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1. The source of discord is the source of struggle; The cause of disharmony; The root of trouble

A discordant apple literally translates as "apple of dispute", which comes from the Greek myth in Homer's epic Iliad.

Legend has it that Peleus, the hero of Argo in Greece, and Thetis, the daughter of nereus, the Aegean God, held a wedding in Mount Pelion and held a grand banquet. Intentionally or unintentionally, they invited the Olympians to the wedding banquet, except Eris, the goddess in charge of disputes. The goddess became angry from embarrassment and decided to create discord at this wedding banquet. So she came uninvited and quietly put a golden apple on the banquet, engraved with the words "belong to the most beautiful". Hera, the goddess of wisdom, Athena and Aphrodite, the goddesses of love and beauty, all think that they are the most beautiful, worthy of golden apples, and won the title of "the most beautiful". They quarreled with Zeus, the father of the gods, but Zeus was unwilling to take sides because of his ulterior secrets, and asked them to go to Paris, the prince of Troy, for judgment. In order to get the golden apple, all three goddesses made some selfish promises to Paris: Herash gave him vast territory and the right to control rich treasures, Athena gave him the honor of omnipotence and victory, and Aphrodite made him the husband of the most beautiful woman in the world. Young Paris chose the latter among wealth, honor and beauty, and awarded the golden apple to the god of love and beauty. Therefore, Hera and Athena hated Paris and even Troy. Later, in order to fulfill his promise, Aphrodite helped Paris kidnap the peerless beauty Helen, the queen of Spartan king Meneos, which led to the Trojan War that lasted 10 years. The apple left by Eris, the goddess of discord, has not only become the source of discord among the three goddesses in the sky, but also the cause of the war between two nations in the world. Therefore, the idiom "apple at odds" came into being in English, which is often used as a metaphor for any inconsistent theme and content. The source of trouble; Dispute and other meaning

This idiom was first used by Marcus Juninus Justinus, an ancient Roman historian in the 2nd century A.D., and later spread to many European languages and became an international idiom.

He threw us a discordant apple, and we quarreled again soon.

The argument about inheritance became the source of discord between them.

This problem seems to be the root of discord between the Soviet Union and the United States.

2. Achilles' heel is Achilles' only weakness; Weak links; crucial point

Achilles' heel literally translates as "Achilles' heel", which is an international idiom widely popular in Europe. It comes from the Greek fairy tales in Homer's epic Iliad.

Achilles is the bravest soldier in the Greek allied forces and one of the main characters in Homer's Iliad. Legend has it that he was the son of peleus, the king of Hermes, and Sidis, the daughter of Poseidon. After Achilles Guagua fell to the ground, the mother wanted to make her son strong and immortal, put him in the fire for exercise, grabbed his heel and soaked it in the holy water of Styx. So Achilles is like a steel frame, invulnerable, only his heel was pinched by his mother's hand, and he never touched the holy water of Styx, which became his only key. In the Trojan War, Achilles was heroic and invincible, and killed hector, a famous hero of Troy. No weapon of Troy could harm his body. Later, Apollo, the sun god, told Paris, the prince of Troy, about Achilles' weakness. Finally, Achilles was lured to the city gate by Paris, and an arrow from behind hit his heel, and he died of injury.

Therefore, Achilles' heel, also known as Achilles' heel, is often used to indicate that something has no shortcomings in other aspects; The weakest place and so on.

Lack of perseverance is his achilles heel.

His achilles heel is his pride-he will get very angry if someone criticizes his work.

3. Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy is literally translated as Helen of Troy, which comes from the Greek fairy tale in Homer's Iliad.

Helen is an unparalleled beauty in Greece. She was extremely beautiful and married Menelaus, king of Sparta in southern Greece. Later, Paris, the prince of Troy, was ordered to have an accident in Greece and be a guest at the king of Sparta. With the help of Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, he lured Helen away and took away many treasures while menes was away.

This incident aroused the public indignation of Greek tribes, and Menelaus vowed to die rather than recapture the seagoing ship and avenge himself. So, under the sponsorship of the heroes of Greek city-states, he mobilized100000 troops and 1 180 warships to form the Greek Coalition forces, and publicly elected Agamemnon, Menelaus' brother, as the commander of the Coalition forces, and crossed the sea to attack Troy in an attempt to recapture the ships by force. The war between the two sides 10 years, with numerous casualties and many heroes killed in battle. Even the gods of Olympus were divided into two camps, some supporting the Greeks, and some helping the Trojans, and they fought each other for a long time. Finally, the Greek Coalition forces adopted the resourceful Odysseus' "Trojan horse trick" to capture Troy from the inside. After the Greeks entered the city, they massacred and killed Prince Paris, and all the women and children in Troy became slaves. Troy was looted and burned to ashes. After the battle was stable, the Greek soldiers returned to Greece with a large number of trophies, and Menelaus took back the beautiful seagoing ship and returned to his motherland. This is the cause and end of the Trojan War. It was because of the ships that Troy was destroyed. It's really called "falling in love with the country", from which comes the idiom Helen of Troy.

German archaeologist Sheriman's excavation and textual research on the ancient Trojan site of Mycenae in the19th century confirmed the authenticity of the Trojan War. As for the real reason for the destruction of Troy, although there are different opinions, the war broke out definitely not for a beautiful woman. This is not so much a war for seagoing ships as a war for commercial hegemony and wealth plunder in the region. The so-called "Helen of Troy" is essentially the embodiment of wealth and commercial hegemony. In the history of China, there were legends such as "da ji lost his business" and "Xi Shi avoided Wu", and there was also a saying that Emperor Taizong spoiled Yang Guifei and caused an Anshi rebellion, and there was also a saying that Wu Sangui "rushed to the crown and was angry as a beauty". In Chinese, there is an idiom of "falling in love with the country" (from the biography of Han consorts: "I care about the city, then I care about the country". The word "Qing" here has double light, which can indicate glamorous and fascinating; You can also overthrow the country with paper. It means a lot like Helen of Troy.

In modern English, the idiom Helen of Troy means not only a beautiful girl or woman; In addition to saying that a beautiful person has destroyed her country, it can also be used to express the terrible disaster caused by someone or something you like best.

Historians always blame Helen of Troy for the decline of the kingdom, which is unfair.

She didn't expect that the beautiful umbrella she bought the day before would become the laughing stock of her family. Because of this, she quarreled with her husband for a long time.