读《特洛伊战争》有感

　　读《特洛伊战争》有感

　　寒假里，我一有空就捧起爸爸、妈妈给我买的湖北少儿出版社出版的《希腊神话全集》这套书，当我看完《特洛伊战争》这个故事后，心情一直不能平静。

　　这是一个悲惨的战争故事。希腊国王墨涅拉俄斯有一个美如天仙的妻子海伦。有一次，墨涅拉俄斯外出访问，整个王宫就交给海伦管理。恰好这时特洛伊王子帕里斯来到希腊，当他看到王后海伦时，被她的美貌深深地吸引住了，就设法将海伦带回了特洛伊。墨涅拉俄斯得知此事后，十分愤怒，便带领军队前来攻打特洛伊。一场毫无意义的战争就这样开始了。这场战争整整持续了十年。结果，原来美丽而坚固的特洛伊城变成了一片废墟，荒凉的土地上尸横遍野，冒着缕缕青烟，看不见一点绿色。(战争是多么的惨烈啊!)特洛伊人有的死于战场，有的成为希腊人的奴隶。希腊人虽说打了胜仗，但大多数战死沙场，幸存者在返航时又遭遇风暴，只有极少数人返回了故乡。这场战争卷入了多少无辜的人们，破坏了多少幸福的家庭啊!

　　历史上其他战争的结果也十分悲惨。海湾战争的伤痕至今还在美国和阿拉伯人民的心中隐隐作痛。而今，美国又进攻了伊拉克。难道他们非要用战争来解决问题吗?要知道，一旦发生战争，后果将会是多么可怕：人们辛勤重建的家园又要变成废墟;安居乐业的人民又要背井离乡，成为无家可归的难民;多少老人会失去儿子，多少孩子从此会没有父亲……为什么那些无辜的人民撕心裂肺的哭声唤醒不了他们热爱和平的心呢?听吧，人们都在高呼着：守卫和平，远离战争!

　　英文名著特洛伊传说读后感

　　I have never been to Troy, but David Maule made me feel as if I were standing on the high wall of Troy, watching the fierce war. Thanks to this British author, who adapted the famous Homer’s poem into a lively story, I found it easier to understand this story. Though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, I was deeply fascinated by it.

　　The mysterious plot is one of the reasons why I loved The Story of Troy so much, yet I am more interested in the human heroes of the war.

　　Hector was the eldest son of king of Troy, Priam. He was not only a real hero of Trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in Greek classic by later historians. The war started because of the mischief of his brother, Paris, whom he didn’t appreciate. However, since Hector was the commander of the Trojan army, he was obliged to fight with all force. It was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, Achilles.

　　It is natural to see death in a war. As a famous Chinese parable says, “A life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as Mount Tai.” Sometimes, one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s doom. Achilles was such a typical person. His personal charm made The Story of Troy more attractive. He was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. Actually, Achilles was half-god who was almost invincible in people’s mind. That’s why his name was memorized long after his death.

　　Besides the two great men, the wisdom of Odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. He didn’t want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. However, since his country was allied to Mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of Mycenae. I’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that’s why I admired Odysseus so much because he was the person who got the idea. Thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. If you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.

　　The ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.

　　The story of the golden apple was such an example. When Eris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on Mount Olympus, a dispute happened. Hera, the queen of gods, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. None of them was willing to give way, so they turned to Paris for a final judgment. Tempted by Aphrodite’s beauty and promise, Paris handed the apple to her. To keep her word, Aphrodite helped him to get Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. That was the cause of the war.

　　Paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses. So during the war, they helped the Greek alliance army while some other gods, such as Apollo and Aphrodite, guarded Troy. When Paris dueled with Helen’s former husband Menelaus, Aphrodite saved Paris when he was about to be finished off.

　　After the duel between those two people, there was a truce between the Greek alliance and Troy. However, both Hera and Athena were not happy to see it. Hera pursued her husband ZEUS:“ Now, will you send Athena to make the Troyjans break the peace?”(Page 22) Then with Zeus’s permission, Athena went down to start the war again and finally she brought the Greeks to success.

　　From the whole story, we can see that in ancient Greeks’ view, gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life. However, with the rapid development of science, we have learned that the Greek gods never existed. This is why a recent movie of Troy has not mentioned a single god. Everything happened due to men’s ambition, love, loyalty or jealousy. With those emotion and people’s effort, we human beings can accomplish wonders and be master of the world.

　　God are of less importance than they used to be. Nonetheless, the gods and goddesses made The Story of Troy more mysterious and marvelous.

　　I have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of history, love and war. I believe that human can determine their destiny by their own. I highly recommend this book to my friends.