Fumiquarryさんの おぼえた日記 - 2021年1月5日(火)

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~Wisdom from the West~
▽From Greek Mythology ギリシャ神話より

◻️Achilles Heel　アキレスけん◻️

Do you know the phrase “Achilles heel?” It comes from a story about a hero named Achilles. Achilles was a hero in a Greek myth. Myths are very old stories from long, long ago. People used them to tell others about natural or historical things. You will hear and find many words, phrases and ideas from these myths in the Western world today.
　
　When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, received a message from a god, “Your son will die young.”
　So, she went to a special river called the River Styx. It separated the land of the living from the land of the dead. Thetis thought, “I heard that this river is magical. If you go into the river, the water can protect you from anything.”
　Thetis held the baby Achilles by the heel, the back of his foot. She put her baby into the river and quickly took him out. Thetis thought, “Now my son will be safe.”
　But there was one problem. The river water didn't touch all of his body. It didn't touch his heel because Thetis was holding that part of him.

　Achilles grew up and became a very strong man. He fought and won many battles. He was very strong because the water from the River Styx protected him.
　He was one of the most famous heroes in the Trojan War. The Trojan War was a war between the Greeks and the people of a city called Troy. They were fighting because of Helen, the wife of a Greek king. She was taken away by a prince of Troy.
　Achilles fought on the Greek side. On the Trojans side, there was a god named Apollo.
　Apollo was a god of many things such as the sun, music and archery. He wanted the Trojans to win. But Achilles was too strong. Apoll's side was going to lose. Apollo became angry with Achilles and said,
“Achilles must die.”
Then, Apollo helped someone shoot Achilles with a poison arrow. Achilles said, “Ouch! But I can't be killed by an arrow.”
　But the arrow hit Achilles' heel, the only weak point of his body. The water protected him well, but in the end, he died young as his mother was told.

　If someone says, “That is your Achilles heel,” it means that is your weak point.

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Achilles　ｱｷﾚｳｽ
Thetis　ﾃﾃｲｽ(ｷﾞﾘｼｬ 神話の海の精)
the River Styx　ｽﾃｭｸｽ川(ｷﾞﾘｼｬ 神話の 三途の川)

land of the living　この世/現世
land of the dead　あの世/来世
held ~ by the heel　かかとを握った/掴んだ

Trojan War　トロイ戦争
poison arrow　毒矢
weak point　弱点


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