Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War, and in later versions to the foundation of Rome.

For other uses, see Judgement of Paris (disambiguation).
Trojan War
Achilles tending the wounded Patroclus
(Attic red-figure kylix, c. 500 BC)
Literary sources
See also: Trojan War in literature and the arts
Episodes
Greeks and allies
See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships
Trojans and allies
See also: Trojan Battle Order, Trojan Leaders
Participant gods
Caused the war:

On the Greek side:

On the Trojan side:
Historicity
See also: Historicity of the Iliad
Related topics

Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. In revenge, Eris brought a golden apple, inscribed, "To the fairest one," which she threw into the wedding. Three guests, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, after some disputation, agreed to have Paris of Troy choose the fairest one. Paris chose Aphrodite, she having bribed him with the most beautiful mortal woman in the world, Helen of Sparta, wife of Menelaus. Whereupon Paris carried Helen off to Troy, and the Greeks invaded Troy for Helen's return. Eris' Apple of Discord was thus the instrumental causus belli (or her not being invited to the wedding in the first place) of the Trojan War.

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