Paris

The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the three most beautiful goddes of olympos,aphrodite, here and athena for the prize of a golden apple addresses to "the fairest." the story begins at a wedding of pelues and thetis, to which all god were invited, all except eris, the goddes of discord. when she appeared at the festvities, she was turned away. zues was asked to meditate and he commanded hermes to lead t the three goddesses to paris of troy to decide the issue.

The sussequent abduction of heleme led directly to the Troan War and the Fall of Troy. Its contents are as follows. Zeus plans with Thermis to bring about the the Trojan War. Eris arrives while the gods are feasting at the marriage of Peleus and starts a dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite as to which of them is fairest. At the wedding of of Peleus and Thetis :] eris tossed an apple to Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, in reconition of their beauty, and Zeus bade Hermes escort them to Alexandros chosen fairest of all women, she would make him king of all men.: athena promised him victory in war; and aphrodite promised him Helene in marriage. So he chose Aphrodite.

Inside is Antandrs, above which lies a mountian called Alexandreia, where the judgement of paris is said to have taken place. Come hither and decid which is the more excellent beauty of face and to the fairer give this apple's lovely fruit.media type="youtube" key="y7LUKIGPVMU?fs=1" height="209" width="289" //__** Theoi.com **__//