GREEK MYTHOLOGY
teachings of the ancient Greeks Greeks Narrator: Greek mythology, a body of myths and teachings !oncerning the nat"re of the #orld, their gods, their heroes, and their origin The story of o"r heroes begin #ith the fall of one !ron"s #as #arned not to take Rhea as his #ife or else one of his children #o"ld o$erthro# him, yet he still did not listen %n fear of the &ro&hecy, he #o"ld eat e$ery child Rhea #o"ld gi$e birth to '"t s"re eno"gh the &ro&hecy came tr"e (hen it #as time for Rhea to gi$e birth to her si)th child, she hid herself, h erself, then left the child to be raised by the nym&hs To conceal her act, she #ra&&ed a stone in s#addling clothes and &assed it o* as the baby to !ron"s, #ho s#allo#ed it (hen this child gre# "&, he freed his siblings from their father+s stomach nd #ith their hel&, they all together defeated !ron"s and his Titans Poseidon : 'rother, no# that #e ha$e defeated o"r father, one m"st take "& the throne Hades: % s"ggest #e dra# lots, in order to determine #hich one of "s #ill be r"ler of the "ni$erse Zeus: -ery #ell, .they all dre# lots /e"s #on, follo#ed by 0oseidon, then Hades1 Zeus: (ell, % belie$e that makes me the s"&reme r"ler Poseidon : % #o"ld be in charge of the sea
"n der#orld Hades: nd % the lord of the "nder#orld M /E23 The god of the sky sky and r"ler of the Olym&ian Olym&ian Zeus: .ste&s for#ard1 % M gods, as #ell as lord of the sky and rain My #ea&on is the th"nderbolt #hich % h"rled at those #ho dis&lease or defy me, es&ecially liars and oath breakers % am also the &residing deity of the "ni$erse, r"ler of the skies and the earth, and #as regarded by the Greeks as the god of all nat"ral &henomena on the sky4 the &ersoni5cation of the la#s of nat"re4 the r"ler of the state4 and 5nally, the father of gods and men % am the th e so"rce of kingly &o#er, the "&holder of all instit"tions connected to the state % am also the &rotector of the &eo&le, and #atched o$er the #elfare of the #hole comm"nity comm"nity % #atch o$er the mortals #ith tender solicit"de, re#arding tr"th, charity, and fairness, #hile se$erely &"nishing &er6"ry and cr"elty cr"elty E$en the &oorest and most forlorn #anderer co"ld 5nd a &o#erf"l ad$ocate in me, for me, as a #ise and mercif"l &aternal 5g"re, demand that the #ealthy inhabitants of the earth be attenti$e to the needs of their less fort"nate fello# citi7ens Once again, % am /e"s, the god of the sky and the r"ler of the Olym&ian gods Poseidon : .for#ard1 % am 0oseidon, second to /e"s in &o#er amongst the gods, the god of the sea and &rotector of all a8"atic feat"res 'rother of /e"s and Hades, #idely #orshi&&ed by seamen % am married m&hitrite, one of the grandda"ghters of the Titan Ocean"s % created the 5rst horse, in #hich % named him 0egas"s My #ea&on is the trident, #ith #hich % co"ld make the earth shake, ca"sing earth8"akes, and shatter any ob6ect % am second to /e"s in &o#er amongst the gods % #as considered by Greeks to ha$e a di9c"lt 8"arrelsome &ersonality &ersonality !ombined #ith my greed, % had a series of dis&"tes #ith other gods d"ring my $ario"s attem&ts to take o$er the cities they #ere &atrons of Once again, % am 0oseidon, second to /e"s in &o#er, the god of the sea and &rotector of all a8"atic feat"res Hades: .for#ard1 % am Hades The brother of /e"s and 0oseidon, god of the "nder#orld and r"ler of the dead % am mainly interested in increasing his s"b6ects, and anyone #hose deeds res"lted in &eo&le dying #as fa$ored by me The Greeks #ere not keen on "ttering my name, afraid of ca"sing some s ome kind of reaction that #o"ld end "& #ith them dead sooner %nstead, they decided to gi$e me another name, 0lo"ton, deri$ing from the Greek #ord for #ealth, d"e to the &recio"s metals mined from the earth Th"s, % also became the god of #ealth ltho"gh an Olym&ian, % &refer the 2nder#orld and % rarely left my kingdom My #ea&on is a &itchfork, #hich % "se to create earth8"akes, similar to the #ay 0oseidon "sed his
trident % also had a helmet of in$isibility, #hich % had recei$ed as a gift from the !yclo&es, in order to "se it d"ring the clash of the Titans gain, % am Hades, brother of /e"s and 0oseidon, god of the "nder#orld and r"ler of the dead Narrator: 3till later, one more attem&t #as made to "nseat /e"s4 the Giants rebelled '"t by this time, the gods #ere $ery strong, and they #ere hel&ed too The giants #ere defeated and h"rled do#n to Tartar"s rom then on, /e"s and his brothers and sisters r"led, "ndis&"ted lords of all
nd yet there #ere no h"man beings4 b"t the #orld, no# cleared of monsters, #as ready for mankind %t #as a &lace #here &eo&le co"ld li$e in some comfort and sec"rity, #itho"t ha$ing to fear the s"dden a&&earance of a Titan or a Giant E$en the &lace the good and bad sho"ld go to after death has been arranged %t #as time for men to be created The gods delegated the creation of men to 0romethe"s and E&imethe"s '"t E&imethe"s ha$e gi$en the best gifts to the animals, "ntil there #as no good left to men He cons"lted his brother and 0romethe"s made men "&right like the gods, and ga$e them 5re nd beca"se of 0romethe"s+ lo$e for mankind, #hen /e"s hid 5re from men, he stole it and ga$e it back (ith this, /e"s #as angry, and he chained 0romethe"s to a rock The reason for in;icting this tort"re #as not only to &"nish 0romethe"s, b"t also to disclose a secret $ery im&ortant to the lord of Olym&"s Tell me, 0romethe"s, #ho is she< (ho is the mother of the child #ho #ill Hermes: Tell dethrone /e"s< Prometheus : Go tell /e"s this: (hate$er yo" do, yo" #on+t be able to &ers"ade me that easily Hermes: 0lease, 0romethe"s, sto& being st"bborn= >"st gi$e me the name Only one name nd all of these tort"re #ill sto& Prometheus: nd #hat if % don+t< Hermes: These? .Looks aro"nd1 .3igh1 all of these tort"res #ill 6"st get #orse n eagle #ill come at day and eat yo"r li$er, and at night yo"r li$er #ill gro# back and this #ill go on and on Yo" Yo" #ill not die e$en if yo" #ant to beca"se of yo"r immortality immortality The only esca&e to these tort"re is? Prometheus : %s #hat< Hermes: %s to 6"st gi$e me the name= %s that hard to do, 0romethe"s< % am trying to hel& yo" esca&e these things= Prometheus : %f yo" are really trying to hel& me, #hy don+t yo" 6"st free me from this chain<
Yo" Hermes: %? % can+t do that= 'esides, only /e"s #ill be able to gi$e yo" freedom Yo" kno# me, 0romethe"s Yo" kno# me com&letely % am 6"st me % am Hermes % am the Greek god of commerce, son of /e"s and Maia @"ick acting and c"nning, % am able to mo$e s#iftly bet#een the #orld of man and the #orld of gods, acting as a messenger of the gods and the link bet#een mortals and the Olym&ians % am the &rotector of tra$elers, thie$es and athletes % occasionally tricked the other gods for my o#n am"sement or in an e*ort to &rotect h"mans (ith the ability to mo$e freely bet#een #orlds, % also ser$ed as the g"ide of the so"ls of the dead to the "nder#orld and the afterlife Prometheus : nd that is #hat #e ha$e in common= (e both lo$e mankind (e are here to &rotect them % belie$e that is eno"gh reason for yo" to hel& me Hermes: Ao E$en % #o"ld ha$e the chance to hel& yo", % #ill not %+d still choose to obey my father father '"t yo" are my friend, 0romethe"s nd it #o"ld be better for all of "s if yo" #o"ld sto& this st"bborn silence and 6"st tell me the name
Yo" kno# me as m"ch as % kno# yo" % am Prometheus : Ao, Hermes % #on+t Yo" 0romethe"s % am one of the Titans, son of %a&et"s and !lymene B"ring the Titanomachy, the #ar bet#een the Titans Titans and the Olym&ian gods, gods, % sided #ith /e"s, hel&ing him to o$erthro# the old gods 3iding #ith the #inning side, % a$oided being
&"nished #ith the rest of the Titans and #as therefore not sent to Tartar"s, Tartar"s, the 2nder#orld % ha$e ser$ed /e"s #ell and % belie$e that my s"*ering is "tterly "n6"st and % #ill not gi$e in to br"tal &o#er no matter at #hat cost % ref"se to s"bmit to cr"elty and tyranny tyranny E$en if /e"s #o"ld hit me #ith his th"nderbolt, or let the earth shake, none of all this #ill break or e$en bend my #ill Tell that to /e"s Hermes: .sigh1 % g"ess that % co"ldn+t &ers"ade yo" anymore .3igh1 3o long, my friend .(alks .(alks a#ay, then sto&1 Oh, and one more thing Bon+t #ish for this agony of yo"rs to end, not "ntil " ntil a god #o"ld gi$e "& his immortality and be #illing to die in yo"r stead are#ell, 0romethe"s .inally #alks a#ay1 Narrator: nd so, generations after, !hiron, a !enta"r agreed to die in e)change of 0romethe"s+ freedom freedom /e"s a&&ro$ed this, b"t this is not yet the end of 0romethe"s+ s"*ering, for the eagle is still ali$e
