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Begitu pula ketika ia menceritakan kisah Trojan Horse. Saat menceritakan kisah pencarian Golden Fleece oleh Jason, Lang mengajak kita untuk belajar dari kehidupan dan kisah heroik dari dua tokoh utamanya, yaitu Theseus yang membunuh Minotaur, serta Perseusyang membebaskan Putri Andromeda. Ah ya, jangan lupa! Nama-nama seperti Perseus, Andromeda dan orang tuanya Cephus dan Cassiopeia , juga dikenal sebagai konstelasi langit musim panas.
Jadi, sembari mengajak anak bercerita tentang ini, kita juga bisa sekalian menarik perhatian mereka untuk belajar Astronomi kan? Jul 16, Eve Watson rated it really liked it. It's a good book, but the constant references to other topics relating to England get annoying as they have really no reason to be in there.
Also referring to Odysseus as Ulysses, when you are talking about him in his Greek form but refer to him in his Roman is annoying as hell. But maybe thats just me. Honestly though, it was a good book. Dec 08, Minna rated it did not like it. This book is what got me into mythology. Oct 28, Hilary rated it liked it Shelves: The classic tales retold come from the Iliad, the Odyssey, and also include the stories of Jason, Theseus and Perseus.
If you've familiar with the Iliad you'll notice that much of the action which Homer attributes to the gods, and indeed the start of the Trojan war, is given an alternative explanation, but it's done well. This little book isn't a fast read, because of the old writing style, but as usual Lang uses words in a poetic fashion, using them well to create a sense of timelessness with th The classic tales retold come from the Iliad, the Odyssey, and also include the stories of Jason, Theseus and Perseus. This little book isn't a fast read, because of the old writing style, but as usual Lang uses words in a poetic fashion, using them well to create a sense of timelessness with these old stories.
It's a nice change of pace, and has reminded me that I need to refamiliarize myself with Homer. Dec 31, Sylvia rated it liked it Shelves: Nice read of several classical and mythical stories, like Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the story of Theseus and the adventures of Perseus. Andrew Lang has gathered all known stories about Troyan War from different sources, so the reader get good info about items which aren't mentioned in Homer's epic tale. The language is a bit oldfashioned and might annoy the reader at some moments, that's why I give three stars.
Dec 08, Karen rated it really liked it. Eleanor is enjoying this, but would probably enjoy it more next year. Peter finds it difficult to follow. I would recommend it for Kylie if you ever do a history of the Greeks. Jul 25, Nura Yusof rated it liked it. Greek mythology in easily digestible form. But Edith Hamilton's Mythology is way better! Feb 17, Ursula rated it it was amazing. Did this as a listen on Audible.
Great way to enjoy it! Eilise rated it really liked it Dec 18, Ab's books rated it it was amazing May 05, Dara Matiluko rated it liked it Dec 01, Sid Singh rated it it was amazing Aug 11, Douglas Aurelio Marques rated it liked it Dec 28, Alexandra Kocik rated it it was amazing Sep 17, Mardiah Arifin rated it really liked it Mar 22, Brentt Nerves rated it it was amazing May 08, Rebekah Kensington rated it it was ok Oct 06, Sharmila rated it it was amazing Aug 14, Ashley Fetterman rated it really liked it Jun 12, In revenge, Odysseus conceived a plot [] where an incriminating letter was forged, from Priam to Palamedes, [] and gold was planted in Palamedes' quarters.
The letter and gold were "discovered", and Agamemnon had Palamedes stoned to death for treason. However, Pausanias, quoting the Cypria , says that Odysseus and Diomedes drowned Palamedes, while he was fishing, and Dictys says that Odysseus and Diomedes lured Palamedes into a well, which they said contained gold, then stoned him to death.
Palamedes' father Nauplius sailed to the Troad and asked for justice, but was refused. In revenge, Nauplius traveled among the Achaean kingdoms and told the wives of the kings that they were bringing Trojan concubines to dethrone them. Many of the Greek wives were persuaded to betray their husbands, most significantly Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra , who was seduced by Aegisthus , son of Thyestes.
Near the end of the ninth year since the landing, the Achaean army, tired from the fighting and from the lack of supplies, mutinied against their leaders and demanded to return to their homes. According to the Cypria, Achilles forced the army to stay. Chryses , a priest of Apollo and father of Chryseis , came to Agamemnon to ask for the return of his daughter. Agamemnon refused, and insulted Chryses , who prayed to Apollo to avenge his ill-treatment. Enraged, Apollo afflicted the Achaean army with plague.
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Agamemnon was forced to return Chryseis to end the plague, and took Achilles ' concubine Briseis as his own. Enraged at the dishonour Agamemnon had inflicted upon him, Achilles decided he would no longer fight. He asked his mother, Thetis, to intercede with Zeus, who agreed to give the Trojans success in the absence of Achilles, the best warrior of the Achaeans.
