to the faries
The golden apple should be mine.i am the wife of powerful zeus, the all-father, and the queen of gods
I have the best claim to the apple. i am the goddess of beauty
No, it should be mine.i am wise and the beauty of wisdom surpasses all other kinds of beauty
to the fairest
to the fairest
I will give you wealth and power if you choose me.
And i will give you the most beautiful woman in the world as your wife if you give me the apple.
I will promise you supreme wisdom if you name me the most fair.
To you, aphrodite, the apple.
to the fairest
rising action:In the high and far-off days when men were heroes and walked with the gods, Peleus, king of the
Myrmidons, took for his wife a sea nymph called Thetis, Thetis of the Silver Feet. Many guests came to
their wedding feast, and among the mortal guests came all the gods of high Olympus.
But as they sat feasting, one who had not been invited was suddenly in their midst: Eris, the goddess of
discord, had been left out because wherever she went she took trouble with her; yet here she was, all
the same, and in her blackest mood, to avenge the insult.
All she did—it seemed a small thing—was to toss down on the table a golden apple. Then she breathed
upon the guests once, and vanished.
climax:The apple lay gleaming among the piled fruits and the brimming wine cups; and bending close to look
at it, everyone could see the words “To the fairest” traced on its side.Then the three greatest of the goddesses each claimed that it was hers. Hera claimed it as wife to Zeus,the All-father, and queen of all the gods. Athene claimed that she had the betterright, for the beauty of wisdom such as hers surpassed all else.Aphrodite only smiled, and asked who had a better claim to beauty’s prize than the goddess of beauty herself.
falling action:happy—until one day the three jealous goddesses,
still quarreling about the golden apple, chanced to look down from Olympus, and saw the beautiful
young man herding his cattle on the slopes of Mount Ida. They knew, for the gods know all things, that
he was the son of Priam, king of Troy, though he himself did not know it yet; but the thought came to
them that he would not know who they were, and therefore he would not be afraid to judge between
them. They were growing somewhat weary of the argument by then.
to the faries
The golden apple should be mine.i am the wife of powerful zeus, the all-father, and the queen of gods
I have the best claim to the apple. i am the goddess of beauty
No, it should be mine.i am wise and the beauty of wisdom surpasses all other kinds of beauty
to the fairest
to the fairest
I will give you wealth and power if you choose me.
And i will give you the most beautiful woman in the world as your wife if you give me the apple.
I will promise you supreme wisdom if you name me the most fair.
To you, aphrodite, the apple.
to the fairest
rising action:In the high and far-off days when men were heroes and walked with the gods, Peleus, king of the
Myrmidons, took for his wife a sea nymph called Thetis, Thetis of the Silver Feet. Many guests came to
their wedding feast, and among the mortal guests came all the gods of high Olympus.
But as they sat feasting, one who had not been invited was suddenly in their midst: Eris, the goddess of
discord, had been left out because wherever she went she took trouble with her; yet here she was, all
the same, and in her blackest mood, to avenge the insult.
All she did—it seemed a small thing—was to toss down on the table a golden apple. Then she breathed
upon the guests once, and vanished.
climax:The apple lay gleaming among the piled fruits and the brimming wine cups; and bending close to look
at it, everyone could see the words “To the fairest” traced on its side.Then the three greatest of the goddesses each claimed that it was hers. Hera claimed it as wife to Zeus,the All-father, and queen of all the gods. Athene claimed that she had the betterright, for the beauty of wisdom such as hers surpassed all else.Aphrodite only smiled, and asked who had a better claim to beauty’s prize than the goddess of beauty herself.
falling action:happy—until one day the three jealous goddesses,
still quarreling about the golden apple, chanced to look down from Olympus, and saw the beautiful
young man herding his cattle on the slopes of Mount Ida. They knew, for the gods know all things, that
he was the son of Priam, king of Troy, though he himself did not know it yet; but the thought came to
them that he would not know who they were, and therefore he would not be afraid to judge between
them. They were growing somewhat weary of the argument by then.
to the faries
The golden apple should be mine.i am the wife of powerful zeus, the all-father, and the queen of gods
I have the best claim to the apple. i am the goddess of beauty
No, it should be mine.i am wise and the beauty of wisdom surpasses all other kinds of beauty
to the fairest
to the fairest
I will give you wealth and power if you choose me.
