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    The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena to determine who was the fairest. Eris, the goddess of discord, threw a golden apple among the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, which was inscribed "for the fairest." When the three goddesses claimed the apple, Zeus appointed the mortal Paris to judge their beauty. Each goddess attempted to bribe Paris. Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman, Helen of Troy, so Paris judged Aphrodite the fairest and awarded her the golden apple.

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    The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena to determine who was the fairest. Eris, the goddess of discord, threw a golden apple among the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, which was inscribed "for the fairest." When the three goddesses claimed the apple, Zeus appointed the mortal Paris to judge their beauty. Each goddess attempted to bribe Paris. Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman, Helen of Troy, so Paris judged Aphrodite the fairest and awarded her the golden apple.

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    The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena to determine who was the fairest. Eris, the goddess of discord, threw a golden apple among the gods at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, which was inscribed "for the fairest." When the three goddesses claimed the apple, Zeus appointed the mortal Paris to judge their beauty. Each goddess attempted to bribe Paris. Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman, Helen of Troy, so Paris judged Aphrodite the fairest and awarded her the golden apple.

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    The Judgment of Paris

    The Judgement of Paris was ultimately a beauty contest between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera and
    Athena, but the cause of the beauty contest was due to events at a wedding.
    The wedding in question was that of Peleus and Thetis; Peleus was a noted hero of Greek mythology, and
    Thetis was a Nereid nymph, Zeus having married off the nymph to circumvent a dangerous prophecy.

    The wedding of Peleus and Thetis was a joyous event and all of the gods and goddesses of the Greek
    pantheon were invited to the celebration, that was all the deities were invited but Eris, the Goddess of
    Discord.
    When Eris discovered that the festivities were going on, the goddess decided to make an appearance
    anyway, and the goddess even brought a wedding gift, a Golden Apple. This though was not a happy gift,
    for it was aimed to bring forth arguments, for upon it was written the words “for the fairest”. When Eris
    appeared at the celebration, the goddess threw the apple amongst the assembled gods and goddesses.
    Three of the assembled goddesses immediately claimed the Golden Apple for themselves, each believing
    that they were the most beautiful of all the goddesses.
    These three goddesses were Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love and Beauty, Athena, the Greek goddess
    of Wisdom, and Hera, the Greek goddess of Marriage and also the wife of Zeus.

    None of these Greek goddesses were going to give up their claim to the Apple, to back down would mean
    that they would be seen as inferior in terms of beauty to their rivals. Thus the goddesses decided to go to
    Zeus for him to make the final decision.
    Zeus might be the supreme god of the Greek pantheon, but this was one decision he’s not going to make,
    for he realized that making a decision would pit goddess against goddess, and would mean two powerful
    goddesses would be angry with him. Therefore, Zeus proclaimed that the decision would be left in the hands
    of Paris.
    Paris was not a member of the Greek pantheon, for Paris was a mortal prince of Troy, a son of King Priam.
    Paris would look after the herds of his father upon Mount Ida.
    Paris had gained a reputation for making fair decisions, unswayed by outside influences. Paris indeed had
    previously judged a contest about the quality of different bulls, a contest where a bull of Ares competed
    against one of King Priam’s.
    Paris did not realised who the owner of the first bull was, but saw that it was the superior beast and so
    awarded it the prize in preference to that of his father.
    Thus Hermes brought the goddesses and Paris together, so that the Trojan prince could make a final
    decision as to which was the fairest. None of the three assembled goddesses were willingly to let their
    beauty alone be the sole deciding factor in Paris’ decision, and so each of the goddesses decided to
    influence the decision by offering bribes to Paris.
    Hera would promise Paris untold wealth and position in charge of all the realms of the ancient world. Athena
    would offer to Paris all known skill and knowledge, allowing to become the greatest warrior and most
    knowledgeable mortal. Aphrodite though offered Paris the hand in marriage of the most beautiful of all mortal
    women.
    The Judgement of Paris would shortly follow and Paris decided that the goddess who rightfully owned the
    Golden Apple was Aphrodite; there is no doubt that the bribe offered by the goddess played a small part in
    the prince’s decision, despite his previous reputation of being unswayable.

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