.3o"nd e*ect of eagle descending s#iftly, then after, a com&lete silence1 .0romethe"s getting ready for the eagle+s attack, closes his eyes hard and after reali7ing that the attack #as interr"&ted, O&ens his eyes slo#ly, then looks aro"nd and sees Herc"les, straightCfaced1 Prometheus : (ho? (ho are yo"< Hercules : Really< re yo" act"ally asking me #ho am %< Bid % heard yo" ask< (ho am %< Prometheus : %D Hercules : Ho# long ha$e yo" been here any#ay< Ho# come yo" don+t kno# me<
HerC Herc"les< Prometheus : re yo" &erha&s, HerC Yes, that+s me= % am Herc"les Last mortal son of /e"s % am best kno#n Hercules: Yes, as the strongest of all mortals, and e$en stronger than many gods % am often seen as a &rimiti$e, br"tal, and $iolent man % im&io"sly #o"nded some of the gods4 % threatened a &riestess of &ollo at Bel&hi #hen an ans#er to my 8"estion is not forthcoming (ell, % created most of my o#n &roblems Ho#e$er, $ie#ing me as sim&ly a strong b"*oon is "nfair % may ha$e held gr"dges, b"t % #o"ld also do anything to hel& a friend % am too strong for anyone to force a &"nishment on me Their $ie# of me shifted shifted considerable o$er time The early $ie# foc"sed on ho# badly % managed des&ite my ob$io"s gifts s time &assed the foc"s shifted to my $irt"es .Then looks at 0romethe"s and sa# him still chained1 !orrect me if %+m #rong b"t, is it tr"e that #hen a god die, yo" #ill recei$e yo"r freedom< Prometheus : Yes, indeed Hercules: '"t #hy are yo" still chained< Prometheus : (hat do yo" mean< Hercules : Try to mo$e and esca&e Prometheus : (hat are yo" talking abo"t< Hercules: >"st do it Prometheus : .he did mo$e, and #as s"r&rise to fo"nd o"t that the chain is no longer connected to the rock1 #hatDHo# #hatDHo# ho# did this ha&&en< Hercules : (ell, %+ll tell yo" on the #ay, b"t let+s get o"t of here 5rst .Then #alks a#ay together1 Narrator: 0romethe"s #as freed from tort"re, and contin"ed to li$e among the gods
nd so, the gods #ere li$ing harmonio"sly #ith each other, doing their tasks and sometimes, hel&ing mortals 2ntil one day, Demeter : 0erse&hone, my da"ghter, #o"ld yo" &romise to stay here "ntil % ret"rn<
Persephone : (here are yo" going, Mother< Demeter : % am &icking some ;o#ers to bring back to Olym&"s Persephone : !an % hel& yo" &ick some ;o#ers, Mother< Demeter : Of co"rse, Honey %+ll be back .Lea$es1
.0erse&hone h"ms as she &icks ;o#ers, and &"ts them to her basket Hades sa# her and fell in lo$e #ith her at 5rst sight1 other Zeus: (ell, #ell, #ell, Hades %t+s been a long time since #e sa# each other Yes, indeed, my brother brother % 6"st #ent "& to the s"rface beca"se beca"se % am &lanning Hades: Yes, to go to Olym&"s Zeus: or #hat+s sake, my brother<
family Oh, % ha$e Hades: Aothing or no reason at all % 6"st #ant to $isit my family something to ask yo" Zeus: (hat is it, my brother< Hades: % #ant 0erse&hone to be my #ife Zeus: 0erse&hone< Really< The da"ghter of Bemeter<
Yes /e"s (hat seems to be the &roblem< Hades: Yes Zeus: Aothing % #as 6"st? s"r&rised Hades: (ell, she is 5t to be my #ife % mean, look at her 3he is s#eet, kind, and obedient Zeus: (hat abo"t her &hysical attrib"tes< Hades: Yo" kno# /e"s, #hat matters most is the character Zeus: Of co"rse yo" also need to consider the o"tside a&&earance so that yo" may kno# if yo" really are &erfect #ith each other
for The #ord bea"tif"l is not Hades: 3he+s &erfect 3he has e$erything % am looking for eno"gh to describe her her .3till looking at 0erse&hone1 Zeus: .m"mbles1 Lo$e is blind indeed Hades: (hat did yo" say<
father %f % am good looking, then Zeus: % said of co"rse she is= 'esides % am her father same goes to her her Right< .La"ghs1 Hades: @"it boosting "& yo"r ego, /e"s Ao#, #o"ld yo" hel& me get 0erse&hone< Zeus: Okay brother s yo" #ish
./e"s #alks "& to 0erse&hone1 Zeus: Hello my da"ghter Persephone : Greetings, my lord .Kneels do#n1 Zeus: Ao need, 0erse&hone % am 6"st looking for yo"r mother % ha$e something to ask her Persephone : (hat is it my lord< % can 6"st &ass on the message if yo" #ant Zeus: % #o"ld lo$e to >"st &lease tell her to look for the narciss"s % am &lanning to gi$e it to someone else Persephone : My lord, is it okay for yo" to 6"st entr"st this task for me< % #o"ld be #illing to do it since my mother is no#here else to be fo"nd Zeus: (hy yes, thank yo" my da"ghter= Look for me at the Olym&"s
Persephone : % #ill 5nd it as soon as &ossible Zeus: % shall go no#, Hera #ill be looking for me already are#ell, 0erse&hone .(alks a#ay1
.0erse&hone looks for the narciss"s, and searching and searching "ntil a ;o#er attracted her1 Persephone : 0erha&s this is the narciss"s .0"lls it "& from the root, then gro"nd began to shake1 .Lights blink .o&en close o&en close11 .0erse&hone &anics1 (hatD #hat is going on< .Lights sh"t do#n1 aaaah=
.Lights o&en1 .Bemeter r"shes back to the &lace1 Demeter : 0erse&hone< 0erse&hone= My da"ghter #here are yo"< .Looks aro"nd, Looking for 0erse&hone1 0erse&hone= 0erse&hone= .3a# /e"s1 /e"s= Ha$e yo" seen 0erse&hone< Zeus: Yes % did, a #hile ago Demeter: Bid yo" see her go some#here< % heard her cry and % ret"rned here as soon as &ossible and no# she #as no#here to be fo"nd Zeus: %C%C% didn+t sa# her going sCsome#here else %C% 6"st sCsa# her hChere at this s&ot, #here %+m sCstanding
da"ghter 3he is e$erything for me nd Demeter : /e"s, &lease hel& me to 5nd my da"ghter #itho"t her, % am lost % am nothing Yo" co"ld not be de&endent on Zeus: Bemeter that is not ho# a god sho"ld act Yo" anyone E$en if it is yo"r da"ghter da"ghter Demeter : /e"s, #hen yo" left me, 0erse&hone #as the only one that ke&t me going % acce&ted my fate #hen yo" ret"rned to Hera % need 0erse&hone 3he is my only treas"re 0lease /e"s, &lease hel& me look for her her Zeus: Bemeter, yo" kno# for a fact that the moment % hel& yo", my #ife #ill get angry and 6ealo"s nd this #ill res"lt to no good %+m sorry Bemeter Bemeter Demeter : % "nderstand /e"s '"t if yo" had any information abo"t her, &lease let me kno# k no# Zeus: % #ill, Bemeter Narrator: Mean#hile, after the gro"nd shook, 0erse&hone #as taken to a &lace she ne$er kne# of 3he #as taken to the 2nder#orld, the kingdom of Hades, and her soon to be home
.2nder#orld scene1 .0erse&hone #aking "&1 Persephone : .looks aro"nd1 (here am %< (hat is this &lace< Hades: .enters1 %t seems that yo" are a#ake already Persephone : re yo" Hades< %s this the 2nder#orld< Hades: Yes it is, my lo$e Persephone : my lClo$e< Hades: Yes, 0erse&hone rom no# on Yo" #ill be my #ife Persephone: Boes that mean that % #ill be staying here, fore$er< Hades: Yes Persephone : nd? and that % #ill not see my mother again< Hades: 3adly, yes Persephone : Oh .3tares blankly at the air1 % didn+t e$en say goodbye % ho&e she is okay "& there
Hades: Bo not #orry, 0erse&hone % #ill take care of yo" %D Thanatos: (ell, #ell, #ell, #ho do #e ha$e here< $isitor from the s"rface= (ell, hello, my dearest 0erse&hone Persephone : (ho are yo"<
milady % am Thanatos, Thanatos: (ell, let me ha$e the honor to introd"ce myself, milady the daemonic re&resentation of death in ncient Greek mythology mythology % did not &lay a ma6or &art in Greek mythology and rarely a&&eared in any stories, as % #as mostly dis&laced by Hades, the god of the 2nder#orld % am the son of Ay) and Ereb"s, #hile my t#in brother #as Hy&nos % #as belie$ed to be merciless and indiscriminate, and both mortals and gods hated me Ho#e$er, % co"ld sometimes be o"tsmarted gain, % am Thanatos, the god of death itself itself Narrator: (hile 0erse&hone #as ada&ting the nat"re of the 2nder#orld, Bemeter is still looking for her da"ghter, and #andered aro"nd for nine days Ao mortals or e$en god #ere #illing to hel& her her 3he then came to the 3"n, and it told her e$erything Demeter : .sla&s /e"s1 so this is the tr"e reason #hy yo" ref"sed to hel& me, h"h< Yo" Yo" #ere act"ally act"ally the reason #hy she #as taken taken a#ay from me= Zeus: (hat are yo" talking abo"t<
