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yannisdesk · 9 months
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Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera during the Judgement of Paris.
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the-evil-clergyman · 2 years
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The Judgement of Paris by Walter Crane (1909)
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overlysarcasticpolls · 6 months
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The Judgement of Tumblr
You have yet again been handed a golden apple and tasked with giving it to the fairest of the Goddesses on Mount Olympus.
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Featuring the some of the more popular "Secret 4th Options" I remember from the last time.
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Hermes with the apple of Eris (discord), from the Tales of the Greeks and Trojans, illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, 1963.
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José Bermejo Sobera (Spanish, 1879-1962) The Judgement of Paris, 1909 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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Judgement of Paris (detail), c. 1892. Henryk Siemiradzki
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oracleofdiscord · 4 months
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on today's edition of "Oracle put way too much effort into a Trojan War shitpost"
any time i think about the Judgement for too long i really get struck by what an unfair situation it was - Paris was always going to earn the ire of twice as many godesses as he earned the favor of, and none of these 3 are good to have as an enemy (not that it's really good to have...any god as an enemy).
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deathlessathanasia · 4 months
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"And this found favor with all other gods, but not with Hera, nor with Poseidon, nor with the gleaming-eyed maiden Athena, for their hatred persisted, as at the start, for sacred Ilion, and the people of Priam, because of the folly of Alexandros who insulted the goddesses, when they came to his shepherd’s steading, and gave the nod to her, the goddess whose gift to him was ruinous lust." (Iliad Book XXIV)
This is widely believed to be a reference to the Judgement of Paris, so does it suggest that Poseidon was, for some reason, also offended that Alexandros chose Aphrodite instead of Hera or Athena? On whose behalf is he angry?
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maaruin · 2 months
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If, during the Judgement of Paris, he had asked each goddess: "You consider yourself the fairest, but who do you consider the fairest after you?"
What would Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite have said?
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The Judgement of Paris by Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1891.
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jadeseadragon · 2 years
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Victor Hume Moody (British, 1896 - 1990), The Judgement of Paris, oil on canvas, 34 × 30 in. (86.4 × 76.2 cm.); via Christie's.
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pelideswhore · 2 years
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Soooo, I want an essay. Please tell me how the Trojan would have gone in any level of detail had Paris given the apple to Hera or Athena.
I’m afraid I can’t go into too much detail, and this is more personal musings than essay, but nevertheless thank you for asking! Also thank you to @mitsybubbles for helping me out with this :)
First of all, technically, there could be no other path for the Judgement of Paris because fate rules it. Fate says there had to be a war in which Troy would fall, so that will happen. But for the sake of this ask, I’ll ignore that for a moment.
Now, regardless of who Paris would’ve chosen, a war would’ve started. Agamemnon was using Helen’s kidnapping as an excuse anyway, he had been waiting to start a war for actual political/economical purposes for a while now.
I’ll start with Hera’s route:
If Paris chooses Hera, he’d be king over a large kingdom—that was the promise. This is not a Barbie film (sadly) so we have to use some logic here, he can’t just become king automatically. When he is accepted back into the Trojan royal family, he is at least 4th in line to the throne. He has no inheritance to any other kingdom so becoming king would require the deaths of at least Priam, Hector, Deiphobus and Helenus before him. There is no way they would all die shortly one after the other excluding illness (unlikely since they’re favored by Apollo) and targeted murder. Either way, it’s depressing for Paris. Beyond that, he really wouldn’t make a great king? He’d be depressed and out of place. And, like I said, it wouldn’t prevent a war. The larger a kingdom gets, the bigger threat it poses to other kingdoms. If the Achaean army didn’t consider Troy a threat at that point and start a defensive war, Trojan leaders would get power drunk and start the war themselves. Using the oath, the Greeks would win.
Conclusion: Hera path is a bad path.
Athena path next.
Athena promised Paris skill in battle and victory in war. In that sense he’d be taking over the current position Hector or Achilles have in the Iliad respectively. Only problem: Both Hector and Achilles die. Paris would be the target of every opponent. Not fun. Beyond that, Athena has a thing for controlling her heroes’ every step and she isn’t scared of using manipulation or psychological tricks on her heroes. Odysseus and Diomedes deal with that pretty well because they’re on Athena’s level in some way or another. Paris has close to no points if similarity with Athena (unlike Aphrodite). Athena would quite literally drive him mad. Also, like before, Paris explicitly says in the Iliad that he has no interest in the military. He would be out of place. As for the start of the war, Helen might not be involved, but Agamemnon would find a reason to start a war anyway. Paris would still die in a war that the Greeks will inevitably win.
Conclusion: Athena path is also a bad path.
As for Aphrodite’s path, we all know how that goes.
Another change that Paris’ decision would make is obviously which gods are on which side of the war. This obviously especially effects Athena, Hera, Aphrodite and by extension Ares.
Okay, technically answered your question (i hope), but I wanted to say a little more on the judgment of Paris in his defense.
Paris was chosen to select the most beautiful of the goddesses because he’s honest and impartial. He has virtues, he’s not just horny. Obviously, we can’t judge, but personally I think it’s clear that Aphrodite is the most beautiful of the three. She’s the goddess of beauty. Maybe Paris wasn’t regarding their bribery at all, maybe he was just making an honest decision. After all, the competition was regarding their beauty not their bribery.
If that’s not what Paris was thinking of, maybe he was making what he considered a politically smart move. I mean, how is Paris supposed to know that the “most beautiful woman on earth” was going to be the sister-in-law of the most powerful king in Greece and that he was prince of Troy, their biggest enemy? How was he supposed to know that getting married was going to start a war? In comparison to Athena and Hera’s routes, getting married seems harmless.
Also, I mentioned this briefly before, but Paris and Aphrodite have loads of similarities. It makes sense that she’d be his patron goddess, hence him choosing her.
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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year
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The Judgement of Paris, Calendar for Vieillemard Printing Company by Alphonse Mucha (1895)
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You have been handed a golden apple and are tasked with giving it to the fairest of the Goddesses on Mount Olympus.
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vmunroe · 2 years
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Y'all what if Aphrodite won the apple because she was being the fairest by offering the smallest bribe?
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hzaidan · 2 years
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, Sir William Russell Flint's Judgement of Paris, with footnotes # 42
01 Painting, Olympian deities, Sir William Russell Flint’s Judgement of Paris, with footnotes # 42
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)The Judgement of Paris, c. 1935Oil on canvas47 x 69 ¼ in. (119.5 x 176 cm.)Private collection The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos–Aphrodite, Hera and Athena–for the prize of a golden apple addressed “To the Fairest.” The story began with the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which all…
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