Book 8 "The Trojan War"

Title: The Trojan War
Author: Thomas Bulfinch
Publisher (level): IBC Publishing (4)
Summary:
In ancient Greece, humans and gods exist together. In such a world, something outrageous would happen. The story begins in this way: All the gods were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis except for Eris, because she was the goddess of discord. This made Eris very angry so she threw a golden apple among the guests. On the apple, it was written that;” For the Fairest.” Of course, three beautiful goddesses, Hera, Aphrodite and Athena claimed the apple. Zeus, Almighty God, was afraid to decide on such a delicate matter, so he sent these goddesses to Mount Ida, where the very handsome Paris, a shepherd, was watching his sheep. Three goddesses tried to make him to chose herself for the fairest: Hera promised him power and riches; Athena promised glory and fame in war; and Aphrodite promised him the fairest of women for his wife. Finally, Paris decided to give the golden apple to Aphrodite, thus he also made the other two goddesses feel fitter toward him. Aphrodite to fulfill her promise gave a woman as his wife who was really the fairest of all women, Helen. However, Helen was the wife of Menelaus, the king in the Greece. Otherwise, Paris was one of the sons of the king in the Troy. He carried Helen off to Troy, which was the cause of the famous Trojan War. Afterwards, many people, like Achilles, Odysseus and Hector, even more many gods and goddesses were involved in the war.
Evaluation: 3stars
As is often said to myths, it is always ridiculous, but it is also a good point of myths. Before you go to bed, it is fine to read because you may be able to sleep in a dramatic dream. However, in this story, the most impressive part was the first of “The Sailing of the Greek Fleet to Troy,” which was written about sincere loves among a couple. Compared to exaggerated behaviors of the gods, their true loves were impressive for me.