1. Your introduction to:

2. Eris , goddess of discord (disagreement) wasn’t invited to the feast. HERA: wife of zeus Goddess 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.

3. 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

4. So who is the The most Beautiful Woman in the World???

5. Needs to find a suitor for….

6. 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

7. CHOOSES… APHRODITE Love of the most beautiful woman in the world.

8. Aprodite makes Helen fall in love. AND While Menelaus is away, he elopes with Helen. APHRODITE King Menelaus called all of the suitors back to get Helen back from TROY.

9. The suitors are OBLIGATED to protect Helen and the chosen husband because they PROMISED Helen’s father