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Three goddesses at the Judgement of Paris painted by Simon Vouet. The story is the basis of an opera, The Judgement of Paris, with a libretto by William Congreve, that was set to music by four composers in London, 1700–1701. Thomas Arne composed a highly successful score to the same libretto in 1742.
The mosaic depicts the Judgement of Paris, one in a series of incidents which led to the Trojan War. Paris is shown seated in the middle of the scene, where he is required to determine which of the three goddesses, Hera, Athena or Aphrodite, is the most beautiful. The goddesses stand to the right.
Escorted by Hermes, the three goddesses bathed in the spring of Mount Ida and approached Paris as he herded his cattle. Having been given permission by Zeus to set any conditions he saw fit, Paris required that the goddesses undress before him [9] (alternatively, the goddesses themselves chose to disrobe to show all their beauty). Still, Paris ...
Oenone holding pan pipes, behind Paris and Eros – a detail from a sarcophagus with the Judgement of Paris, Roman, Hadrianic period (Palazzo Altemps, Rome). In Greek mythology, Oenone (/ ɪ ˈ n oʊ n iː /; Ancient Greek: Οἰνώνη Oinōnē; "wine woman") was the first wife of Paris of Troy, whom he abandoned for Helen.
El Juicio de Paris by Enrique Simonet, 1904. Eris plays a crucial role in one important myth. She was the initiator of the quarrel between the three Greek goddesses, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, resolved by the Judgement of Paris, which led to Paris' abduction of Helen of Troy and the outbreak of the Trojan War. [67]
She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus. [1] When described as a Nereid in Classical myths, Thetis was the daughter of Nereus and Doris, [2] and a granddaughter of Tethys with whom she sometimes shares characteristics. Often she seems to lead the Nereids as they ...
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El Juicio de Paris (The Judgment of Paris in English) is an oil-on-canvas painting [1] of the Greek myth, the Judgement of Paris. It depicts the three goddesses naked and Paris deciding whom he should give the apple to. It was executed in 1904 by Enrique Simonet, a Spanish painter, and is one of the many works depicting the scene. The ...