Yo" can+t fool me no#, /e"s Aot no# that % kno# e$erything yo" did to Demeter : Yo" me, and my da"ghter Zeus: % don+t kno# #hat yo"+re saying Bemeter, sto& acc"sing me for something % didn+tCC
ine Yo" Yo" teamed "& #ith Hades and yo" Demeter: 3o yo" #ant me to e)&lain it< ine ga$e 0erse&hone to him as his #ife= (itho"t me kno#ing= nd #hen % asked yo" if yo" sa# my da"ghter at the time of the earth8"ake, yo" lied to me= Yo" Yo" r"ined o"r life, /e"s Yo" Yo" and Hades Yo" Yo" r"ined "s, " s, yo" r"ined me nd % g"ess % cannot gi$e blessings to mortals and make them ha&&y #hen % myself is de$astated and angry angry % #ill make the gro"nd barren barren and it+s all beca"se of yo", and yo"r sel5sh acts .ttem&ted to #alk a#ay1 Zeus: .holds Bemeter at the hand1 yo" can+t do that, Bemeter= ll of them #ill die beca"se of star$ation= 'e sel;ess, Bemeter= Demeter: says the one #ho isn+t (hy can+t % do that< % am Bemeter The goddess of corn, grain, and the har$est % am the da"ghter of !ron"s and Rhea % make the cro&s gro# each year4 th"s the 5rst loaf of bread made from the ann"al har$est is o*ered to me % am the goddess of the earth, of agric"lt"re, and of fertility in general 3acred to me are li$estock and agric"lt"ral &rod"cts, &o&&y, narciss"s and the crane % am intimately associated #ith the seasons % #as also kno#n for fo"nding the Ele"sinian mysteries These #ere h"ge festi$als h eld e$ery 5$e years and $ery im&ortant e$ents for many cent"ries Yet, Yet, little is kno#n abo"t them as those attending #ere s#orn to secrecy secrecy nd beca"se of these, % ha$e the choice to #hether to #ithdra# har$est from mortals or no n o Yo" Yo" can+t sto& me, not "nless yo" gi$e me my da"ghter back .inally .inally #alks a#ay1 Zeus: Bemeter, #ait= .follo#s Bemeter1
her 3he #as so Narrator: Bemeter left Olym&"s, and stayed at the tem&le b"ilt for her de$astated, and she ke&t the earth barren for years /e"s sent many gods to Bemeter, one after another, to try to t"rn her from anger anger '"t Bemeter #o"ldn+t listen to any of them inally, /e"s tho"ght that his brother ha$e to gi$e #ay #ay He sent Hermes to the "nder#orld, and relayed the message to them 0erse&hone #as ha&&y, beca"se she kne# that Hades needs to obey /e"s+ command He made her ate &omegranate seeds, kno#ing in his heart that if she did so, she m"st ret"rn to him He then ga$e 0erse&hone to Hermes, and they both ret"rned to the s"rface and #ent to Bemeter Bemeter Bemeter #as so glad #hen she sh e sa# her da"ghter, and they re"nited 3he became sad #hen 0erse&hone told her mother abo"t the
&omegranate seeds /e"s then sent the oldest goddess, their mother, Rhea, to try to &ers"ade Bemeter Bemeter nd beca"se of ha&&iness, she 5nally made the 5elds ;o"rish, and ga$e back e$erything that she sh e #ithheld from mankind Demeter : My da"ghter, it has been years since % last sa# yo" (o"ld yo" mind to introd"ce yo"rself to me again< % #o"ld lo$e to kno# ho# yo" ha$e been these &ast years % #o"ld like to kno# yo" all o$er again
mother % am 0erse&hone, da"ghter of /e"s and Persephone : (hy yes, my mother Bemeter, and the 8"een of the "nder#orld % #as abd"cted by Hades, the god of the "nder#orld, inf"riating my mother #ho made the cro&s #ither and the earth barren /e"s inter$ened and tried to bring me back to the #orld of the li$ing4 ho#e$er, h o#e$er, % ate the seeds of a &omegranate that Hades ga$e me, binding me to him for one third of the year year Th"s, it #as decided that % #ill s&end fo"r months in the "nder#orld and eight months on earth #ith my mother mother The &eriod in the "nder#orld corres&onded to the #inter season, d"ring #hich Bemeter #o"ld make the soils barren d"e to her grief, #hile my ret"rn marked the start of the s&ring Narrator: nd so once again, the gods contin"ed to li$e the #ay it is before, sometimes inter$ening in the li$es of the mortals nd before #e mo$e on #ith the most famo"s e$ent of the Greek mythology, there are some heroes that #ere kno#n n e)am&le is Herc"les, #hich #e ha$e introd"ced a #hile ago nother is 0erse"s, #ho #as famo"s for one thing he did Perseus : .monolog"e1 Narrator: nd so, #e are no# mo$ing to the most a#aited &art of this mythologyC the Tro6an (ar This all started at a #edding, and all of the gods, #ere in$ited to come
.Merry songs, ha&&y and noisy "ll of food and festi$ity1 King Peleus: ttention, my honorable g"ests= .3ilence, e)ce&t for Bionys"s still sho"ting4 dr"nk4 &ollo h"shes him and Bionys"s sto&s, smiles shee&ingly, and then drinks again, and la"ghs to himself1 % #o"ld like to thank yo" all for coming to o"r #edding This is act"ally s&onsored by /e"s and the rest of the Olym&ian gods nd for those #ho do not kno# kn o# "s, % am King 0ele"s, the son of eac"s, king of the island of egina, and Endeis, an oread nym&h % am the recently married this nym&h beside me, Thetis '"t before % met my #ife, % e)&erienced so m"ch tro"ble in my life % am one of the &artici&ants in the rgona"tic E)&edition %n a h"nting accident, % killed someone and had to ;ee % reached %olc"s, #here the king+s #ife fell in lo$e #ith me % denied her ad$ances, and then she falsely acc"sed me of doing something bad to her her The king, took me into a forest #here he abandoned me 6"st before an attack by centa"rs % #as sa$ed by Hermes, the messenger god Years Years later, % met a bea"tif"l sea nym&h n ym&h #ho #as able to change form ided by 0rote"s, % managed to #in her heart nd here #e are no# Thetis: nd % am today+s bride, Thetis % #as co"rted by both /e"s and 0oseidon, b"t % married neither of them, o"t of fear of a &ro&hecy that said my son #o"ld s"r&ass his father in glory glory (hen He&haest"s, the blacksmith god, #as thro#n from Olym&"s, it #as % along #ith E"rynome that hel&ed him and &laced him on the island of Lemnos There, he #orked for "s as a blacksmith % then met 0ele"s and fell in lo$e #ith him .Looks at each other, and then smiles1 Peleus: Ao#, #e are o9cially o&ening the &arty= .Bionys"s sho"ts #ohoooooo= nd #as s"cceeded by other sho"ts and cla&s1 .&arty song1 .the gods and goddesses are scattered, la"ghing and talking to each other1 other1 Hephaestus and Hephaestus and Ares: resHe&haest"s ha$e yo" seen &hrodite< Hephaestus and Hephaestus and Ares Ares:: Ao % ha$en+t Hephaestus and Hephaestus and Ares: Yo" talk 5rst Hephaestus and Ares: Ao yo" go 5rst Hephaestus and Ares: 3to& saying #hat % say= .Gr"nts1
Hephaestus : (hy are yo" looking for my #ife< Ares: (hy sho"ld % tell yo"< Hephaestus : 'eca"se ob$io"sly, she is my #ife Ares: %t+s none of yo"r b"siness Hephaestus : Oh really< Yo" ne$er change res Yo" are still arrogant e$en after the h"miliation % did to e)&ose yo"r acts #ith my #ife
h a$e said, % am res % am the god of Ares: %n addition and agreement of #hat yo" ha$e #ar, and son of /e"s and Hera % re&resent the ra# $iolence and "ntamed acts that occ"rred in #artime, in contrast to thena, #ho #as a symbol of tactical strategy and military &lanning % am de&icted as a $iolent &ersonality, and % faced h"miliation thro"gh my defeats more than once 'eca"se of this, % am disliked by both of my &arents My father, /e"s hated me more than anyone else s #hat He&haest"s is saying, % am the lo$er of my sister, &hrodite O"r "nion res"lted in the birth of eight children, incl"ding Eros, god of lo$e Hephaestus : '"t #itho"t me, yo"r strongest and best #ea&ons #on+t be made % #as the one #ho made almost all of yo"r #ea&ons % am He&haest"s % am the Greek god of blacksmiths, sc"l&tors, metall"rgy, 5re and $olcanoes4 th"s, % am symboli7ed #ith a hammer, an an$il and a &air of tongs % am the son of /e"s and Hera Ho#e$er, Hera thre# me from Olym&"s beca"se % am cri&&led and % fell into the ocean and #as raised by Thetis and E"rynome % #as later acce&ted back to Olym&"s, and became the craftsman of the gods, creating ma6estic armors, shields and #ea&ons .T"rns .T"rns to res1 Bo yo" reali7e, that #itho"t me, yo"+re "seless< Ares: Ho# #o"ld yo" say so< Hephaestus : (itho"t the #ea&ons % ga$e yo", yo"r battles #ill al#ays lose Those mortals don+t kno# ho# to make a #ea&on as strong as mine nd therefore, yo"+re "seless #itho"t me Ares: .&"nches He&haest"s1 Boes it h"rt<= 3ee< E$en #itho"t #ea&ons, % am strong % can "se my &o#erf"l 5sts in battle and % #ill ne$er, e$er need yo" for my battles= Hephaestus : Ho# dare yo"D
