Amethyst

The story began when King Peleus and Thetis decided to have a grand feast celebration to celebrate their marriage, at which all the other gods were invited, except for the disagreeable goddess of strife, Eris. Annoyed at being stopped at the door by Hermes, before leaving the gathering, she threw her gift amidst the guests; it was the Apple of Discord, a golden apple upon which the words "for the fairest" had been inscribed. Before long, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite started quarreling over who should be the one to take the apple, and, not being able to decide on their own, demanded from Zeus to settle the dispute. Zeus knew that any choice he would make would incite anger to at least two goddesses. So what Zeus did was he appointed Paris, the young prince of Troy, to be the judge. First, Hera gave her word to Paris that, in gratitude for choosing her, she would grant him both political power and the throne of the continent of Asia; then, Athena of...