Week 3 The Iliad (western literature )

1.Achilles's heel (Peleus and Thetis are his mom and dad)
When Achilles is a baby, it is foretold he will die young, so Thetis, hold his heel and put his body into the River Styx, so he become powerful, and survive many great battle, but one day Paris shot a poisonous arrow at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly. 

2.The judgement of Paris(Helen of Troy)
When Zeus is celebrate of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, Eris(the goddess of discord), she is angry that no one invited her, so she come with the golden apple from the garden of the Hesperides , which become a prize of beauty contest, in semi final, Athena , Venus Aphrodite and Hera win, and Paris is the judgement, so the three of them use their power to bribe him,Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman-Helen of Sparta, finally Paris accepted Aphrodite's prize and give the apple to her.


3.The abduction of EuropaThe story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull with golden horn, so when Europa site on his back, then he runs far away, until arrived in Crete island.


4. Persepone(goddess of agriculture and wife of Hades) and the pomegranate seeds Perspone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter(ceres),Demeter loves her daughter very much,but one day when Perspone is with her friends,Hades(the god of underworld), who fell in love with her and kidnapped her,and to make Perspone stay forever, he offer to eat and drink, but she refused, on the other hand, when Demeter finally find her,and want to bring her back,Perspone have eat the seeds of pomegranate, which Hades give her,so six months of each year, she must return to the underworld with Hades, and winter would come to the world. during the spring she would once again return to her mother, 

5.Dionysus ( the god of the wine)-is the god of the grape harvest, wine-making and wine, of ritual madness, fertility,[2][3] theatre and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology. Alcohol, especially wine, played an important role in Greek culture with Dionysus being an important reason for this life style.


6.Hephaestus(Vulcan- the god of ironsmith)- is the Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes.Hephaestus' Roman equivalent is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods.

7. Fatal Woman(Salome and Helen) the most dangerous and beautiful woman 

8.Telemachus( the son of Odysseus and Penelope)- is a figure in Greek mythology, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on Telemachus' journeys in search of news about his father, who has yet to return home from the Trojan War.