The Trojan epic series also includes the adventures of the descendants of Trojan heroes (such as Orestes and Telemachus)

The Trojan War produced a large number of subject matter and became a major source of inspiration for ancient Greek artists (for example, the sack of Troy in the Temple of Padenon was used as the theme of the sack), and the artist's preference for the theme of the siege of Troy was even more important to ancient Greek culture.

This mythical siege story also greatly influenced later European writing. For example, the Trojan medieval European writers, who did not know Homer at the time, but who received from the Trojan legend ample themes of heroism and romanticism, and found a structure for them to suit their own court and knightly subjects.

Twelfth-century authors, such as Benoit's "Legend of Troy" and Joseph "On the Battlefield of Troy," re-portrayed the war based on the descriptions in Dictis and Darius, and they actually followed Horace's advice and Virgil's example of adapting Troy's poems into novels, rather than writing something completely different.

Mythology was an extremely important component of ancient Greek life. The Greeks considered mythology to be an important part of their history. They use myths and stories to explain natural phenomena, cultural changes, and traditional hatred and friendship. It is the root of the pride of the Greeks in having the blood of mythical heroes or gods for their leaders.

Basically no one doubts the reality of what happened after the Trojan War as described in the Iliad and Odyssey.

According to the famous American military historian, columnist. Victor Hansen, a political critic and professor of Western classics, and John Heath, an associate professor of Western classics at Santa Clara University, were convinced by the depth of knowledge of Homer's epics because of their cultural pervasion, so Homer was called 'Greek education' and his works were called 'theBook'.

At the end of the 5th century BCE, philosophy, history, prose, and rationalism began to rise in style, mythological facts began to become uncertain, and mystical genealogical theories began to give way to a historical concept that sought to exclude supernatural claims (such as Thucydides').

While poets and playwrights continued to adapt myths, Greek historians and philosophers had begun to find fault with them.

Beginning in the 6th century BC. Some radical philosophers. Xenophane, for example, labeled the poets' stories as insulting lies, complained that the gods portrayed by Homer and Hesiod were "the most shameless and lewd of men, who stole and raped and cheated each other."

The main thread of this thought appears in Plato's Republics and Laws. Plato created his own satirical myths to attack the immoral practices of the gods in traditional tales, such as trickery, theft, and adultery. and against them becoming the subject of literary works.

Plato's critique is the first serious challenge to the Homeric mythological tradition. He thought the myth was "the old woman's rap."

as his ally. Aristotle commented harshly on the philosophical origins of myth-like pre-Socrates: "Hesiod and the theological writers have focused only on ideas that seem plausible to them, and have no respect for us, but these writers who write in the style of mythology are not at all worthy of attention, and we must question those who insist on proving their claims."

Be that as it may. Even Plato did not succeed in excluding the influence of myth from the social system he had made, and his own characterization of Socrates was based on the traditional Homeric and tragic model used to praise the integrity of his teacher:

But some may say, "Socrates, don't you regret that you have pursued a path that puts you in danger of death," but I will simply answer him, "Sir, you are completely wrong. If you judge a person only by whether he values life or death or not, regardless of what he is doing or not, then I believe that according to your argument, all the demigod heroes who died in Troy were bad, including the son of Thetis, who was so despicable of danger that he was often used as a metaphor to endure all insults, and who longed to kill Hector despite the words his mother (a goddess) said to him:

My child, if you kill Hector to avenge your friend Patroclus, you are killing yourself, because after Hector, you will be the next to die. When he heard this, he utterly despised death and danger, and feared that he would live as a cowardly man who could not avenge his friend, and he said:

Even if I die immediately after the revenge on this evil scoundrel, I don't want to stay here and be teased next to the ships that have become a burden to the earth. ”

Hansen and Heath estimate that Plato's rejection of the Homeric tradition was not accepted by the Greek grassroots civilization, as old myths were still alive and well in regional beliefs, and that they continued to influence poetry and remained the subject of painting and sculpture.

A work based on Greek mythology - "The Myth of the Constellation Palace" by Rurika Fuyuki. Masami Sadada's "Saint Seiya".

Novel Posey Jackson, Half-Blood Camp Hero. Movies Fury of the Gods, God of War Century (2011), Super Century Gods List (2010), Percy Jackson, Troy: Trojan Horse Slaughter (2004), Hercules (1997), Disney Animation. The Legend of God of War: Odyssey (1997) TV series The Legendary Travels of Hercules. Animated Tenjin rushes forward. Game Tower of Gods and Demons. Video game God of War, Stars, Gods, Mythological Century

One of the guardians of the Demon Hero, the Demon Hero - Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a native of Chu during the Warring States Period, was surnamed Qu, Qu Shi, Mingping, Ziyuan, and Ziyun in "Lisao": "The name Yu is said to be Zhengxi, and the word Yu is said to be Lingjun". Born in Danyang, Chu State. Chu State Office.

In his early years, Qu Yuan was trusted by King Huai of Chu, and successively served as a doctor and a disciple of Zuo, often discussing state affairs with King Huai and participating in the formulation of laws. At the same time, he presided over foreign affairs. He advocated that the state of Chu and the state of Qi should unite and jointly counter the state of Qin. With Qu Yuan's efforts, the national strength of Chu has increased. However, due to his upright and proud personality, coupled with the slander and exclusion of others, Qu Yuan was gradually alienated by King Chu Huai.

In 305 BCE, Qu Yuan opposed King Huai of Chu to enter into the Yellow Thorn Alliance with Qin, but Chu still completely threw himself into Qin's arms. Qu Yuan resigned angrily, left Yingdu, and went to northern Hanbei.

During Qu Yuan's exile, he wrote a large number of literary works, which were filled with his attachment to Chu Di and Chu Feng and his enthusiasm for serving the people and the country. His works are gorgeous, with peculiar imagination, novel metaphors, and profound connotations, and have become one of the origins of Chinese literature.

In 278 BC, the Qin State Captain Bai Qi waved his troops south and broke through the Yingdu, and Qu Yuan died in despair and grief by throwing a large stone into the Miluo River. Legend has it that the local people threw zongzi to feed the fish to prevent Qu Yuan's body from being eaten by the fish, and later gradually formed a ritual. In the future, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, and people eat zongzi and row dragon boats to commemorate this great patriotic poet.

1953 was the 2230th anniversary of Qu Yuan's death, and the World Peace Council passed a resolution to identify Qu Yuan as one of the four cultural celebrities in the world commemorated that year.

Qu Yuan's "Recitation" in "Nine Chapters" once said that "the lowly poverty of forgetting one's body" once said.

When Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty explained Qu Yuan's name in the "Chu Ci Chapters and Verses", he said: "Zheng, Ping, then Fa", "Spirit, God, even, tune." There is no one who is more than the sky, and those who are evenly nourished are not gods on the earth. 」

The name is "Ping Yi Fa Tian", and the word "Yuan Yi Fa Di". Literally, "Ping" means justice, and Pingzheng is the image of the sky, and "Yuan" is the wide and flat terrain, which is the image of the earth, and Qu Yuan's birth date and name are in line with the three unifications of heaven, earth and man. At the time, it was a good sign. (To be continued......)