The numeric system represented by Roman
numerals originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers
throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers in this system are represented by combinations of
letters from the Latin alphabet. Roman numerals, as used today, are based on seven symbols
The numbers 1 to 10 are usually
expressed in Roman numerals as follows:
I, II, III,
IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X.
Numbers are formed by combining
symbols and adding the values, so II is two (two ones) and XIII is thirteen (a ten and three
ones). Because each numeral has a fixed value rather than representing
multiples of ten, one hundred and so on, according to position,
there is no need for "place keeping" zeros, as in numbers like 207 or
1066; those numbers are written as CCVII (two hundreds, a five and two
ones) and MLXVI (a thousand, a fifty, a ten, a five and a one).
Symbols are placed from left to right
in order of value, starting with the largest. However, in a few specific cases,[2] to avoid four characters being
repeated in succession (such as IIII or XXXX), subtractive notation is
used: as in this table
Helen of Troy (Greek Ἑλένη Helénē, pronounced [helénɛː]), also known as Helen
of Sparta, or simply Helen, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and was a sister of Castor,
Pollux, and Clytemnestra. In Greek myths, she
was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen
of Laconia, a province within Homeric Greece, the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris, Prince of Troy, brought about the Trojan
War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes, Cicero, Euripides and Homer (both The Iliad and The Odyssey).
Paris:
(Ancient Greek: Πάρις), also known as Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος, Aléxandros),[1] the son of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy, appears in a number of Greek
legends. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. Later in the war, he fatally wounds Achilles in the heel with an arrow, as foretold by Achilles’s mother, Thetis. The name Paris is probably Luwian and comparable to Pari-zitis attested as a Hittite scribe's name.
Athena:
is the goddess of
wisdom, craft, and war[2] in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Minerva is the Roman goddess identified
with Athena.[3]Athena is known
for her calm temperament, as she moves slowly to anger. She is noted to have
only fought for just reasons, and would not fight without a purpose.
Aphrodite:
(i/æfrəˈdaɪti/ af-rə-dy-tee; Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.[4] She is identified with the planet Venus.
Hera:
(/ˈhɛrə/, /ˈhɪərə/, Greek Ἥρᾱ, Hērā, equivalently Ἥρη, Hērē, in Ionic and Homer) is the goddess of women and marriage in Greek mythology and religion. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Hera is married to her brother Zeus and is titled
as the Queen of Heaven. Some of her characteristics include her jealous and
vengeful nature against Zeus's other lovers and offspring and against the
mortals who cross her.
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