Aphrodite Judgement of Paris
By Alex Brewer
Aphrodite
Some say Aphrodite's parents were unknown and that she may
have been born in a sea of foam, No one knows where Aphrodite
would be placed on the family tree.
However, Aphrodite was born, because she was the goddess of love
and beauty, she was an important part of greek myths and legends.
Judgement Of Paris
Eris, the Goddess of strife, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus
and Thetis. She through down a golden apple in anger, and engraved
on it, "To The Fairest." The Goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all
found the apple. They all decided to go to Zeus, King of the Gods and
God of the Sky, To decide who the apple belonged to, Zeus didn't
want to decide. All three godddesses were told to go and ask the
mortal Paris, and that he would decide.
All three Goddesses promissed Paris something, he were to pick them.
Aphrodite promised him Helen, the wife of King Menelaus. Helen and Paris
Immediately fell in love with each other. King Menelaus called together his allies in Greece to bring back Helen.