Yo" t#o are making a scene= ren+t yo" ashamed of Athena: 3to& the both of yo"= Yo" #hat yo" ha$e 6"st done< Yo" Yo" r"ined this #edding= Hephaestus and Ares: He started it= Hephaestus and Ares: Ao he started it= Hephaestus and Ares: 3to& saying e$erything % say=
.Bionys"s ste&s o"t of the cro#d1 Dionysus: .dr"nk talking1 %sthaaa& 8"arreling= Me is drinking Me is slee&y Yo" is lo"d and is noisy noisy .3lee&s1 Let+s start the &arty again= Yiheeee .m"sic starts again1
Yes= Yi&&ee= Me so ha&&y and f"ll= % is #onderf"l= % is Dionysus: % lo$e &arties= Yes= Bionys"s= % am the god of fertility and #ine, later considered a &atron of the arts % created #ine and s&read the art of $itic"lt"re % had a d"al nat"re4 on one hand, % bro"ght 6oy and di$ine ecstasy4 or % #o"ld bring br"tal and blinding rage, th"s re;ecting the d"al nat"re of #ine % and my follo#ers co"ld not be bo"nd by fetters % am the son of /e"s and 3emele, and % #as the only god #ith a mortal &arent % became one of the most im&ortant gods in e$eryday life and #as associated #ith se$eral key conce&ts One #as rebirth after death4 my dismemberment by the Titans and my ret"rn ret"rn to life #as symbolically symbolically echoed in in $itic"lt"re, #here #here the $ines m"st be &r"ned back shar&ly, and then become dormant in #inter for them to bear fr"it nother conce&t #as that "nder the th e in;"ence of #ine, one co"ld feel &ossessed by a greater &o#er &o#er 2nlike other gods, % am not merely a god to be #orshi&&ed, b"t % #as also &resent #ithin my follo#ers4 at those times, a man #o"ld
&ossess s"&ernat"ral &o#ers and #as able for things he h e #o"ld not be able to do other#ise .'eca"se of dr"nkenness, he #as abo"t to fall, b"t &ollo ca"ght him1 Apollo: Bionys"s= % told yo" to sto& drinking= E$en if yo" are the god of #ine, yo" sho"ld be drinking moderately= Dionysus: .&"lls a#ay from &ollo1 #ho are yo" to sto& me< % cannot be sto&&ed= % is a god= FhikF me is an Olym&ian= Hahaha Apollo: % am also an Olym&ian, Bionys"s %n fact % am yo"r brother= % am &ollo= .!atches Bionys"s #hen he #as abo"t to fall again1 B%OAY323= Dionysus: Of co"rse % kno# yo"= Bo yo" think of me as a st"&id god<
.t the back #as thena and rtemis talking and then rtemis sa# them, and then bid goodbye to thena, and #alked to &ollo and Bionys"s1 Artemis: .La"ghs at 5rst, then gas&s mockingly1 Bionys"s is dr"nk again, h"h< Oh my my %t sho"ld be $ery hard to n"rse him m % right, t#in brother< Apollo: .mocks back1 Yes it is, my t#in sister (o"ld yo" like to try re&lacing me< 'esides, yo" #ere the one #ho hel&ed o"r mother gi$e birth to me % s"&&ose that yo" ha$e eno"gh e)&erience in the 5eld of n"rsing
res&onsibility % Artemis: .smitten1 #ell, sorry to say, brother, b"t that is beyond my res&onsibility de5nitely ref"se the o*er o*er 'esides, % ha$e many things "nder me nd that 6ob is not one of them Apollo: Oh really< (o"ld yo" &lease enlighten me< Artemis: %t #o"ld be an honor .Mockingly bo#s1 % am rtemis .Monolog"e1
Yo" may be the goddess of many Apollo: .cla&s1 #hat yo" 6"st said is tr"e indeed Yo" things, b"t % belie$e that % am more talented than yo" brother Artemis: % don+t think so, my brother Apollo: Bo yo" #ant me to en"merate those to yo"<
Yo" are 6"st boosting "& yo"r ego 3to& being boastf"l Those things might Artemis: Yo" be yo"r greatest do#nfall Apollo: nd beca"se % ref"se to listen to yo", 6"st as ho# Bionys"s ref"sed to listen to me, Dionysus: Hey= % heard my name= Apollo: .ignores Bionys"s1 % #o"ld be delighted to introd"ce myself and to sho# yo" that e$en tho"gh % am yo"nger than yo", % can be better .rtemis stares1 Okay, % am &ollo The son of /e"s and Leto, t#in brother of rtemis % am the god of m"sic, and is often de&icted &laying a golden lyre % am also kno#n as the rcher, far shooting #ith a sil$er bo#, the god of light4 and the god of tr"th One of my most im&ortant daily tasks #as to harness his fo"rChorse fo"rChorse chariot, in order to mo$e the 3"n across the sky sky % am an orac"lar god, as % am the &ro&hetic deity in the Oracle in Bel&hi % am considered as the god of healing and medicine, either thro"gh me or thro"gh my son scle&i"s t the same time, % co"ld also bring forth disease and &lag"e #ith my arro#s4 it #as considered that a god that can ca"se disease is also able to &re$ent it My holy tree is the la"rel, and my holy animal is the dol&hin Ha&&y<
Yaaay= % am really ha&&y for all of yo"r achie$ements= .rolls Artemis: .3arcastically1 Yaaay= eyes1 .Eris enters1 .!la&s mockingly1 Eris: ##, yo" t#o are so adorable to #atch .ll of the gods sto&&ed e$erything they are doing1 .rtemis and &ollo aims their arro# at Eris1 .Bionys"s s"ddenly #akes "&, then then imitated &ollo and rtemis+ &ose, #ith his his c"&1 Hey, easy, yo" t#o Oh Hi there, Bionys"s
Dionysus: .holds do#n the c"&1 Hi= .Then sa# &ollo again, and imitated its &ose1 Hermes: .goes to Eris1 Eris, yo" are not #elcomed here 0lease don+t make any more tro"ble Eris: Easy, Hermes % 6"st #ant to see the bride and the groom= .3ees Thetis and 0ele"s1 Hello, ne#ly#eds= 'est #ishes= Thetis: (ho are yo"< Eris: O"ch Yo" don+t kno# me< (ell, % #o"ld like to introd"ce myself to yo" all My name is Eris % am the Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord % am the da"ghter of /e"s and Hera, others say % am the da"ghter of Ay) .dark night1 alone My o&&osite #as Harmonica % had a son named 3trife, #hom % bro"ght along #ith me #hen % rode my chariot to #ar alongside res !onsidered e$il and #ar freak, sadly, % #as the only goddess not in$ited in this #edding Hermes: Ao# that yo" ha$e seen them, can % escort yo" o"tside< Eris: Okay, okay .(alks, then sto&&ed, remembering something1 Oo&s, % forgot something % ha$e a s&ecial gift for all of yo" .Thro#s the golden a&&le1 are#ell, are#ell, my fello# g"ests .La"ghs e$illy1 Apollo: (hat is that< Dionysus: .dr"nk1 ob$io"sly, that is an a&&le Hahaha= (hat is so s&ecial abo"t that< Artemis: %t has something #ritten in it
s ays? .38"ints eye, trying to read1 To To the fairest Hephaestus : %t says? .s soon as they heard the inscri&tion, thena, Hera and &hrodite immediately ran to the a&&le1 Athena: Gi$e it to me= % sho"ld get that a&&le= Hera: Ao % sho"ld= Aphrodite: (hat makes yo" think yo" t#o are the fairest< % sho"ld get the a&&le= Hera: .gets the a&&le for herself1 this a&&le is mine % ha$e all the rights to claim it Bo yo" all kno# #hy< 'eca"se % am the goldenCthroned Hera % am the s"&reme goddess, &atron of marriage and childbirth, ha$ing a s&ecial interest in &rotecting married #omen % am /e"sI #ife and sister, and #as raised by the Titans Ocean"s and Tethys Tethys My sacred animals are the co# and the &eacock Others call me as the chief of bea"ty, a glorio"s lady that e$en /e"s honored it % often interfered #ith /e"sIs &lans and % am often able to o"t#it him nd #ith him, % had h ad J children, t#o of #hom #ere &art of the deities of Olym&"s nd the rest of his children are not #ith me O"r marriage is t"rb"lent and #e often clash %CC Athena: nd so< % don+t care if yo" are the legal #ife as they say it, b"t yo" don+t get &ri$ileges as m"ch as % do .Gets the a&&le from Hera+s hand1 % am thena The Greek $irgin goddess of reason, intelligent acti$ity, arts and literat"re % am the &rotector of ci$ili7ed life, of handicrafts and agric"lt"re and the in$entor of bridle, #ho 5rst tamed horses for men to "se % am the 5rst born da"ghter of of /e"s, and also his fa$orite child % am also allo#ed to carry his #ea&ons like the aegis, his b"ckler and e$en his th"nderbolt th"n derbolt "lly "lly gro#n and in a f"ll set of armo"r, % s&rang o"t of /e"s+ head Of the three $irgin goddesses % am the chief and #as called the Maiden and 0arthenos 0arthenos nd beca"se of this, % became became the goddess of intelligence intelligence and #isdom % am 5erce and bra$e in battle4 ho#e$er, % only took &art in #ars that defended the state and home from o"tside enemies % am the embodiment of #isdom, reason, and &"rity &"rity My s&ecial city is thens, my holy tree is the oli$e tree and % am often symboli7ed as an o#l
