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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.
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 ...
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.
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]
All three goddesses were ideally beautiful and Paris could not decide between them, so they resorted to bribes. [217] Hera tried to bribe Paris with power over all Asia and Europe , [ 217 ] and Athena offered wisdom, fame and glory in battle, [ 217 ] but Aphrodite promised Paris that, if he were to choose her as the fairest, she would let him ...
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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 ...
The Judgment of Paris is a 1528 painting by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. It depicts the myth of Paris, Prince of Troy, selecting the fairest goddess from among Minerva, Juno, and Venus. Cranach likely based his depiction on medieval poetry or romances. [1] The painting is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.