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The Iliad is one of the most important books of Greek literature is also a work which recounts the war between two cities (Greece and Troy), where, by a decision of a mortal and vengeance of the gods, begins this "endless "war in this play written by Homer also see how the gods interfere in life and in decisions involving each of the story. hence the Greek culture and see their most important gods and that made and obeyed all their gods they said. for example as shown in the case of marriage of the sea goddess Thetis when it appears the Goddess Eris "The Goddess of Discord." This goddess had not invited, as was famed for his actions in meetings coupling from the marriage of any person to, with an air of anger at the meeting threw a golden apple on which were written the words "For the most beautiful "and this is where he started the whole war between the Greeks and Trojans

after that the three beautiful goddesses came forward to receive the prize they were, Hera, queen of Olympus, wife of Zeus, king of gods and men,Aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty that was born of the foam the sea and goddess of wisdom Athena born from Zeus's forehead, as an adult and dressed in bright armature. to solve the 3 goddesses who would be the bearer of the apple went to Troy.

after this encounter Paris who decided to give the apple to Aphrodite. moreover. Paris soon after was sent to visit the court of Menelaus, king of Sparta. There he falls for Helen, wife of Menelaus, and the power of Aphrodite, the woman leaves her home and flee to Troy with Paris, Melenaonot seemed that his wife will run away with another, then Menelaus, angryand desperate calls other Greek kings to wage war and force the Trojans to return Helen. Many kings responded favorably to these purposes, eachdriven by lust for glory or hope to win riquesas, others by the gods soarranged. In this example we see as a Greek king has the ability to convincehis men that no matter anything will fight against the Trojans to rescue thewife of the king of Greece Melenao.

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