Yo" kno#, yo" t#o are 8"arreling o$er something that both of yo" Aphrodite: Yo" #o"ldn+t get % mean, it+s act"ally ob$io"s #ho really deser$e the a&&le %t+s me lready &ro$en by my &hysical attrib"tes % am &hrodite The goddess of lo$e,
desire and bea"ty &art from my nat"ral bea"ty, % also had a magical girdle that com&elled e$eryone to desire me % am the da"ghter of /e"s and Bionne, the mother goddess #orshi&&ed at the Oracles of Bodona % am the mother of Eros, or most commonly kno#n as !"&id My holy tree #as the myrtle, #hile my holy birds are the do$e, the s#an, and the s&arro# s&arro# % re&resent a*ection, and the attraction that binds &eo&le together &hrodite< % #on+t be the s"&reme goddess goddess for no reason Hera: %s that all yo" got< &hrodite< at all nd that is #hy % deser$e the a&&le= To the &oint that yo" #o"ld "se " se yo"r title Aphrodite: re yo" that des&erate, Hera< To and &o#er to get #hat yo" #ant< Yo" don+t e$en deser$e that title of yo"rs Bo yo" kno# #hy< 'eca"se /e"s doesn+t lo$e yo" He #as 6"st forced to marry yo" and the tr"th is, he+s so sick of yo" interfering e$erything He e$enD Hera: 3to&
Yo" heard thena a #hile ago right< Bo yo" e$en #onder #hy /e"s Aphrodite: Yo" ne$er allo#ed yo" to "se or e$en carry his #ea&ons< Gi$en that yo" are his rightf"l #ife< ace ace it Hera He ne$erD.Hera sla&s &hrodite1 Ho# dare yo"= .3la&s Hera1 .Hera grabs &hrodite+s hair and starts 8"arrelling1 Hestia: 3to& it yo" t#o=
.'oth of them sto&s, glaring at each other1 other1 Yo" both are 8"arrelling for an a&&le< re yo" that childish h"h< Es&ecially Hestia: Yo" yo", Hera< .@"iets1 %f yo" claim yo"rself yo"r self the s"&reme goddess, yo" sho"ld act like one Hera: 3he staD Hestia: % don+t care #ho started it Yo" are second to the highest among gods, follo#ing o"r mother Yo" Yo" among e$eryone sho"ld act decent as &ossible, es&ecially at a &arty like this % am so disa&&ointed .3ighs1 or or those of yo" #ho don+t kno# me, % am Hestia The goddess of the hearth, family, and domestic life % am not #orshi&&ed &"blicly, #hich is e$ident by the lack of tem&les and shrines attrib"ted to me4 this comes in contrast to the Roman e8"i$alent goddess -esta, -esta, #ho re&resented the &"blic hearth My name meant both a ho"se and a hearth, symboli7ing the home and its residents % also re&resented the coalition and relationshi& bet#een the colonies and the mother cities % am /e"sI sister, b"t altho"gh initially % am incl"ded in the Olym&ian gods, % #as re&laced by Bionys"s % took a $o# to remain a $irgin, ref"sing to gi$e in to the callings of 0oseidon and &ollo
h eard my name agaaaaaain= Dionysus: Hey % heard Apollo: Bionys"s= Athena: re yo" done #ith that childish acts of yo"rs< This #on+t be resol$ed by &"lling each other+s hair and telling r"bbish facts Hera: nd #hat #o"ld yo" s"ggest #e do, goddess thena< %t seems that yo" are thinking of a #ay to resol$e this since yo" are the goddess of intelligence and #isdom Athena: (ell, #hy don+t #e ask a god #e three ha$e in common, the mighty /e"s<
.E$eryone t"rns their attention to /e"s1 Zeus: (C#hat< Artemis: That is act"ally a great idea .High 5$e1 Aphrodite: My lord, bet#een the three of "s, #ho do yo" think deser$e this golden a&&le, and be considered as the fairest of all goddesses< Zeus: 2hm, .tries to &ick1 .sighs, "ndecided1 % didn+t kno# this #o"ld be hard .3igh1 (ell, #hy don+t yo" ask 0aris, the &rince of Troy<
.The &eo&le &arted, re$ealing 0aris 0aris eating and trying to get another &iece of a food, then #hen he reali7e that they are all looking at him, he s"ddenly sto&s, then la"ghs ner$o"sly1 Paris: 2hm? yes< Zeus: 0aris, % am a&&ointing yo" to decide #hich of the three yo" think is the fairest Paris: b"D#haD(HC(hy me< Zeus: 'eca"se % belie$e that yo" are a great 6"dge of bea"ty, my friend nd % kno# that yo" #o"ld choose #ho deser$e it best #itho"t bias beca"se yo" are not related to them in any #ay &ossible
E" ro&e and sia Hera: 0ick me, 0aris nd % #ill make yo" r"ler o$er all E"ro&e Athena: Ao, 0ick me, 0aris nd if yo" do, % #ill gi$e yo" skills in #ar and yo" #ill lead the Tro6ans Tro6ans into $ictory e$ery time they 5ght, and yo" #ill be able to lay Greece in r"ins Aphrodite: 'e #ise, 0aris 0ick me, and % #ill gi$e yo" the most bea"tif"l #oman on earth Paris: .looks at &hrodite1 the most bea"tif"l #oman< Aphrodite: Yes indeed Paris: Okay % ha$e decided Zeus: (hat is it< Paris: % #o"ld &ick this goddess beca"se of her bea"ty standing o"t from the rest, and % belie$e that % #ill be $ery m"ch ha&&y and contented of #hat she #ill gi$e me in ret"rn This goddess is .Br"mroll1 &hrodite &hrodite .The cro#d roars and cheers for &hrodite, as 0aris ga$e the golden a&&le to her1 Aphrodite: Yo" are indeed #hat they say, 0aris Yo" really are a great 6"dge of bea"ty Paris: % am indeed Ao#, #hen do % get my &ri7e< Aphrodite: 3oon, 0aris 3oon >"st #ait for the &erfect timing Narrator: The #oman &hrodite #as talking abo"t is none other than Helen 3he indeed is the most bea"tif"l #oman on earth, as sho#n by her many s"itors (hen they assembled in her home to make a formal &ro&osal for her hand they #ere so many that her re&"ted father, King Tyndare"s, Tyndare"s, her mother+s h"sband, #as afraid to select one among them, fearing that the others might "nite against him One of them #as Odysse"s, a s"itor #ho had an idea to resol$e this and therefore, he #ent to Tyndare"s to let him kno# this &ro&osal of him, and the king agreed Odysseus : .Goes o"t from the c"rtain1 .boys o"tside talking to each other1 Okay, g"ys= @"iet do#n and listen to me= .Ao one listen1 .3ho"ts1 ttention &lease= .Ao one listens1 .3ighs and then sho"ts1 ME33GE ROM THE K%AG= .Aoise dies do#n1 .ttentions on Odysse"s1 Okay Okay % #o"ld like to introd"ce myself % am Odysse"s The son of Laertes and nticlea, and is #ell kno#n as an elo8"ent s&eaker, ingenio"s and c"nning % am the greatCgrandson of the Olym&ian god Hermes % ha$e a yo"nger sister, !timene, #ho #ent to 3ame to be married for he has m"ch been &rayed for for "tolyc"s a&&arently in a sardonic mood, decided to gi$e the child, #hich is me, a name that #o"ld #o"ld commemorate his o#n e)&erience e)&erience in life Th"s getting my name, Odysse"s 3o % s"ggested something to the king a #ay to resol$e this &roblem '"t 5rst, % #o"ld like all of yo" to &ledge to &rotect Helen and #hoe$er his h"sband #o"ld be at all cost Re&eat after me %, .re&eat1 3tate yo"r name .obeys1 &ledge to &rotect Helen .re&eats1 and #hoe$er his h"sband #o"ld be .re&eats1 at all cost .Re&eats1 .Re&eats1 Okay, so #hat % s"ggested s" ggested is for all of "s to dra# lots (hoe$er gets the l"cky stra# #ill be Helen+s h"sband, and #ill be king of 3&arta 3o, let+s start= .They dra# lots and Menela"s got the l"cky stra#1 3O #hoe$er got
the stra# #ith a yello# ti&, then he #ill be the l"cky g"y g"y (hoe$er got the yello# ti& lot, &lease come to the front .Ao one goes1 nyone< .Menela"s stands, then goes to the front1 (ho are yo", mister< Menelaus : My name is Menela"s
th e king+s throne and Odysseus : .t"rns to the cro#d1 &lease #elcome, the heir to the the h"sband of Helen, Menela"s= LOAG L%-E THE K%AG= K% AG= LOAG L%-E THE K%AG .others chant as #ell1 Narrator: nd so, to claim #hat is rightf"lly his, 0aris then asked &hrodite abo"t his &ri7eC the most bea"tif"l #oman in the #orld orgetting orgetting Oenone, a nym&h in #hich he #as inlo$e #ith at that time, 0aris is eager to get his &ri7e Paris: &hrodite, ho# m"ch longer do % ha$e to #ait for me to get #hat yo" ha$e &romised me< %t+s been years= Aphrodite: %t is not yet time >"st #ait a little longer Paris: % ha$e been #aiting all these years and yet % #asn+t able to ha$e #hat sho"ld be mine= % sho"ld+$e kno#n better better Yo" Yo" act"ally don+t ha$e the intention to gi$e me the #oman, m % correct< Aphrodite: % didnCCC
