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1、TrojanWarLegendOriginsofthewarTheplanofZeusAccordingtoGreekmythology,ZeushadbecomekingofthegodsbyoverthrowinghisfatherCronus.SinceZeusbelievedthatthereweretoomanypeoplepopulatingtheearth,heenvisioned.（想象）Momus（莫墨斯（冷笑和非难的神））[7]orThemis（西弥斯女神）,[8]whowastousetheT
2、rojanWarasameanstodepopulatetheEarth,especiallyofhisdemigoddescendants.[9]ZeuscametolearnfromeitherThemis[10]orPrometheus（普罗米修斯），that,likehisfatherCronus,oneofhissonswouldoverthrowhim.Anotherprophecystatedthatasonofthesea-nymphThetis,wouldbecomegreaterthanhisf
3、ather.[12]Possiblyforoneorbothofthesereasons,[13]Thetiswasbetrothed（订婚了的）toanelderlyhumanking,Peleus（珀琉斯（色萨利地方密尔弥冬人的国王，阿喀琉斯的父亲））sonofAiakos（艾亚哥斯）.AllofthegodswereinvitedtoPeleusandThetis'weddingandbroughtmanygifts,[16]exceptEris厄里斯（不和的女神，夜女神的女儿）("Discord"),Ins
4、ulted,shethrewfromthedooragiftofherown:[18]agoldenappleonwhichwereinscribedtheword("Tothefairest").[19]TheapplewasclaimedbyHera,Athena雅典娜（智慧与技艺的女神）,andAphrodite阿佛洛狄特（司爱与美之女神）.Theyquarreledbitterlyoverit,andnoneoftheothergodswouldventureanopinionfavoringone,for
5、fearofearningtheenmityoftheothertwo.Eventually,ZeusorderedHermestoleadthethreegoddessestoParis,aprinceofTroy,who,unawareofhisancestry祖先；血统,wasbeingraisedasashepherd牧羊人inMountIda伊达山,[20]becauseofaprophecy预言thathewouldbethedownfallofTroy.[21]Becausehewasunableto
6、decidebetweenthem,theyresortedtobribes.AthenaofferedPariswisdom,skillinbattle,andtheabilitiesofthegreatestwarriors;HeraofferedhimpoliticalpowerandcontrolofallofAsia;andAphroditeofferedhimtheloveofthemostbeautifulwomanintheworld,HelenofSparta.Parisawardedtheapp
7、letoAphrodite,and,afterseveraladventures,returnedtoTroy,wherehewasrecognizedbyhisroyalfamily.PeleusandThetisboreason,whomtheynamedAchilles阿喀琉斯(.Itwasforetoldthathewouldeitherdieofoldageafteranuneventfullife,ordieyounginabattlefieldandgainimmortalitythroughpoet
8、ry.[22]Furthermore,whenAchilleswasnineyearsold,Calchas卡尔克斯（随军预言家）hadprophesiedthatTroycouldnotagainfallwithouthishelp.[23]AnumberofsourcescreditThetiswithattemptingtomakeAchillesim