After the withdrawal of Achilles, the Achaeans were initially successful. Both armies gathered in full for the first time since the landing. Menelaus and Paris fought a duel, which ended when Aphrodite snatched the beaten Paris from the field. With the truce broken, the armies began fighting again. Diomedes won great renown amongst the Achaeans, killing the Trojan hero Pandaros and nearly killing Aeneas , who was only saved by his mother, Aphrodite.
With the assistance of Athena, Diomedes then wounded the gods Aphrodite and Ares. During the next days, however, the Trojans drove the Achaeans back to their camp and were stopped at the Achaean wall by Poseidon. The next day, though, with Zeus' help, the Trojans broke into the Achaean camp and were on the verge of setting fire to the Achaean ships.
An earlier appeal to Achilles to return was rejected, but after Hector burned Protesilaus' ship, he allowed his close friend [] and relative Patroclus to go into battle wearing Achilles' armour and lead his army. Patroclus drove the Trojans all the way back to the walls of Troy, and was only prevented from storming the city by the intervention of Apollo.
Patroclus was then killed by Hector, who took Achilles' armour from the body of Patroclus. Achilles, maddened with grief, swore to kill Hector in revenge. He was reconciled with Agamemnon and received Briseis back, untouched by Agamemnon. He received a new set of arms, forged by the god Hephaestus , and returned to the battlefield.
He slaughtered many Trojans, and nearly killed Aeneas, who was saved by Poseidon. Achilles fought with the river god Scamander , and a battle of the gods followed. The Trojan army returned to the city, except for Hector, who remained outside the walls because he was tricked by Athena. Achilles killed Hector, and afterwards he dragged Hector's body from his chariot and refused to return the body to the Trojans for burial. The Achaeans then conducted funeral games for Patroclus. Afterwards, Priam came to Achilles' tent, guided by Hermes , and asked Achilles to return Hector's body. The armies made a temporary truce to allow the burial of the dead.
The Iliad ends with the funeral of Hector. Shortly after the burial of Hector, Penthesilea , queen of the Amazons , arrived with her warriors. She was purified from this action by Priam, [] and in exchange she fought for him and killed many, including Machaon [] according to Pausanias, Machaon was killed by Eurypylus , [] and according to one version, Achilles himself, who was resurrected at the request of Thetis. Thersites , a simple soldier and the ugliest Achaean, taunted Achilles over his love [] and gouged out Penthesilea's eyes.
While they were away, Memnon of Ethiopia , son of Tithonus and Eos , [] came with his host to help his stepbrother Priam. Zeus weighed the fate of the two heroes; the weight containing that of Memnon sank, [] and he was slain by Achilles. The gods, seeing that he had killed too many of their children, decided that it was his time to die. He was killed after Paris shot a poisoned arrow that was guided by Apollo. Both versions conspicuously deny the killer any sort of valour, saying Achilles remained undefeated on the battlefield.
His bones were mingled with those of Patroclus, and funeral games were held. A great battle raged around the dead Achilles. Ajax held back the Trojans, while Odysseus carried the body away. Agamemnon, unwilling to undertake the invidious duty of deciding between the two competitors, referred the dispute to the decision of the Trojan prisoners, inquiring of them which of the two heroes had done most harm to the Trojans.
A girl said that Ajax was braver:. For Aias took up and carried out of the strife the hero, Peleus' son: To this another replied by Athena's contrivance: Why, what is this you say? A thing against reason and untrue! Even a woman could carry a load once a man had put it on her shoulder; but she could not fight. For she would fail with fear if she should fight.
Scholiast on Aristophanes, Knights and Aristophanes ib. According to Pindar, the decision was made by secret ballot among the Achaeans. Driven mad with grief, Ajax desired to kill his comrades, but Athena caused him to mistake the cattle and their herdsmen for the Achaean warriors. After the tenth year, it was prophesied [] that Troy could not fall without Heracles' bow, which was with Philoctetes in Lemnos. Odysseus and Diomedes [] retrieved Philoctetes, whose wound had healed. Deiphobus prevailed, and Helenus abandoned Troy for Mt.
Calchas said that Helenus knew the prophecies concerning the fall of Troy, so Odysseus waylaid Helenus. The Greeks retrieved Pelop's bones, [] and sent Odysseus to retrieve Neoptolemus, who was hiding from the war in King Lycomedes 's court in Scyros. Odysseus gave him his father's arms. He killed Machaon [] and Peneleos, [] but was slain by Neoptolemus. Disguised as a beggar, Odysseus went to spy inside Troy, but was recognized by Helen.
