Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 god Mercury descends from the sky with the golden apple of Discord and asks the shepherd Paris to award it to whichever of the three goddesses – Juno, Pallas and Venus – he finds most worthy. Juno offers him worldly power, Pallas victory in war, and Venus the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris gives the golden apple to Venus.
"On to Paris", music by Gustav Luders, lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert "On to Paris", music by Maury Rubens and Russell Tarbox, lyrics by Charles O. Locke and Frank Bannister "Once in Paris" by Lou Bennett Trio "One Day in Paris" by Martha & the Muffins "One Night in Paris" by 10cc "One Night in Paris" by Casseopaya "One Night in Paris" by Jimmy Pursey
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 ...
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. [2]The word Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized: Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men-(the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), [3] or from root *men ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Allegorical item from Greek mythology J. M. W. Turner, The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides (c. 1806) The manzana de la discordia (the turret on the left belongs to the Casa Lleó Morera; the building with the stepped triangular peak is ...
This phrase was thus changed to be "Three, three, alive o". Another option is Yr Eifl, a group of three similar and adjacent mountains in Wales called "The Rivals" in English. A classical option is Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, the three goddesses between whom the Judgement of Paris was made. Two, two, the lily-white boys Clothed all in green ...
List of songs about Paris; 0–9. 1901 (song) A. Alec Eiffel; April in Paris (song) Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy; B. The Ballad of John and Yoko; The Bells of Notre Dame;