tactful

TheweddingofPeleusandThetis:whilethegodsfeastatthetableEristhrowsherapplefromacloud.

Thetiswasaanymph,r,itwastoldtoZeusthatitwasThetis'fate

eofthis,nogodcouldmarryherbecauherson

wouldgrowsopowerfulthathecouldoverthrowZeus,rtopreventthisfrom

happening,hesonof

Aecus,whowasthesonofZeus.

Theoccashegodsattendedexcept

Eris,thegoddessofdiscord,tandablyenough,nobodylikedErisasshewas

eofthis,shewasrarelyaskedtoattendimportantOlympianevents.

Furiousathavingbeenleftoffoftheinvitationlistagain,ebanquethallatPeleus'

andThetis'wedding,Eristhrewagoldenapple,marked"FortheFairest".Ofcour,allofthegoddesswantedtoclaimit,

thechoicewasnarroweddowntothethreemostpowerfulandbeautifulgoddess:Aphrodite,Hera,,

uponbeingaskedtojudgetowhomtheappleshouldgo,antedtobeapartofthis

,itwasdecidedthattheonlythingtodowouldbetoputjudgmentonamortalwhojudgmentthegoddess

wouldagreetoaccept.

Zeussuggestedthechoicebemadebyayoungmanwhowasasuperbjudgeofbeauty,

wasthesonofKingPriamofTroy,buthehadbeenorderedtoleavethecitybecauofaprophecythatsomedayhewould

,asveryhandsome,as

anygod,ehadverymuchintelligence,hewouldhaverefudtobesucha

judge.

thethreegoddessleftthe

d,omidhimthe

thirdgoddess,Aphrodite,promidParisthemostbeautifulwomanintheworldforhisbrideifheweretochooherasthe

"fairest".

HelenandParis

Paris,beingmoreinterestedinwomenthanrichesofbeingalordorthestatusofagreatwarrior,

andAthenaweregreatlyoffended,sonlythe

beginningofParis'problems,asthemostbeautifulwomanintheworldwasHelen,ite,

notbeingmuchonmarriageandfaithfulness,tookParistoSpartatomeetHelen,whoimmediatelyfellinlovewithParis.

len'shusband,Menelaus,camehometofindthetwohadeloped,hecalledon

allofHelen'ssuitorstohelphimattackTroyandkillParis.

Thus,fromtheweddingofPeleusandThetisandthegoldenAppleofDiscordthrownbyEris,wehavethebeginningsof

theTrojanWar.