i have never been to troy, but david maule made me feel as if i were standing on the high wall of troy, watching the fierce war. thanks to this british author, who adapted the famous homer’s poem into a lively story, i found it easier to understand this story. though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, i was deeply fascinated by it.
the mysterious plot is one of the reasons why i loved the story of troy so much, yet i am more interested in the human heroes of the war.
hector was the eldest son of king of troy, priam. he was not only a real hero of trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in greek classic by later historians. the war started because of the mischief of his brother, paris, whom he didn’t appreciate. however, since hector was the commander of the trojan army, he was obliged to fight with all force. it was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, achilles.
it is natural to see death in a war. as a famous chinese parable says, “a life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as mount tai.” sometimes, one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s doom. achilles was such a typical person. his personal charm made the story of troy more attractive. he was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. actually, achilles was half-god who was almost invincible in people’s mind. that’s why his name was memorized long after his death.
besides the two great men, the wisdom of odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. he didn’t want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. however, since his country was allied to mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of mycenae. i’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that’s why i admired odysseus so much because he was the person who got the idea. thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. if you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.
the ancient greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.
the story of the golden apple was such an example. when eris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on mount olympus, a dispute happened. hera, the queen of gods, athena, the goddess of wisdom, and aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. none of them was willing to give way, so they turned to paris for a final judgment. tempted by aphrodite’s beauty and promise, paris handed the apple to her. to keep her word, aphrodite helped him to get helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. that was the cause of the war.
paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses. so during the war, they helped the greek alliance army while some other gods, such as apollo and aphrodite, guarded troy. when paris dueled with helen’s former husband menelaus, aphrodite saved paris when he was about to be finished off.
after the duel between those two people, there was a truce between the greek alliance and troy. however, both hera and athena were not happy to see it. hera pursued her husband zeus:“ now, will you send athena to make the troyjans break the peace?”(page 22 then with zeus’s permission, athena went down to start the war again and finally she brought the greeks to success.
from the whole story, we can see that in ancient greeks’ view, gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life. however, with the rapid development of science, we have learned that the greek gods never existed. this is why a recent movie of troy has not mentioned a single god. everything happened due to men’s ambition, love, loyalty or jealousy. with those emotion and people’s effort, we human beings can accomplish wonders and be master of the world.
god are of less importance than they used to be. nonetheless, the gods and goddesses made the story of troy more mysterious and marvelous.
i have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of history, love and war. i believe that human can determine their destiny by their own. i highly recommend this book to my friends.
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友情,是冬天里的一杯热茶,给你温暖;友情,是哭泣时的一张纸巾,为你拂泪;友情,是伤心时的一张创口贴,为你疗伤。
友情,就在我们的身边。它看似平常不过,但是,却又是你生活中的一部分。当你拥有时感觉没有什么大不了,但是,当你失去了和朋友一起制造回忆友情的机会时,你才会发现,原来友情是那么的重要。
曾经,我以为,朋友只不过是你人生的漫漫长路中,陪你走过一段时间的人。或许,这的确是。但是,在朋友陪你走过的这段路里,你会发现,在你人生中最低潮,内心中最伤心的这段时间里,是他,默默地给你安慰;而在你最快乐的时候,他又会陪着你一起分享快乐,陪着你一起留下一道快乐的风景线。
友情,友情究竟是什么?友情其实很简单,它就是你和你朋友即使发生了矛盾,可是最后却仍然能够和好如初,多么坚固的情啊;它就是当你的朋友做错了某件事情,你仍然能够为你的朋友指出他错的地方,而他不但不生气,反而感谢你,多么美好的情啊;它就是当你取得了很好的成绩后,你的朋友也不嫉妒你,反而要和你一起竞争,共同进步,多么美妙的情啊!
友情啊友情,你多么像一个魅力无限的姑娘,那么吸引我们。于是,我们一直在追着你,追啊追,追啊追,可又突然发现,我们原来早就拥有了你。你让我们快乐,你让我们幸福,你甚至让我们骄傲!但是,你却又从来不让我们小气,不让我们自满,甚至不让我们冲动!
友情,你真美好!
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