the apple of discord

a cause of dipute
An Apple of Discord
不和的原因 a root of trouble
争斗的根源
An Apple of Discord
Main characters
Hera
The goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth
Aphrodite
The goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Fra Baidu bibliotekera promised him dominion over the whole world.
Athena promised him certain victory in every battle.
Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world.
Paris chose Aphrodite, and she promised him that Helen. But Helen was already married to the Menelaus , the Greek king of Sparta. Paris set off for Sparta to get Helen which would eventually trigger the Trojan War.
The event that led to the Trojan War (特洛伊战争) began long before the war itself did. it started with the marriage between Peleus and Thetis, a mortal and a sea goddess. Almost all gods and goddess went to the wedding, except Eris, the goddess of the dispute. Eris was so angry that she deliberately threw a Golden Apple inscribed “ For the Fairest ” among the goddesses
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite fought f or the apple immediately. Zeus order ed them to take their quarrel elsewhere and asked someone to lead t hem to Troy, a city on the Aegean c oast. He then appointed Paris , a Tr ojan prince of Troy and reputedly th e handsomest man alive, to decide the matter.
Athena
The goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare
Paris
The son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, best known for his elopement with Helen
The story