And i will give you the most beautiful woman in the world as your wife if you give me the apple.
I will promise you supreme wisdom if you name me the most fair.
To you, aphrodite, the apple.
to the fairest
rising action:In the high and far-off days when men were heroes and walked with the gods, Peleus, king of the
Myrmidons, took for his wife a sea nymph called Thetis, Thetis of the Silver Feet. Many guests came to
their wedding feast, and among the mortal guests came all the gods of high Olympus.
But as they sat feasting, one who had not been invited was suddenly in their midst: Eris, the goddess of
discord, had been left out because wherever she went she took trouble with her; yet here she was, all
the same, and in her blackest mood, to avenge the insult.
All she did—it seemed a small thing—was to toss down on the table a golden apple. Then she breathed
upon the guests once, and vanished.
climax:The apple lay gleaming among the piled fruits and the brimming wine cups; and bending close to look
at it, everyone could see the words “To the fairest” traced on its side.Then the three greatest of the goddesses each claimed that it was hers. Hera claimed it as wife to Zeus,the All-father, and queen of all the gods. Athene claimed that she had the betterright, for the beauty of wisdom such as hers surpassed all else.Aphrodite only smiled, and asked who had a better claim to beauty’s prize than the goddess of beauty herself.
falling action:happy—until one day the three jealous goddesses,
still quarreling about the golden apple, chanced to look down from Olympus, and saw the beautiful
young man herding his cattle on the slopes of Mount Ida. They knew, for the gods know all things, that
he was the son of Priam, king of Troy, though he himself did not know it yet; but the thought came to
them that he would not know who they were, and therefore he would not be afraid to judge between
them. They were growing somewhat weary of the argument by then.
to the faries
The golden apple should be mine.i am the wife of powerful zeus, the all-father, and the queen of gods
I have the best claim to the apple. i am the goddess of beauty
No, it should be mine.i am wise and the beauty of wisdom surpasses all other kinds of beauty
to the fairest
to the fairest
I will give you wealth and power if you choose me.
And i will give you the most beautiful woman in the world as your wife if you give me the apple.
I will promise you supreme wisdom if you name me the most fair.
To you, aphrodite, the apple.
to the fairest
rising action:In the high and far-off days when men were heroes and walked with the gods, Peleus, king of the
Myrmidons, took for his wife a sea nymph called Thetis, Thetis of the Silver Feet. Many guests came to
their wedding feast, and among the mortal guests came all the gods of high Olympus.
But as they sat feasting, one who had not been invited was suddenly in their midst: Eris, the goddess of
discord, had been left out because wherever she went she took trouble with her; yet here she was, all
the same, and in her blackest mood, to avenge the insult.
All she did—it seemed a small thing—was to toss down on the table a golden apple. Then she breathed
upon the guests once, and vanished.
climax:The apple lay gleaming among the piled fruits and the brimming wine cups; and bending close to look
at it, everyone could see the words “To the fairest” traced on its side.Then the three greatest of the goddesses each claimed that it was hers. Hera claimed it as wife to Zeus,the All-father, and queen of all the gods. Athene claimed that she had the betterright, for the beauty of wisdom such as hers surpassed all else.Aphrodite only smiled, and asked who had a better claim to beauty’s prize than the goddess of beauty herself.
falling action:happy—until one day the three jealous goddesses,
still quarreling about the golden apple, chanced to look down from Olympus, and saw the beautiful
young man herding his cattle on the slopes of Mount Ida. They knew, for the gods know all things, that
he was the son of Priam, king of Troy, though he himself did not know it yet; but the thought came to
them that he would not know who they were, and therefore he would not be afraid to judge between
them. They were growing somewhat weary of the argument by then.