thena % kno# that she #ill gi$e me those skills Paris: % g"ess % sho"ld+$e &icked thena right a#ay "nlike yo", % ha$e toD Aphrodite: 3to& it, 0aris= Okay, okay % #ill gi$e yo" #hat % ha$e &romised !ome, follo# me .0aris follo#s &hrodite, then she sto&s1 Oh #ait= % almost forgot Eros= .Eros sho"ts at the other side1 Eros: (hat<= Aphrodite: !ome #ith me, % need yo" for o"r mission today Eros: % need to rest 5rst= %+m $ery tired= Aphrodite: Yo" co"ld contin"e the na& #hen #e go back aster= Eros: .Eros gr"nts, and then enter1 (here are #e going< Aphrodite: To claim his &ri7e Eros: 0ri7e< or #hat< Aphrodite: 2gh Bo % ha$e to tell yo" e$erything< Eros: % sho"ld kno# %t #o"ld be nice if all of "s kne# #hat or #here are #e going, not 6"st the t#o of yo" 'esides, yo" are the one asking me a fa$or, right< Aphrodite: Okay 3o, #e are going to go to 3&arta, and get the most bea"tif"l #oman in the #orld, Helen %t is all beca"se of #hat % &romised 0aris in order for him to &ick me as the fairest among goddesses .Looks at 0aris, 0aris, #ho is so m"ch bored1 Oh, 0aris This is Eros, myCCC Eros: % am Eros The Greek god of lo$e, or more &recisely, &assionate and &hysical desire (itho"t #arning % select my targets and forcef"lly strike at their hearts, bringing conf"sion and irre&ressible feelings and loosening the limbs and #eakening the mind+ % am the son of &hrodite and res % #as often de&icted as a blindfolded male, #ho, carrying my bo# and arro#, co"ld target any h"man being and make them fall in lo$e #ith the 5rst &erson they #o"ld see % am married to 0syche, and #e had a da"ghter, Hedone %t #as % #ho lit the ;ame of lo$e in the hearts of the gods and men % am often &ortrayed as the disobedient b"t 5ercely loyal child of &hrodite My attrib"tes #ere $ariedCCfrom the "s"al bo# and arro#s, to the gifts of a lo$er s"ch as a hare, sash, or ;o#er ;o#er % am al#ays concei$ed and is al#ays re&resented as a handsome yo"th, a #anton boy, of #hom a tho"sand tricks and cr"el s&orts are related, and from #hom neither gods nor men #ere safe % tame lions and tigers, break the th"nderbolts of /e"s, de&ri$es Heracles of his
arms, and carries on my s&ort #ith the monsters of the sea The things sacred to me are the rose, #ild beasts #hich are tamed by him, the hare, the cock, and the ram % am alsoD Paris: .CC1 re yo" done< % 6"st #ant to inform yo" that #e+re r"nning o"t of time= (hy are yo" here by the #ay< Aphrodite: (e need Eros and his arro#s for Helen to fall in lo$e #ith yo" 3o here+s the &lan Narrator: nd so the three of them #ent to 3&arta, #ith the &lan &hrodite has They fo"nd Menela"s and Helen at the &alace, c"rrently c"rrently b"sy beca"se the king, #hich is Menela"s at that time, is setting o"t for a mission far a#ay a#ay
0aris, only yo" #o"ld be able to see me and Eros 3o that Aphrodite: Remember, 0aris, meansD Yo" ha$e reminded me e)actly 5ftyCse$en Paris: Of co"rse % kno# #hat that means Yo" times= Eros: (e are 6"st making s"re that the &lan #o"ld #ork, yo" kno# Paris: K .Rolls Eyes1 Aphrodite: @"it acting like a child both of yo"= 0aris, gainD Paris: .t"rns his back to them and started going to the entrance of the &alace1
.ollo#s him, together #ith Eros1 .0aris talks to the g"ard, and Aphrodite: 0aris= .ollo#s then escorts him to the &alace &ro&er1 &ro&er1 .acing the king1 my lord, There is someone #ho #o"ld like to ha$e a #ord Guard: .acing #ith yo" Menelaus : (ho is it< .0aris ste&s o"t from the back of the g"ard1 Paris: llo# me to introd"ce myself to yo", my king, and to those #ho don+t kno# me % am 0aris % am the son of King 0riam and @"een Hec"ba of Troy 'efore % #as born, my mother sa# a dream in #hich her child #as a ;aming torch The e)&lanation to the dream that #as gi$en by the seer esac"s #as that the yet "nborn child #o"ld be the doom of Troy esac"s also said on the day of my birth that a child born of royals that day sho"ld be killed in order to sa$e the kingdom Ho#e$er, my &arents co"ld not kill me, and instead ga$e me to a herdsman so that he #o"ld do the deed The herdsman, also "nable " nable to kill me, left me to die on Mo"nt %da .aces Menela"s1 % am here to ask yo" a fa$or Menelaus: nd #hat is it< Paris: % #o"ld like yo", my king, to take me into yo"r kingdom as a man seeking ref"ge Menelaus : nd #hy sho"ld % do that< Paris: 'eca"se of my royal blood, my relati$es are looking for me, the only heir left to the throne, to kill me like #hat they did to my &arents % ;ed from Troy, Troy, "ntil % reached 3&arta % #ant to regain my strength 5rst and think of a strategy on ho# % sho"ld defeat my enemies #ith the hel& of those #ho are loyal to o"r family family s soon as % am ready, % #o"ld e$ent"ally lea$e this kingdom at &eace and #ill re#ard yo" someday for yo"r kindness if #e s"cceed Menelaus : Ao need to ret"rn the fa$or, 0aris % am acce&ting yo" as a ref"gee, and therefore yo" can make or get anything yo" need for yo"r attack Paris: Thank yo" for yo"r fa$or, my king Only a small room #o"ld be 5t for my stay here Menelaus : Ao, 0aris s o"r ref"gee, #e m"st gi$e yo" #hat yo" deser$e nd beca"se of yo"r royal blood as yo" ha$e said it, yo" may slee& at any room at the &alace
Paris: '"tD
Yo" are a g"est, so #e sho"ld be Menelaus: Ao b"ts and e)c"ses % insist, 0aris Yo" treating yo" as one Paris: Thank yo" my king= % #ill certainly not forget yo" and yo"r kindness someday Menelaus : %t is okay, 0aris Ao need toD Guard: My king, the chariot is ready Menelaus : % think it is time for me to go Paris: (here are yo" going, my lord< Menelaus : % am going aro"nd other kingdoms to transact b"siness #ith them %+ll be back after three months &robably eel free and at home in here, 0aris are#ell
6o"rney Paris: 3o long, my king May the gods g"ide yo" and &rotect yo" on yo"r 6o"rney .Menela"s lea$es #ith the g"ards1 .0aris is left #ith &hrodite and Eros1 Eros: Good 6ob, 0aris= Yo" are indeed a great actor= .Raises hand for a high 5$e b"t 0aris didn+t res&ond so he recei$es it #ith his other hand1 .Rolls eyes1 Aphrodite: Okay Eros The moment yo" see Helen, yo" kno# #hat to do 3hoot the arro# 5rst to 0aris, Then to Helen Got it<
Yo" don+t need to remind me again and again % kno# kn o# #hat to do .3ees 0aris Eros: Yo" #alking back and forth1 (hat are yo" doing there< Paris: (alking Eros: Hey, ans#er me &ro&erly= Paris: Ho# #o"ld % ans#er &ro&erly if yo" are gi$ing me a sarcastic 8"estion< Aphrodite: 3to& it yo" t#o= Paris: .sighs1 3orry for being hot headed % #as 6"st thinking of #hat % #ill say #hen % meet Helen 3ho"ld % introd"ce myself 5rst or sho"ld % act like % don+tCCC #ait, ho# does she looks like< Ho# #o"ld % kno# if the #oman % am talking to is Helen already< (hat if % forgot to s&eak< (hat ifCCC ifCCC
0aris= Bo % need to remind yo" of #hat the &lan is< Aphrodite: Rela), 0aris= okay % do remember the &lan %t+s 6"st that? %+m 6"st ner$o"s Paris: Ao that+s okay Eros: HHHHH= Paris: (hy are yo" la"ghing<=
.Tries not Eros: %f yo" co"ld see yo"r face right no#, yo" #o"ld &robably la"gh also .Tries to la"gh, then b"rst o"t of la"ghter1 Paris: (hat does my face looks like< Eros: %t+s like the day yo" #o"ld meet Hades .La"ghs1 Ao# yo"+re as red as a tomato= .La"ghs1
h arder1 .0aris .0aris goes to Eros then locks Paris: 3to& teasing me= .Eros la"ghs e$en harder1 Eros+ head in his arms1 .Helen enters #hile holding a baby1 Helen: 2hm, mister<
.0aris s"ddenly sto&s, and Eros falls, and then 0aris t"rns to Helen1 Helen: E)c"se me, b"t #ho are yo" talking to, a #hile ago< .0aris, a#estr"ck, didn+t talk1
Aphrodite: Eros= The &lan=
Yes .3cam&ers, and then aims at 0aris, and s"ccessf"lly hits him1 % Eros: Oh yes= Yes can+t hit Helen= Aphrodite: (hy< Eros: 3he+s mo$ing= % can+t 6"st shot an arro#= %t+s irre$ocable= Aphrodite: 0aris= 3ay something= Paris: Oh, yes= 2hm? hhh? 2hm? HChi= Helen: Oh, hello= % ha$e no intention of being r"de b"t, may % ask yo"r name< Paris: Oh %+m 0aris, the &rince of Troy % am here as a ref"gee, my lady Helen: Hi, 0aris, % am Helen, the 8"een of 3&arta, and this is my da"ghter, Hermione
