeri,
Sophocles’ trilogy on Antigone is excellent… “The Oresteia” by Aeschylus is really worth reading. I am sure you’would enjoy the reading, as the plot of its first two plays has similarities with Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”.
Thanks for stopping by. Best wishes,
Aquileana 🙂
Thanks @JeriWB for sharing this post at twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
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Muchas gracias Aquileana ! Hace mucho tiempo que no he leído la historia de la guerra de Troie y que no hé hablado español.
Es un gran episodio de la historia greco romana y ahora, tengo ganas de leerla de nuevo. 😉
Muchas gracias a vos por comentr en español… Aunque puedes hacerlo también en francés o ingles y te entenderé. Como gustes, Gaia…
Respecto a la Guerra de Troya, estoy de acuerdo con vos… “La Iliada” es un libro para leer y releer.
Un abrazo y muchas gracias, Aquileana 🙂
Thanks @samknovels for sharing this post at twitter,
Aquileana 😀
An extremely interesting post.
Thanks for stopping by. Good to know that this post caught your attention…
Wishing you all the best,
Aquileana 😛
Interesting to read the old stories of Greek, fantastic that I can read them here. Thanks a lot for sharing Aquileana, great literature!
Thanks a lot for your comment… It is my pleasure to read it and really glad that you enjoyed this post.
All the very best to you, Aquileana 😛
Hola Aqui! one of my favourite stories… 🙂 have you ever watched this movie?… Elena(Rosanna Podesta) was sooo pretty, RIP…
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“o tempora… o mores!” 🙂 con amistad, abrazos y hasta luego! ❤
Hello Mélanie…
Thank you very much for sending me trailer. I will definitely try to find you…
I really liked this kind of historic movies, mon amie…
Bisous et bon vendredi et week-end pour toi,
Aquileana 😀
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Muchas gracias por compartir este post en tu blog.
Saludos, con afecto, Aquileana 😛
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Ya ves, excelente Aquileana: nos has llevado al gran auto clásico que envuelve tantos asuntos divinos y humanos y de la misma de la inventiva en todo tipo de mitos y de disciplinas artísticas. Todo un caudal: y es que, en realidad y con la ocasión, allí se armó aquello tan castizo “de la de Dios es Cristo”, más tarde por claro. Una entrada de buen gusto.
Mi buen abrazo, Doña.
Me alegro mucho de leer tus reflexiones y de saber que valoras estos escritos de mitología griega, que remiten a los orígenes de nuestra civilización occidental.
Abrazo grande para vos, querido Al,
Aquileana 🙂
Se corresponde, en lo posible, a la enseñanza y gentileza general de tus presencias y escritos.
Todo un abrazo con gran afecto, excelente Aquileana. Al, te sonríe.
Todo un gran abrazo sonriente para vos también, querido Al,
Aquileana 😀
Love this story! A great summation Aquileana. I will pingback to my blog 😀
ciao
Luciana
Hello Luciana…
Grazie mille. So glad that you liked the summary here!.
Thanks a lot for sharing on your blog.
Best wishes to you,
Aquileana 😀
Thanks @ClucianaLuciana for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 😛
It is my pleasure. It ties in so well with my tribute to Homer’s Iliad and very well explained.
mille grazie cara Aquileana 😀
Grazie, cara Luciana … Buon fine settimana a te.
Saluti, Aquileana 😀 xo
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Thanks for reblogging this post, Luciana,
Best regards, Aquileana 🙂
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Another enriching post. Reminds me of the movie Helen of Troy was brilliant and captivating. Thanks to Mélanie above I saw the video clipping and enjoyed it.
Thank you Aquileana.
Dilip
Hello Dilip.
I am really glad to know that you enjoyed the post and that you liked Melanie´s recommendation.
I am happy came across your blog.
Thank you for stopping by…
Best wishes,
Aquileana 😛
Thanks @EG_Parsons for sharing this post at Twitter,
Aquileana 🙂
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Helen of Troy has certainly captured the imagination of countless artists and writers. I loved your words here and of course the artwork is phenomenal. Hugs, Elizabeth
She was, indeed… And that was because she was named the most beautiful woman (by Paris after the Apple of Discord incident). Also because she was linked to the main causes of the war of Troy.
Thanks for dropping by .
Best wishes, Elizabeth,
Aquileana 😀
Wow, wonderful blog structure! How lengthy have you been running a
blog for? you make running a blog glance easy.
The full look of your web site is wonderful, as well as
the content material!
Thank you Very much… Glad that you liked the blog theme and layout
Regards, Aquileana 😉
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Gracias por tu escrito, me ha gustado mucho.
La Ilíada es una de mis lecturas favoritas y todo lo concerniente a la guerra de Troya me fascina.
Heinrich Schliemann, de pequeño, recibió una copia de esa obra de Homero y anunció que él encontraría los restos de Troya. Más de 30 años después (luego de haberse hecho millonario) financió su propia expedición arqueológica y encontró, lo que más probablemente sean los restos de esta no tan mítica ciudad. La ilíada y la vida de este alemán me demuestran como casi todos los mitos están basados en parte en hechos reales. Por eso imaginarme a Helena sobre las murallas o a Clitemnestra asesinando a Agamenón, no me cuesta mucho. Sobre esto, hay una interesante “teoría” que habla sobre una probable “conjura de las reinas” en la cuál participaron, Helena, su hermana Clitemnestra, Egialea (pero Diomedes se escapó) y hasta la misma Penélope, pero Odiseo era Odiseo. Dicen que ellas buscaban reinstaurar el gobierno femenino (volver al matriarcado) porque porque el gobierno de los hombres sólo había traído guerra y destrucción ¿Tendrían razón?
Perdona que me extienda y que divague, pero es que me haces volar la imaginación.
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Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
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No problem!
Wink 😉
Happy weekend,
Aquileana 😀
Smiley overload!
🙂 😀 😉 XD
Happy weekend to you, too.
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Thanks for sharing this again on Twitter, great idea, I missed it the first time around. 😊
Thank you very much dear Charlotte 💫 so glad to know that you enjoyed this post… happy weekend. Love and best wishes. Aquileana ❤
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