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Achilles: was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. His mother was the nymph Thetis, and his father, Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons.

An Achilles' heel: is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can actually or potentially lead to downfall.

Eris is the Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord. Her name is the equivalent of Latin Discordia, which means "discord".

An apple of discord: is a reference to the Golden Apple of Discord which the goddess Eris tossed in the midst of the feast of the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis as a prize of beauty. Eris inscribed on the apple "for the fair"or "to the fairest" before tossing it. thus sparking a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War. Thus, "apple of discord" is used to signify the core, kernel, or crux of an argument, or a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.

*南歐名字尾音要念for example: Penelope /pəˈnɛləpiː/

The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphōseōn librī: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.

A nymph : in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing.

Ceres: In ancient Roman religion, she was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.

In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her Roman equivalent is Ceres.

In Greek mythology, Persephone (also called Kore or Cora), is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and is the queen of the underworld. Persephone was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.

The Creation of Seasons

One sunny day, while Persephone was picking flowers for her mother on the Nysian plain, Hades, the god of the Underworld, noticed her and decided to abduct her to the Underworld.

Hades gave her seven seeds of pomegranate to eat. This way, Persephone would forever be connected to the Underworld and would stay there for four months every year.

This way, the seasons were created in the upper world. When Persephone was with Demeter, Demeter was so delighted, that the sun was shining and everything flowered. When Persephone returned to the Underworld, Persephone was in grief and nothing grew. It was the time winter set off in the world.