Incidents in Greek Mythology
Judgement of Paris In the famous judgement of Paris, Paris chose Aphrodite who offered him the most beautiful woman to be his wife, disregarding Athena and Hera's offers which are power, military glory and wisdom. Paris was a foolish man and he was thought of as a philanderer. He was foolish for choosing beauty over power and wisdom. And what made it so much worse is, is the fact that Helen is already married to King Menelaus. Paris should have known that, after all Helen's beauty is widespread and the talk-of-the-town and being married to a king is a plus to that. And yet he still did it without thinking of the consequences that might happen. He didn't think that by involving himself to the goddesses' silliness, he could cause problems or initiate one. He didn't think that by having Helen as his wife, it would ensued a 10 long year war that killed thousand of people. All he was thinking at that time was that he can have the most beautiful woman to be his wife...