![]() ![]() These goddesses chose the young shepherd (and prince) called Paris to be the judge. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena were competing to be the owners of a precious golden apple that had “to the fairest” written across it. The choosing of the man for Helen to elope with came about when Aphrodite was in a beauty contest. ![]() ![]() However, after Menelaus successfully won the contest, he did not keep his word and so the goddess plotted her revenge… his wife would elope with another man. This began when Menelaus, the King of Sparta, promised to sacrifice to Aphrodite a splendid herd of his best cattle, in return for winning the contest for Helen’s hand in marriage. The most famous instance of the goddess Aphrodite meddling in love affairs is probably one you know: Paris and Helen. The Judgement of Paris, and the Love of Helen Judgement of Paris, by Walter Crane, c.1909, Private Collection, via Bonhams ![]()
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