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古希腊神活故事 At a wedding party Eris， the goddess of discord， threw agolden apple bearing the words“For the fairest!” Hera，Athena and Aphrodite，each wanting to get it for herself，were sent to Paris for judgement. A shepherd on Mt Ida，Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite because she had promised too btain for him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris was the son of Priam，the king of Troy.At his birth his mother Queen He cuba dreamed of holding a piece of burning wood.So he was regarded as likely to bring destruction on thecity，and was by chance exposed to the sun，wind and rain on MtIda. He was finally saved and brought up by the herdsmen there.Now acting on the instruction of Aphrodite，he went down them ountain to take part in the game held in Troy，and there so famous did he become that King Priam and Queen Hecuba receivedhim joyfully back into the royal palace. Soon he was sent to Greece at the head of a great team of boats.he went to Sparta，where，as Aphrodite had told him，the most beautiful woman of the time，Helen，lived.King Menelaus，Helens husband，generously received him but Parisreturned his hosts kindness with no thanks.In the kings absence he persuaded Helen to elope with him to Troy.To payback，Greek took up arms.The Trojan war broke out. As the Greek ships gathered at the port of Aulis，no favouring wind blew up . A prophet told the comander of the expedition， Agamemnon，that he had to offer his daughter Iphigenia asa sacrifice to Artemis.Iphigenia was placed before the goddess altar but Artemis took her away at the last minute，putting a reddeer in her place.Agamemnon s wife Clytemnestra was greatlyenraged at her husband s cruelty. The war lasted ten years，during which both sides suffered the misfortunes of war. Agamemnon fought with Achilles over acaptive princess， and in anger，Achilles refused to fight.His friend， Patroclus，borrowed his armour and went out to change the situation of war，but was killed by Hector，the eldest son of