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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3441654, member: 75937"]The <i>Iliad</i> itself begins <i>in medias res</i> -- 10 years into the war, when Apollo sends a plague upon the Greeks for abducting the daughter of his priest. However, the legend of the Trojan war begins with the judgment of Paris, when Eris, the goddess of discourse, tosses an apple marked "for the fairest" among three goddesses -- Hera (Juno), Athena (Minerva), and Aphrodite (Venus). Well, unsure of exactly to whom it was intended, they asked Zeus (Jupiter) to decide. Of course Zeus knew better than to open up THAT can of worms, so Zeus declared that Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, would judge the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each of the goddesses tried to bribe Paris with various things, but Aphrodite (Venus) offered him the most beautiful woman in the world if he would declare that she was the fairest of the goddesses and the apple was intended for her. Venus got the apple and Paris got Helen of Troy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest is legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's Venus with her apple!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]913861[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucilla, AD 164-169.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.52 g, 28.8 mm, 10 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 164-166.</p><p>Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1763; BMCRE4 1167; Cohen 72; RCV 5506; MIR 16; ERIC II 67.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3441654, member: 75937"]The [I]Iliad[/I] itself begins [I]in medias res[/I] -- 10 years into the war, when Apollo sends a plague upon the Greeks for abducting the daughter of his priest. However, the legend of the Trojan war begins with the judgment of Paris, when Eris, the goddess of discourse, tosses an apple marked "for the fairest" among three goddesses -- Hera (Juno), Athena (Minerva), and Aphrodite (Venus). Well, unsure of exactly to whom it was intended, they asked Zeus (Jupiter) to decide. Of course Zeus knew better than to open up THAT can of worms, so Zeus declared that Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, would judge the case. Each of the goddesses tried to bribe Paris with various things, but Aphrodite (Venus) offered him the most beautiful woman in the world if he would declare that she was the fairest of the goddesses and the apple was intended for her. Venus got the apple and Paris got Helen of Troy. The rest is legend. Here's Venus with her apple! [ATTACH=full]913861[/ATTACH] Lucilla, AD 164-169. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.52 g, 28.8 mm, 10 h. Rome, AD 164-166. Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: VENVS S C, Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left hand. Refs: RIC 1763; BMCRE4 1167; Cohen 72; RCV 5506; MIR 16; ERIC II 67.[/QUOTE]
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