Homesick, [] Helen plotted with Odysseus. Later, with Helen's help, Odysseus and Diomedes stole the Palladium. The end of the war came with one final plan. Odysseus devised a new ruse—a giant hollow wooden horse, an animal that was sacred to the Trojans. It was built by Epeius and guided by Athena, [] from the wood of a cornel tree grove sacred to Apollo, [] with the inscription:. The hollow horse was filled with soldiers [] led by Odysseus. The rest of the army burned the camp and sailed for Tenedos.
When the Trojans discovered that the Greeks were gone, believing the war was over, they "joyfully dragged the horse inside the city", [] while they debated what to do with it. Some thought they ought to hurl it down from the rocks, others thought they should burn it, while others said they ought to dedicate it to Athena. The Achaeans entered the city and killed the sleeping population. A great massacre followed which continued into the day.
Blood ran in torrents, drenched was all the earth, As Trojans and their alien helpers died. Here were men lying quelled by bitter death All up and down the city in their blood. The Trojans, fuelled with desperation, fought back fiercely, despite being disorganized and leaderless. With the fighting at its height, some donned fallen enemies' attire and launched surprise counterattacks in the chaotic street fighting.
Other defenders hurled down roof tiles and anything else heavy down on the rampaging attackers. The outlook was grim though, and eventually the remaining defenders were destroyed along with the whole city. Neoptolemus killed Priam, who had taken refuge at the altar of Zeus of the Courtyard. Ajax the Lesser raped Cassandra on Athena's altar while she was clinging to her statue.
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Because of Ajax's impiety, the Acheaens, urged by Odysseus, wanted to stone him to death, but he fled to Athena's altar, and was spared. Antenor , who had given hospitality to Menelaus and Odysseus when they asked for the return of Helen, and who had advocated so, was spared, along with his family. The Greeks then burned the city and divided the spoils. Cassandra was awarded to Agamemnon. The Achaeans [] threw Hector's infant son Astyanax down from the walls of Troy, [] either out of cruelty and hate [] or to end the royal line, and the possibility of a son's revenge.
Aethra , Theseus ' mother, and one of Helen's handmaids, [] was rescued by her grandsons, Demophon and Acamas. The gods were very angry over the destruction of their temples and other sacrilegious acts by the Achaeans, and decided that most would not return home. A storm fell on the returning fleet off Tenos island. Additionally, Nauplius, in revenge for the murder of his son Palamedes, set up false lights in Cape Caphereus also known today as Cavo D'Oro, in Euboea and many were shipwrecked. According to the Odyssey , Menelaus 's fleet was blown by storms to Crete and Egypt , where they were unable to sail away due to calm winds.
Proteus also told Menelaus that he was destined for Elysium Heaven after his death. Menelaus returned to Sparta with Helen eight years after he had left Troy. Agamemnon returned home with Cassandra to Argos. His wife Clytemnestra Helen's sister was having an affair with Aegisthus , son of Thyestes , Agamemnon's cousin who had conquered Argos before Agamemnon himself retook it. Possibly out of vengeance for the death of Iphigenia , Clytemnestra plotted with her lover to kill Agamemnon. Cassandra foresaw this murder, and warned Agamemnon, but he disregarded her.
He was killed, either at a feast or in his bath, [] according to different versions. Cassandra was also killed. Odysseus ' ten-year journey home to Ithaca was told in Homer 's Odyssey. Odysseus and his men were blown far off course to lands unknown to the Achaeans; there Odysseus had many adventures, including the famous encounter with the Cyclops Polyphemus , and an audience with the seer Teiresias in Hades. On the island of Thrinacia , Odysseus' men ate the cattle sacred to the sun-god Helios. For this sacrilege Odysseus' ships were destroyed, and all his men perished.
Odysseus had not eaten the cattle, and was allowed to live; he washed ashore on the island of Ogygia , and lived there with the nymph Calypso. After seven years, the gods decided to send Odysseus home; on a small raft, he sailed to Scheria , the home of the Phaeacians , who gave him passage to Ithaca.
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Once in his home land, Odysseus traveled disguised as an old beggar. He was recognised by his dog, Argos , who died in his lap. He then discovered that his wife, Penelope , had been faithful to him during the 20 years he was absent, despite the countless suitors that were eating his food and spending his property. With the help of his son Telemachus , Athena, and Eumaeus , the swineherd, he killed all of them except Medon , who had been polite to Penelope, and Phemius , a local singer who had only been forced to help the suitors against Penelope.
Penelope tested Odysseus and made sure it was him, and he forgave her.
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The next day the suitors' relatives tried to take revenge on him but they were stopped by Athena. The Telegony picks up where the Odyssey leaves off, beginning with the burial of the dead suitors, and continues until the death of Odysseus. Odysseus, attempting to fight off the attack, was killed by his unrecognized son. After Telegonus realized he had killed his father, he brought the body to his mother Circe, along with Telemachus and Penelope. Circe made them immortal; then Telegonus married Penelope and Telemachus married Circe.
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