In ancient Greek mythology, there is a story that an apple triggered a protracted war, which is the Trojan War.
In the Iliad epic, the causes of the Trojan War are recorded in detail.
According to legend, on Mount Olympus in ancient Greece, Zeus, the god in charge of everything in the world, and his queen Hera lived. There are also many immortals on the mountain, who are in charge of different fields and have many privileges. Athena, goddess of wisdom, Aries, Ares, Apollo, Aphrodite, etc.
One day, all the gods were invited to a wedding except Aries, the goddess of discord. So Aries was angered and put a golden apple that said "For the most beautiful woman" at the wedding banquet.
Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all think that they are the most beautiful women in the world, and this golden apple belongs to them. Wise Zeus didn't want to decide this thankless dispute, so he suggested that the three goddesses find Paris, a shepherd on Ada Mountain, to decide.
Paris's real identity is not actually a shepherd, he is the son of Priam, king of Troy. Because when he was born, his mother, Queen Hekuba, dreamed that she was holding a burning torch, and then the torch burned the whole city of Troy to ashes.
The prophet told king Priam that the child would bring disaster to Troy. So Priam ordered a shepherd to give up Paris at the foot of Ada Mountain and let it die.
But the kind shepherd took Paris as his own child, raised him with goat's milk and turned him into a strong, handsome and handsome boy.
After the three goddesses found Paris, Hera promised him wealth and power, Athena promised him wisdom and honor, and Aphrodite gave Paris Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.
Finally, Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite not only helped Paris return to Troy, become a prince and become a member of the royal family again, but also promised to help him find Helen and fulfill his promise. But Aphrodite didn't tell Paris that Helen was married and her husband was Spartan Wang Mo Nereus.
Later, Paris came to Sparta and kidnapped Helen. The Greeks were humiliated and vowed to take back Helen and the cheated treasure, so the famous Trojan War broke out.
So, was the Trojan War really caused by a golden apple and the most beautiful woman in the world? Isn't the story "Women are beautiful" unique to China?
In fact, the real reason of the Trojan War was for profit.
The Trojan War did happen in history, probably during the Mycenaean civilization in12nd century BC, and the creator of this civilization was the early Greek-Akayas. They moved from the Balkans to the central and southern parts of the ancient Greek Peninsula, where they established the Mycenae Kingdom. The kingdom of Mycenae was greatly weakened by successive wars in the later period, while Troy gradually became a rich city-state in Asia Minor.
In order to restore the prosperity of Mycenae and the glorious civilization of the past, the Akaya people had to transport their handicrafts, ceramics and gold and silver wares to the trade routes of Asia Minor along the Mediterranean coast through the Black Sea in exchange for necessary strategic materials such as copper, tin, iron and war horses.
The strong rise of Troy hindered the trade expansion of the Akayans. Because the Trojans not only became the strong competitors of the Akaya people in trade, but also stood on their trade channel to the Black Sea, blocking the trade throat of the Akaya people. To this end, the Akaya people had to find an excuse to fight with the Trojans.
So, what kind of reasons are you looking for? The most effective way is to use the flag of God.
Thus, in Greek mythology, we saw that this war was put on the cloak of God, and it was a just war planned by Zeus.
Laomedon was the king of Troy, but he was arrogant by nature. He always didn't respect God and didn't keep his promise. Zeus had already noticed all this. So Poseidon and Apollo were sent to Troy to build a wall for laomedon. On the day when the indestructible wall was built, laomedon broke his word and refused to pay the two men what they deserved, so Zeus decided to punish Troy.
After giving birth to his youngest daughter Helen, Zeus was endowed with her unique appearance, and deliberately used this appearance to provoke conflicts between Greeks and Trojans, which led to bloody wars.
So as soon as the golden apple appeared, Zeus was noncommittal, and sent three goddess of quarrelling to Troy to find Paris to judge.
The Greeks used this myth and legend to explain that Troy was attacked because they didn't respect God and had offended God. Since we have offended the gods, we are doomed to be punished. Then, the destruction of the country is inevitable and the Greek attack is just.
This is similar to the practice of destroying the Shang Dynasty in ancient China in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Later, Xu also wrote this story as the Romance of Gods.
So, what was the final result of the Trojan War?
The Trojan War * * * lasted for 10 years, but the Akayans still failed to occupy the strong city of Troy. Later, a man named Epios put forward a plan: all the Akayans pretended to retreat, leaving a huge wooden horse outside Troy and hiding Arcaya soldiers in it.
The Trojans really fell for it and dragged this huge Trojan back to the city as a trophy. Although a priest warned on the spot that the Trojan horse was probably a trick of the Akayans, the Trojans were carried away by the long-lost victory, and no one believed the priest's words.
At night, when the Trojans were singing and dancing to celebrate their victory, Arcaya soldiers climbed out of Troy and opened the door to let thousands of Arcaya soldiers in.
Thus, Troy was destroyed and perished.