Helen of Troy
The Ancients
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Aphrodite and Hera, the Most Beautiful Woman There Is
The goddess eris strife or discord throws a golden apple, on which are inscribed the words ter caliste, for the most beautiful woman. She tosses it amongst the goddesses at the wedding of thetis and pellias, parents of achilles. The fact that she's married doesn't seem to enter aphrodite is equation at all. But the gods and goddesses in homer and later in euripides, are incredibly they're like toddlers. They're pure id really, with no sort of holds on their behaviour - they'll just take what they want.
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