Your introduction to:

Eris, goddess of discord (disagreement) wasn’t invited to

the feast.

HERA: wife of zeusGoddess of marriage and women

ATHENE: Zeus’ Daughter Goddess of wisdom, warfare and crafts

APHRODITE: daughter-in-law of Zeus Goddess of LOVE

Zeus says, “Nuh-uh.”

He’s not going to choose.

ROYAL RUMBLE: Who will receive the GOLDEN APPLE?

LET’s ASK ZEUS… HE’ll know, right?

So to get back at the gods, she rolls a golden apple into the feast.

He tells the three Goddesses to seek the help of Prince Paris of Troy.

HERA

ATHENE

APHRODITE

Ruler of Europe and Asia

Lead the Trojans to victory against the

Greeks

Love of the most beautiful woman in the

world.

Instead of having Prince Paris be FAIR, they bribe him.

AND THE WINNER IS….

APHRODITE

So who is theThe mostBeautiful Woman in theWorld???

Needs to find a suitor for….

Is worried that when so many suitors are turned down,

they will be angry and start wars.

Ulysses has a cunning plan. He tells King Tyndareus to make

every suitor swear to protect Helen and her

chosen husband.

As a reward, Ulysses asks for the King’s other daughter, Penelope

CHOOSES…

APHRODITE

Love of the most beautiful woman in the

world.

Aprodite makes Helen fall in love.

ANDWhile Menelaus

is away, he elopes with

Helen.

APHRODITE

King Menelaus called all of the suitors back

to get Helen back from TROY.

The suitors areOBLIGATED

to protect Helen and the chosen husband

because they PROMISED

Helen’s father