Without batting an eyelash, Paris chooses Aphrodite.
First, Hera offered to grant him political power and a throne if he were to choose her then, Athena offered him wisdom and skills in battle finally, Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta. Paris was unable to make a decision, so the goddesses started to bribe him. Zeus was unable to decide by himself, so he sent the goddesses to Paris, the prince of Troy, to decide. Not too long after the apple was thrown, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera began to fight about who should have the apple. The goddess was annoyed at the fact that she was turned away that before she left the gathering, she flung her gift amongst the crowd of guests this gift was called the Apple of Discord, which was a golden apple with the words, “for the fairest” inscribed on it.
To avoid this from happening, Zeus made it so that Thetis would have to marry King Peleus.Īfter Thetis’ marriage was figured out, Zeus held a big feast to celebrate Peleus’ and Thetis’ marriage, where all of the gods were invited – except for the goddess of strife, Eris. This consequence was that if the sea-nymph were to lay with Zeus or his brothers, that a son would be born who would be stronger than his father and possess a weapon that would be much more powerful than the trident or the thunderbolt. Both wanted Thetis to be his bride however, they both backed off after they were told of the consequences that awaited them if they made such an action. Namely, many years before the war’s beginning, both Poseidon and Zeus had fallen in love with a sea-nymph with the name Thetis. The beginning of the Trojan war began with a prophecy regarding the order of the Olympians and a divine love contest. In this article, we’re going to go over a Trojan War summary so that you understand the story of the most famous Greek war in mythology. Other parts of the war are told in several other epic poems. The Illiad goes through the period of four days and two nights in the tenth year of the decade-long siege of Troy the Odyssey tells the story of the trip home for Odysseus. The Trojan War is one of the most important events to have occurred in Greek mythology and has been told in many works of Greek literature, the most notable being Homers Illiad. This all happened after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband, the king of Sparta Menelaus. The Trojan War was a war between the Greeks (Achaeans) and the city of Troy.