Zeus held a banquet to celebrate the marriage between Peleus and Thetis. Eris, who was the Goddess of Discord, was not invited to the wedding but went anyway in order to cause trouble. She decided to cause some "discord" and throw a GOLDEN APPLE into the party with the words "For the Fairest" written on it , and whomever claimed the apple would be declared the fairest of the goddesses. Three goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all claimed the apple, so Zeus asked Paris, a Trojan mortal, to be the judge and decide which of the three goddesses was the fairest. To persuade Paris, each goddess promised him different things, but in the end, Paris chose Aphrodite, and awarded her the apple.
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