hera, athena, or aphrodite.
This relates to the fanfic I just posted.
So basically....
"The three goddesses were Ήρα(Hera), Αθηνά(Athena) and Αφροδίτη(Aphrodite) and each one of them promised to Πάρης(Paris) something in order to choose the prettiest. Hera promised to make him the ruler of Europe and Asia, Athena promised to make him the bravest and most skillful man of the world and Aphrodite promised to give him to marry the most beautiful woman on the world, Ελένη( Heleni) the queen of Σπάρτη(Sparta) and wife of Μελέναος(Melenaos).Paris chose Aphrodite's offer so he stole Heleni from Melenaos and this became the cause for the start of the Trojan word."
It's explained a bit better in the wiki page for the Judgment of Paris.
"It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles). However, Eris, goddess of discord, was uninvited. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration, where she threw a golden apple (the Apple of Discord) into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription καλλίστῃ ("for the fairest one").
Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually Zeus, reluctant to favour any claim himself, declared that Paris, a Phrygian mortal, would judge their cases, for he had recently shown his exemplary fairness in a contest in which Ares in bull form had bested Paris's own prize bull, and the shepherd-prince had unhesitatingly awarded the prize to the god.
Thus it happened that, with Hermes as their guide, all three of the candidates appeared to Paris on Mount Ida, in the climactic moment that is the crux of the tale. After bathing in the spring of Ida, each attempted with her powers to bribe Paris; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite, who had the Charites and the Horai to enhance her charms with flowers and song (according to a fragment of the Cypria quoted by Athenagoras), offered the love of the world's most beautiful woman (Euripides, Andromache, l.284, Helena l. 676). This was Helen of Sparta, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. Paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks and especially of Hera. The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War."
If you had to choose...
...which goddess would it be?
For me, it'd probably be Hera or Athena. Beauty doesn't last, but wisdom, skills, and a legacy does.
"If you want to be a hero, you have to have dreams... and honor."
"You'll be my... living legacy..."
"I said I'd live out both our lives... easy enough to make that promise."
Of course, I had to quote Final Fantasy VII. Actually... this story fits FF7 quite a bit.
Sephiroth wants his mother back to destroy the planet. He was a First Class SOLDIER, a big deal, but that could be the small insignificant thing, and then he ended up as an arch enemy-- the world's nemesis.
Stupid long silver-haired guy with a sword that's too long of a compensation...
angstangstangst?
So basically....
"The three goddesses were Ήρα(Hera), Αθηνά(Athena) and Αφροδίτη(Aphrodite) and each one of them promised to Πάρης(Paris) something in order to choose the prettiest. Hera promised to make him the ruler of Europe and Asia, Athena promised to make him the bravest and most skillful man of the world and Aphrodite promised to give him to marry the most beautiful woman on the world, Ελένη( Heleni) the queen of Σπάρτη(Sparta) and wife of Μελέναος(Melenaos).Paris chose Aphrodite's offer so he stole Heleni from Melenaos and this became the cause for the start of the Trojan word."
It's explained a bit better in the wiki page for the Judgment of Paris.
"It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles). However, Eris, goddess of discord, was uninvited. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration, where she threw a golden apple (the Apple of Discord) into the proceedings, upon which was the inscription καλλίστῃ ("for the fairest one").
Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest, and eventually Zeus, reluctant to favour any claim himself, declared that Paris, a Phrygian mortal, would judge their cases, for he had recently shown his exemplary fairness in a contest in which Ares in bull form had bested Paris's own prize bull, and the shepherd-prince had unhesitatingly awarded the prize to the god.
Thus it happened that, with Hermes as their guide, all three of the candidates appeared to Paris on Mount Ida, in the climactic moment that is the crux of the tale. After bathing in the spring of Ida, each attempted with her powers to bribe Paris; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite, who had the Charites and the Horai to enhance her charms with flowers and song (according to a fragment of the Cypria quoted by Athenagoras), offered the love of the world's most beautiful woman (Euripides, Andromache, l.284, Helena l. 676). This was Helen of Sparta, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. Paris accepted Aphrodite's gift and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks and especially of Hera. The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War."
If you had to choose...
...which goddess would it be?
For me, it'd probably be Hera or Athena. Beauty doesn't last, but wisdom, skills, and a legacy does.
"If you want to be a hero, you have to have dreams... and honor."
"You'll be my... living legacy..."
"I said I'd live out both our lives... easy enough to make that promise."
Of course, I had to quote Final Fantasy VII. Actually... this story fits FF7 quite a bit.
Sephiroth wants his mother back to destroy the planet. He was a First Class SOLDIER, a big deal, but that could be the small insignificant thing, and then he ended up as an arch enemy-- the world's nemesis.
Stupid long silver-haired guy with a sword that's too long of a compensation...
angstangstangst?