.Handkerchief .Handkerchief falls and then 0aris &icks it "&, beca"se Helen is ha$ing a hard time to &ick it "& 0aris then gi$es the handkerchief to Helen, and their hands to"ched, and they looked at each other, and smiled1 other Narrator: (ith that to"ch, hel&ed by Eros+ arro#s, they fell in lo$e #ith each other fter fter some time, they gre# closer to each other other (ith that, 0aris asked Helen if she #o"ld agree to elo&e #ith him, lea$e 3&arta, and be together for the rest of their life Yo"th1 (hat if, (hat if #e Paris: .str"ms g"itar1 Helen, listen to this song .3ings Yo"th1 r"n a#ay< (hat if (hat if #e left today< (hat if #e said goodbye to safe and so"nd< (hat if (hat if #eIre hard to 5nd< (hat if (hat if #e lost o"r minds< (hat if #e let them fall behind, behind, and theyIre ne$er fo"nd Helen, #ill yo"? r"na#ay #ith #ith me< kno# Yo" Yo" see, % ha$e a da"ghter, % can+t 6"st lea$e her alone= Helen: %? % don+t kno# lso, no# that Menela"s is not &resent, % am the r"ler of this kingdom (hat ifCC Paris: .holds Helen+s hand1 don+t yo" tr"st me< Helen: % do '"tCCC
Yo" don+t need to #orry abo"t e$erything This #ill go e$erything smoothly Paris: Yo" and 8"ickly 8"ickly .Holds Helen+s face1 % lo$e yo" (ith all my heart, and #ith e$erything that is left in me Helen: %? % lo$e yo" too nd % am #illing to be go #here$er yo" go, till death do "s &art Paris: .3miles1 Meet me later at the garden at midnight Only get #hat yo" need are#ell, my lo$e Helen: Take care, 0aris Narrator: nd so, their &lan #as s"ccessf"l They #ent to 0aris+ hometo#n, the city of Troy They #ent there and 0aris introd"ced Helen as his #ife Mean#hile, on the &alace, Menela"s came back to fo"nd o"t that his #ife is no# gone "rio"s, he in$oked the oaths of Helen+s former s"itors, th"s, creating an army army '"t t#o im&ortant &eo&le is missing: Odysse"s, the King of the island of %thaca, and chilles, the son of King 0ele"s and the nym&h Thetis Odysse"s, #ho #as one of the shre#dest and most sensible men in Greece, did not #ant to lea$e his ho"se and family to embark on a romantic ad$ent"re o$erseas for the sake of a faithless #oman He &retended that he had gone mad, and #hen a messenger of the Greek army arri$ed, the King #as &lo#ing a 5eld and so#ing it #ith salt instead of seed '"t the messenger #as shre#d sh re#d too He sei7ed Odysse"s+ little son and &"t him directly in the #ay of the &lo# &lo# %nstantly, the father t"rned the &lo# aside, th"s &ro$ing that he had all his #its abo"t him h im Ho#e$er rel"ctant, he had to 6oin the army army chilles, on the other hand, #as ke&t back by his mother, kno#ing that if he #ent to Troy, Troy, he is fated to die there His mother, made him #ear #oman+s clothes
and hid among the maidens Odysse"s #as sent by the army to get chilles, and disg"ised as a &eddler, he #ent to the co"rt #here the lad #as said to be, #ith gay ornaments in his &ack s"ch as #hat #omen lo$e, and also 5ne #ea&ons (hile the girls ;ocked aro"nd the trinkets, chilles 5ngered the s#ords and daggers, and at that moment Odysse"s kne# it #as him, and #ent back to Greeks along #ith chilles t last, the Greek army is com&lete, com&lete , and the Tro6an Tro6an (ar is abo"t to start .3o"nd e*ects of Tro6an (ar1 Tho"sand shi&s carried a great host of 5ghting 5ghting men and the Greek rmy rmy #as $ery strong, b"t the Tro6an Tro6an !ity #as strong too The King and the 8"een had many to lead the attack and to defend the #alls or nine years $ictory #a$ered, no# to this side, no# to that Aeither #as e$er to gain any decided ad$antage Then a 8"arrel bet#een t#o heroes, chilles and gamemnon, both in the Greek rmy, s"ddenly rose beca"se of another #oman This res"lted to death of some of their soldiers 'eca"se of this, Thetis, the mother of chilles, got as mad as chilles himself himself Yo" &icked "& a 5ght #ith yo"r comrades, chilles< (hat ha$e yo" done< Thetis: Yo" Achilles: % did not &ick a 5ght= % 6"st did #hat % think is right % ga$e back !hryseis back to her father so that &ollo co"ld sto& the &estilence he has gi$en "&on "s and that #e may foc"s on the #ar against the Tro6ans Tro6ans nd no#, he took my maiden in re&lacement of !hryseis 2nbelie$able, right< Thetis : This #o"ld ha$e been better if yo" 6"st listened to me Achilles: Ao mother % am not afraid of #hate$er &ro&hecy is said abo"t my life (hether % die or s"r$i$e in this #ar, the im&ortant thing is % did my best, and % am &ro"d to say that % am &art of either the $ictory or defeat of this army army Bon+t interfere #ith my decisions, mother % don+t need yo" Thetis : Yo" don+t need me anymore< ine %+m done here >"st remember chilles Yo" Yo" #ill face conse8"ences conse8"ences of e$ery decision yo" yo" make % g"ess % ha$e nothing nothing to do no# in here .Lea$es1 Narrator: Thetis then #ent "& to Olym&"s, to ask a fa$or to the Olym&ian gods, most s&eci5cally to /e"s .The Olym&ian gods and goddesses /e"s, res, thena, rtemis, &hrodite, Hera, &ollo and 0oseidon is &resent1 Thetis : /e"s % need yo"r hel& Zeus: (hat is it, Thetis<
(o"ld "ld yo" &romise to hel& me< Thetis : (o Zeus: %t de&ends on the re8"est 3tate it Thetis : My son, chilles ref"sed to listen to me, and told me that he doesn+t need me anymore nd beca"se % don+t ha$e any b"siness #ith the Greeks anymore, % decided to go to yo" and ask yo" to? grant the Tro6ans the o$erall $ictory
Tro6ans They Hera: (hat< That is not &ossible= Greeks are more &o#erf"l than the Tro6ans are kno#n all o$er the #orld and indeed they ha$e so m"ch in;"ences Poseidon : % agree lso, they are great sailors and % can sense that they are indeed strong and 5erce in battle 'esides, Odysse"s is on their side lso, #ith Biomedes and nchises themsel$es, %t #o"ld be hard for the Tro6ans Tro6ans to defeat them Apollo: '"t the Tro6ans ha$e Hector nd % belie$e that Hector is smarter and stronger than those three combined Athena: Ao, &ollo Troy is destined to fall s the &ro&hecy ha$e said, 0aris #o"ld be the reason for this %t #o"ld ha$e been &re$ented if he chose to gi$e me the a&&le The #ar #ill &robably ha&&en, b"t % #ill gi$e him eno"gh strength and skills to lead those Tro6ans into $ictory
(ell, % g"ess that is #here #e+ll disagree, my friend E$en #itho"t Hector, Artemis: (ell, 0riam and Hec"ba also ha$e many sons #ho can defend the co"ntry from o"tside enemies They are not that #eak as yo" think of them Troy ha$e the best #alls aro"nd the bo"ndaries %t #o"ld be hard for the Ares: lso, Troy Greeks to s"r&ass them th em 0aris is not a loss for the Tro6ans Narrator: s the gods and goddesses defend their sides, /e"s ha$e decided to agree #ith Thetis, b"t he remained silent and did not sto& the others in debating o$er #hich #ho is deser$ing to #in Hera, noticing his silence, kne# #hat he #as thinking, and he threatened Hera by telling her that he #o"ld lay hands "&on her if she did not sto& talking 3o she ke&t silent, thinking of #ays ho# to make the Greeks #in the #ar Mean#hile on the battle5eld, a great match is ha&&ening The match bet#een 0aris and Menela"s Menelaus : %t+s been a long time, my friend Or sho"ld % say traitor<
Yo" may think of #hate$er yo" may call me b"t % #ill ne$er gi$e Helen back Paris: Yo" to yo" Menelaus : Let+s 6"st 5nish this
.ighting .ighting begins, 0aris thro#ing his s&ear, b"t Menela"s ca"ght this and then h"rled it back to 0aris %t rented 0aris+ t"nic, b"t it didn+t #o"nd him Menela"s dra# o"t his s#ord, b"t the s#ord fell from his hand, broken He then attacked 0aris 0aris 3ei7ing him and dragging him "sing a ro&e &hrodite c"ts the ro&e, and smoke e*ect, &hrodite takes 0aris a#ay Menela"s gr"nts, and lea$es1 Narrator: s the Greeks and the Tro6ans 5ght #ith each other, the gods and goddesses are &resent among them, hel&ing their sides (hen the Greeks are almost defeated, 0atrocol"s, 0atrocol"s, a belo$ed friend of chilles sa# this and asked chilles if he co"ld borro# his armor chilles agreed, and also ga$e him his men 0atrocol"s killed many Tro6ans Tro6ans #ith chilles+ armor "ntil he came face to face #ith Hector, and ga$e him mortal #o"nd, and he died messenger then came to chilles to re&ort #hat ha&&ened Messenger : My lord, #ith my "tmost sadness, % am here to re&ort yo" that yo"r friend 0atrocol"s 0atrocol"s is killed by Hector and he also ha$e yo"r armor armor
0atrocol"s is dead< Achilles: (hat< 0atrocol"s Messenger : Yes, my lord Achilles: Yo" may go
