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How did Odysseus, the son of the king of the tiny island of Ithaca, contrive to marry Penelope, the daughter of the mighty Spartan king?

The most beautiful of women, according to ancient Greek myths, was Helena, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, the wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus.

When Elena reached marriageable age, the rumor about her beauty spread so widely that several dozen kings and the most noble heroes of all Hellas gathered to woo the girl. Odysseus, then an unknown son of a king from the tiny island of Ithaca, joined the crowd of suitors. Realizing that he was too poor and had no hope of success, Odysseus did not even bring gifts to Elena. However, Tyndareus did not accept gifts from anyone, although he did not send suitors, because he was afraid that any choice of his would cause a quarrel.

It was then that Odysseus showed for the first time his cunning, which later became legendary. He advised Tyndareus to force all Helen's suitors to swear that they would protect Helen's chosen one, whoever he was. Tyndareus highly appreciated this advice and took advantage of it, and in gratitude he persuaded his co-ruler brother Icarius to marry his daughter Penelope to Odysseus.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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We consider cities as part of our civilization. When many different people learned to work and live together, then large cities arose. The main difference between the city, town and village is in size. In most cases, the city is the largest settlement.

Almost all cities have grown out of villages. No one knows when and where the first city appeared. Some nomadic tribe of hunters could have founded it. The hunters found a place that they liked so much that they wanted to stay there. This happened about 6000 years before our era, or even earlier. Around 3000 BC. e. people already built big cities and lived in them.

In prehistoric times, man discovered that if you tame captured animals, it becomes much easier to provide yourself with food. People didn't want to chase animals through the woods every time they got hungry. People have also learned that you can have many more fruits and grains if you grow your own plants. This is how agriculture began. But it was impossible to roam all the time and cultivate the land at the same time. I had to stay in one place to harvest. It would not be easy to drive the cattle behind you. When the tribes began to remain in place, villages and towns arose.

Nothing remains of the first villages, as they consisted of buildings made of skins, wood or clay. Over time, man learned to make durable materials, and the villages began to grow and turn into cities.

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