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Jan 2, 1000
Wedding Of King Pelius and Thetis
Eris, The goddess of Discord , was the only god uninvited. She thres a golden apple into the wedding that said for the fairest . Aphrodite , Athena, and Hera all wanted the apple, but Zeus would not choose between them. -
Paris Goes to visit king Menelaus of sparta
, the goddess of love, took steps to win a beauty contest judged by Paris, a prince of Troy. If declared the most beautiful goddess, Aphrodite promised to give Paris the most beautiful woman in the world—Helen. Aphrodite won the contest; Paris went to Sparta and took Helen away with him to Troy. The Trojans refused to send her back. Agamemnon raised an army of Greek warriors to retrieve Helen, reminding them of their oath to her husband.