.chilles gets ready for the battle1 . Thetis Thetis enters1 Thetis : (hat is ha&&ening< Achilles: 0atrocol"s is no# dead and % am going to kill Hector for this % #ill a$enge my friend Thetis: Bon+t go, my son Yo" kno# for a fact that yo"D Achilles: % kno#, mother % kno# it since the day % #ent here and disobeyed yo" nd % #ill acce&t #hate$er my death #o"ld be after % kill Hector Hector Bon+t #orry abo"t me, mother mother % kno# that e$ery time % go o"t to 5ght, there is a &ossibility that % may die % kno# the conse8"ences nd % am ready to face them Thetis : (ell then, 6"st #ait "ntil morning % #ill bring yo" arms fashioned by the di$ine armorer, He&haest"s
mother .H"gs Thetis .H"gs Thetis11 Achilles: s yo" #ish, my mother Narrator: The ne)t morning, chilles fo"nd his comrades eating, b"t ref"sed to eat and 6"st #aited for them to 5nish, 5nish , and then led the army army This #ill be the last battle bet#een t#o great cham&ions, as all the immortals kne# s they #ere fast
a&&roaching, chilles chilles dro#ned, and his army #as left on the other side L"ckily, he s"r$i$ed, and then #ent ahead He arri$ed at the gates of Troy, Troy, and there stood Hector o"tside He kne# that this #o"ld be his end thena #as #ith chilles, b"t &ollo has left Hector, and no# he #as alone s chilles #as fast a&&roaching, Hector got scared and then ran a#ay a#ay thena made him sto&, and co"ldn+t mo$e 3he then a&&eared beside him as his brother Bei&hob"s, and #ith this ally he tho"ght, Hector faced chilles Hector: %f % kill yo", % #ill gi$e back yo"r body to yo"r friends and do the same thing #ith me Achilles: .smirks1 Madman There is no co$enant bet#een shee& and #ol$es, nor bet#een yo" and me
.chilles thro#s his s&ear, and misses its aim Tr"e Tr"e thena brings it back, Hector thro#s his s&ear, and the s&ear hit the center of chilles shield1 Hector : Bei&hob"s, the s&ear= .Looks at his side, to fo"nd o"t that his brother is no#here to be fo"nd Looks at thena beside chilles, #ith his disg"ised brother1 .bo#s do#n his head1 the gods ha$e s"mmoned s" mmoned me to death t least % #ill not die #itho"t a str"ggle, b"t in some great g reat deed of arms #hich men yet to be born #ill tell each other other .Bra#s o"t his s#ord, and r"shes r" shes to chilles, '"t chilles dra#s his s&ear, making Hector fall1 0lease? Cchilles? Cchilles? gi$e my? body to? mCmy? mother and? fCfather Achilles: Ao &rayers from yo" to me, yo" dog
.Hector gi$es his 5nal breath1 Athena: Good 6ob, chilles Yo" ha$e #on this battle Achilles: Thank yo" for hel&ing me Athena: My &leas"re Ao# % m"st go back, for % ha$e many things to do in Olym&"s are#ell, chilles
.chilles sits do#n, and closes his eyes1 .0aris enters, #ith &ollo on his side1 Paris: %s that chilles< Apollo: Yes he is He #ho killed yo"r brother Hector Paris: My brother? is dead< Apollo: Yes 3"ch bra$e #arrior has been killed by chilles Yo" m"st a$enge him=
th ro# a s&ear &ro&erly= Paris: '"t ho# #o"ld % do that< % can+t e$en thro# Apollo: Bon+t #orry % #ill g"ide yo" 2se my bo# and arro# .Gets it, then &ositions the bo# and arro#1 im it at the heel Paris: The heel< (hy< Apollo: 'eca"se that is the only #ay for him to die (hen he #as a child, he #as di&&ed into the ri$er of 3ty) th"s making him immortal '"t his mother didn+t reali7e that his heel #as left mortal beca"se it #as #here his mother held him 3o the only #ay to kill him is by this Paris: '"tCCC Apollo: Think of yo"r brother Think of those Tro6ans #hom chilles ha$e killed Their so"ls are crying o"t o"t for re$enge= Bo it= it= Narrator: 0aris let go of the arro#, and it hit chilles+ heel 'eca"se the arro# #as &oisono"s, it immediately killed him 0aris then ran a#ay to lea$e and esca&e fter sometime, 0aris #as killed by 0rince 0hiloctetes, by his bo# and arro# arro# 0aris then &leaded him to send him to Oenone, #ho li$ed on Mo"nt %da, his lo$er before he elo&ed #ith Helen Oenone ref"sed to heal him, still angry for lea$ing her her Oenone #atched 0aris died, then grie$ed and killed herself herself s for Helen, she #as sa$ed by
&hrodite d"ring the Tro6an Tro6an (ar and ga$e her back to Menela"s nd together, they again r"led 3&arta, #ith their da"ghter, Hermione nd no#, &lease #elcome, the heroes of the Tro6an (ar, as they introd"ce themsel$es to "s incl"ding the most bea"tif"l #oman in the #orld, Helen of Troy Helen: % am Helen of Troy % am the da"ghter of /e"s and Leda, and my ste&Cfather #as King Tyndare"s Tyndare"s of 3&arta The t#in sister of !lytemnestra, and sister of the t#in brothers !astor and 0oll"), also kno#n as the Biosc"ri % #as considered to be the most bea"tif"l #oman in the kno#n #orld, the face that la"nched a tho"sand shi&s %nitially % #as abd"cted by the hero These"s, #ho left me in the &rotection of his mother ethra #hile he #as a#ay ad$ent"ring B"ring that time, thens #as in$aded by the 3&artan army led by !astor and 0oll"), taking me back and ca&t"ring ethra instead Later, a n"mber of s"itors tried to #in my hand, e$ent"ally Menela"s being the $ictor $ictor ll s"itors, tho"gh, #ere bo"nd by an oath to assist, in case % #o"ld be abd"cted in the f"t"re My marriage to Menela"s, king of 3&arta, made me ascend to the throne of the th e city as a 8"een (e had a da"ghter, Hermione, and three sons, ethiolas, Mara&hi"s and 0leisthenes O"r marriage marked the beginning of the end for the age of heroes, #hich #as /e"sI decision and #as bro"ght "&on #ith the c"lmination of e$ents to the Tro6an (ar gain, % am Helen of Troy, Troy, The face that la"nched a tho"sand shi&s Menelaus : % am Menela"s % am the king of 3&arta, h"sband of Helen % am one of the main characters in$ol$ed in the Tro6an (ar My &arents #ere tre"s and erobe, #hile my brother #as gamemnon #ho r"led o$er the city of Mycenae % #as one of the many s"itors of Helen, and #hen Odysse"s made "s take an oath to &rotect the f"t"re h"sband of Helen at all cost He then s"ggested to dra# lots, and l"ckily, % #as chosen to be Helen+s h"sband h "sband (e then had a da"ghter named Hermione (hen Helen elo&ed #ith 0aris, the &rince of Troy, % #as f"rio"s % in$oked the oath of all the s"itors of Helen, and #e fo"ght against the &eo&le of Troy Achilles: %, chilles is a hero in Greek mythology and one of the main characters that &artici&ated in the Tro6an (ar % am the son of 0ele"s, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a nym&h 'oth /e"s and 0oseidon #ere in lo$e #ith my mother, Thetis, ho#e$er 0romethe"s #arned them of a &ro&hecy that said the son of Thetis #o"ld be greater than his father4 so, the t#o gods decided to #ithdra#, and King 0ele"s ended "& marrying her her (hen % #as born, my mother #anted to make me immortal and th"s, di&&ed me in the ri$er 3ty) Ho#e$er, she did not reali7e that my heel, by #hich she held me, #as not to"ched by the #aters, and so that #as the only &art of my body that remained mortal Hector : % am Hector % am a Tro6an &rince and the greatest 5ghter for Troy in the Tro6an Tro6an (ar (ar s the 5rstCborn son of King 0riam 0riam and @"een Hec"ba, #ho #as #as a descendant of Bardan"s and Tros, the fo"nder of Troy, % am a &rince of the royal ho"se and the heir a&&arent to my fatherIs throne % am married to ndromache, #ith #hom % had a son, styana) % acted as the leader of the Tro6ans Tro6ans and their allies in the defense of Troy, Troy, killing N,PPP Greek 5ghters, o*ers Hygin"s % am kno#n not only for my co"rage b"t also for my noble and co"rtly nat"re % am &eaceClo$ing, tho"ghtf"l as #ell as bold, a good son, h"sband h" sband and father, and #itho"t darker moti$es % am martyr to loyalties, a #itness to the things of this #orld, a hero ready to die for the &recio"s im&erfections of ordinary life
$ictory %t #as % #ho Odysseus : % am Odysse"s The one #ho led the Greeks into $ictory Odysseus: tho"ght of "sing a large #ooden horse in order to enter the city of Troy and attack them from #ithin (e then amb"shed them and that is the reason for the fall of Troy Troy brother of the mighty Hector Hector He #as killed Paris: s yo" all kno#, % am 0aris The brother by chilles, and so % ha$e to a$enge him The Tro6an Tro6an #ar started beca"se of my 6"dgement
Narrator: nd that ends the story that once #as a great &art in the li$es of the Greeks 0resented to yo" by o"r $ery o#n, Grade PC 3t >ohn st"dents Once again, Gods: (e are the gods, Goddesses : goddesses, Others: and heroes
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