Reaction: Ancient Greek Saga

 Judgement of Paris

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        Paris was chosen to choose which goddess will own the golden apple which represents as the fairest among all. The three goddesses offered something to Paris so one of them will be chosen. Aphrodite offered Paris love which he will get his love one to love him back. The other two offered Paris wisdom and power. But foolishly, he chose the offer of Aphrodite which is to be loved back by Helen, his long time love and knowing his love one has a husband which is Menelaus. Paris is decision is very selfish and impractical at the same 'cause he knows that Helen is already married but he still did it. Sometimes we must let go our love ones and not bother them anymore in a way that you could ruin relationships.

The Legend Of Iliad

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             As the Trojan War begun, Paris and Menelaus fought for Helen. The truce that suppose to bring peace with both nations was stopped by Athena. She asked one of the Trojan soldiers to shoot an arrow to Menelaus in order to destroy or break the truce. The Greek gods and goddesses have powers while the Trojan soldiers or tropes have only weapons. Obviously the Greek gods and goddesses are superior and can easily win the war. My understanding in this is that mostly of them especially who are more superior than the other abuse their power just to have fun or even kill who've done nothing at all. It just shows that they are toying the decent or innocent ones.

 Deceiving Polyphemus

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         After the Trojan War, Odysseus landed on the island where there's a lot of cyclops. Odysseus and his men encountered Polyphemus, a cyclops. Polyphemus blocked the cave with a big boulder and to lure Polyphemus, Odysseus gave him a wine and after Polyphemus got asleep. Odysseus and his men grab a stick with a sharp end while the edge is burning and stabbed it to the cyclops' eye. They used that opportunity to escaped from Polyphemus. If I were in the position of Odysseus, I will do the same thing as he did just to escape and not get eaten by the cyclops. In that situation you really need to be wise enough to overcome it.

 Cronus Devouring His Children

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           In the story of "The Creation", in this part Cronus ate his children alive. He devoured his children 'cause he doesn't want the prophecy to happen which is he will be replace by one of his children and reign the throne. He feared to be replaced by one of his children in which you can see he is really thirsty of power and wanted to reign forever as possible. It shows that fear could lead to taking lives of innocent ones. Feeling fear is normal but don't let it eat your whole being.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDmCLIIKS4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx0tQojZNIUhttps://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_hesiod_theogony.html

Trojan War

          War is a tragic event wherein there's a winner and a loser in a battle. There are two different types of war; a war that is not lethal or should I say a friendly war, and a war that consists life and death. War is something we don't really want to happen isn't it? What I've learned from war is that, this event is sometimes or would help us to be strong and have confidence in any situations. When there's war, it pushes us to try our best to win whatever it takes just to not experience what we so-called failure. But the failure that we would experience would help us try and try until we succeed.

          Did the Trojan War really happen? This is the question that many people want to find the answer so the answer of it is no, 'cause the war did not really happen. There's no proof at all the Trojan War actually happen. The Trojan War and the events ensuing thereafter are the subject of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two foundational epics of all Greek and, by extension, western literature. According to the Scholars that the recent excavation of the Archaeologist  that an inhabited area 9-10 times the size of the citabel making Troy a significant Bronze Age city. By the way Troy is a real city.

         
         The story somewhat helped me express or resolve my conflicts with others 'cause it taught me to think properly in making decisions especially when it's something big or could have a great impact to myself and others and possibly to the society. Sometimes in life that we need to be practical especially when we know it's something good for us. There are some things that you must decide even if it's not a big deal 'cause big problems start with the small ones. Paris decision there is selfish and impractical it's because he let his emotions control him which caused the war in the story.


         To sum up everything is that every action of a human being has an impact, it may be to you or to others. Sometimes in life, we must not let our emotions decide or else you'll regret it. Love is a powerful word that makes a human do an actions to it even it's not good or could destroy a relationship. Be sane always and remember not to let neglect small matters and also not to let your emotions eat you and do regrettable actions.