 Romance/Love: July 01, 2015 Issue [#7074] |
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This week: Love Eternal Edited by: NaNoNette  
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Love Eternal
The face that launched a thousand ships
Was Helena's face really worth a ten-year war?
Many of you will be somewhat familiar with the story of the Trojan War. In a nutshell, it went like this:
The three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite wanted Paris to decide which one of them was prettier. To get his vote, Aphrodite promised him the beautiful Helena for a bride. Paris accepted. He chose her to be the prettiest, kidnapped Helena and brought her to Troy. Turns out, Helena's husband King Menelaus was not okay with that. Long story short: Greeks spent the next ten years killing each other over access to Troy and Helena. In the end, it was a horse that won the war.
The remarkable thing about this story is that while it does tell mostly about the heroes involved (Achilles, Ajax, Odysseus) there is that purported love story that started it all.
And then backtracking a little more, it was pure vanity of the goddesses that started it all. To answer my own question "Was Helena's face really worth a ten-year war?" Yes, it was worth it. Ancient Greeks lived by the belief that the only way to be remembered after death was by their deeds in life. If it weren't for Helena, they would have found another reason to wage war. May as well let it be for romance.
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Comments for my last Romance/Love newsletter "Love and Emotional Attraction" .
Dandelion Man  wrote: The Greeks have four words for love.
Storge, which is the love of family or those thrown together by circumstances.
Philia, sort of a BFF thing, enjoying the company of a best friend, sharing the same interests.
Eros, what most people mean when they say they are in love. It is the romantic side of love.
C. S. Lewis adds a variant that he terms Venus. It is the sexual side of love, to make love. Eros and Venus can exist together or be totally separate.
The fourth Greek word for love is Agape. It is an unconditional love, a willingness to do anything and everything for the one you love.
When you write about love keep these thoughts in mind. Not all love is the same.
That is some really good information. Thank you for being so thorough. I learned a new thing thanks to you stopping by in my newsletter and taking the time to reply. I love that about this site. We keep sharing knowledge with one another and become better writers for it.
monty31802 wrote: I agree with you, there can be times when there is no Romance but Love is still there. Good points.
Thank you for commenting and your agreement.
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