CLA 1102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Numitor, Vestal Virgin, Pomerium

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: All

Document Summary

There were two gods peleus and thetis who were getting married and to their wedding all the other gods were invited except discordia (eris) the god of disaster. So to get back at the two gods she throws a golden apple in the middle of the party and says that the apple belongs to the greatest. 3 goddess say they are the greatest, juno (queen of gods), minerva (goddess of wisdom) , venus (goddess of love) In order to decide who gets the apple the goddess chose a human paris and ask him to pick who gets it. Paris was a sheperd at the time but was actually the prince of. In order to influence paris each goddess offers him a gift. Juno offers paris to become the greatest king, minerva offers him to become the greatest general of war, while venus offers him the prettiest woman in the world, helen of sparta.