#judgment of paris

[sarafangirlart]

Aphrodite is probably not the most beautiful goddess

[lionofchaeronea]

The Judgment of Paris: Paris sits observing the three goddesses, while an older man with a staff (King Priam?) stands behind him. Attic white-ground pyxis (cosmetics container) with lid, attributed to the Penthesilea Painter; ca. 465-460 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[eternal--returned]

Alphonse Mucha ֍ Judgment of Paris (calendar for Vieillemard printing company) (1895)

[death-before-ilion]

Who threw the apple?

In all the versions of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis that I'm aware of, Eris, goddess of strife, is mentioned as causing a stir there, usually by throwing a golden apple and because she was upset at not being invited.

In Hesiod's Theogony, Eris is mentioned as a daughter of Nyx, mother of nefarious spirits (211ff), but in Homer's Iliad, she is said to be Ares' sister and companion, also named Enyo, who delighted in battle and mass slaying (4:441ff, 5:333ff, 5:518ff, 5:590ff, 5:738ff, 11:3ff, 11:73ff, 18:535ff, 20:48ff). This appears to be the same goddess, given two different versions as to her origins. In the one, she is a primeval spirit, born long before Zeus, and in the other, she is daughter of Zeus and therefore one of the Olympians, albeit a savage and unruly one.

Hesiod however, in his Work and Days (11ff), clarifies that there were two distinct Eris :

It was never true that there was only one Eris. There have always been two on earth. There is one you could like when you understand her. The other is hateful. The two Erites have separate natures. There is one Eris who builds up evil war, and slaughter. She is harsh; no man loves her, but under compulsion and by will of the immortals, men promote this rough Eris. But the other one was born the elder daughter of black Nyx. The son of Kronos, who sits on high and dwells in the bright air set her in the roots of the earth and among men; she is far kinder. She pushes the shiftless man to work, for all his laziness. A man looks at his neighbour, who is rich: then he too wants work; for the rich man presses on with his ploughing and planting and ordering of his estate. So the neighbour envies the neighbour who presses on toward wealth. Such Eris is a good friend to mortals.

The hateful one is very obviously Homer's Eris/Enyo, whereas the "good friend to mortals" is the one mentioned in the Theogony.

Now which one of these two was the one who caused a stir at the marriage feast on mount Pelion? I would argue it would be Eris/Enyo, who, as an Olympian, would expect to be invited, and because she is unruly, would probably not be.

[i12bent]

Johannes Kragh (May 9, 1870 - 1946) was a Danish painter, sculptor and mosaic artist. He trained as a craftsman before visiting the Academy and Zahrtmann and Krøyer's school. His art was mainly held in Jugendstil with ample use of gold.

Above: Judgment of Paris, 1928 - oils and gold on panel (Privately owned)

[zero-zoxx-international]

Das Urteil des Paris (nach Renoir), The Judgment of Paris (after Renoir), 1984 by J.G.Wind

[rabbitcruiser]

The Judgment of Paris took place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine on May 24, 1976. In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.  

[queenoftheblacksky]

WWE Live Paris (April 29, 2023)

[geekysteven]

Art by Luis Royo

[nothoughtsgayboy]

[roxannepolice]

The hottest Master poll and my conclusion this would lead to a ten year war made me wonder how different regenerations would approach swaying the human judge in their favour.

Dhawan, Gomez and Simm: have repeatedly been traumatised by humans thirsting after the Doctor, leading them to believe apes think exclusively with their reproductive organs - so the most conventionally attractive person of preference.

Ainley, Roberts and Shalka: no need to overcomplicate, plain ol' power.

Delgado and Jacobi: might just believe people generally value smarts.

Crispy: would simply appear in his birthday suit out of the sea foam and let facts speak for themselves.

[sarafangirlart]

Aphrodite and the golden apple

[carnageandculture]

Minerva, Venus and Juno in The Judgment of Paris, Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1528

[mmmdeliciouspaintings]

peter paul rubens (flemish, 1577-1640), the judgment of paris (1606, 1608, and 1638

[velveteirsworld]

As above, so below

As within, so without

[fangledeities]

Debbie Harry (born 1945, USA)

The Judgment of Paris, 1636 Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640).