Aphrodite was the goddess of love in Greece. She was also said to have been the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and to have been born from sea foam. Although she was beautiful, some saw her as treacherous and malicious. She was known to have a bewitching power over men that more times than not brought about their own destruction. Aphrodite also involved herself on several occasions with the affairs of the Gods and Goddesses on Mount Olympus, as well as the Greek mortals. Aphrodite was legendary for her beauty, but she was also very vain. It was her vanity that started the Trojan War.
The day of Peleus and Thetis’s wedding ceremony, all gods and goddesses were invited to attend, all except Eris, the goddess of Discord. Feeling very insulted Eris set out revenge on the newly wed couple. She devised a plan to bring turmoil to the couple’s wedding day. When the sun set, the feast began. She waited until the last dish to roll a golden apple into the hall
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Ten years later Troy was in ruins. Agamemnon and Menelaus conquered Troy with the Spartan Army and the help of a large wooden horse. Paris was killed and Helen returned to Menelaus who forgave her and brought her back to Sparta, which ended the war. Aphrodite was pleased, for all the other Olympian goddesses were jealous that she had received the apple. It is true that Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the goddesses. It is also true that she was the most vain as well, for she knew that Paris’s love for Helen would infuriate Menelaus and the Spartans, but she had to be the fairest.
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Some topics in this essay:
Trojan War, Paris, Greek Mythology, Iliad, Zeus, Menelaus, Aphrodite, Eris, Helen, Hera,
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