CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Anchises, Wild Beasts, Athens
25 Jan 2018
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Lecture 10: homer and the trojan war (continued) Zeus finds a solution for not having to make the decision himself. He makes mortals take the decision to whom is the most beautiful goddess. He chooses that mortal because he has proved his fairness in a contest. This is a contest between bulls and the of priam. In this contest, paris conceded his defeat and gave his prize to ares. This gesture showed fairness so zeus asked paris to make the decision of whom is the most beautiful. Paris is a prince watching over his herd near troy. Hermes appeared leading the 3 goddesses above whom the dispute is related: hera, athena and. Each of the goddesses gives the best possible gift to try to have paris choose them. Paris is naughty and wants to see them naked in order to decide. mortal(cid:495)s bull lost to ares(cid:495) in that contest. This mortal is none other than paris, the son.
