Aim: How can we determine what we would have

done had we been the hero in an ancient myth?

Write whatever you can remember about the following gods and
goddesses:
Jupiter (Zeus)

Juno (Hera)

Minerva (Athena)

Venus (Aphrodite)
The Judgment of Paris
Jupiter
Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
 I hate to turn up out of the blue
uninvited but…
Eris- the Goddess of Discord
Pulcherrimae
 Who’s the fairest of them all?
• Juno, Minerva, or Venus?
Paris- a 17-year-old, unsuspecting,
Trojan shepherd
Bribery time!
Behind Curtain #1, we have…
 Juno
• I’ll make you king of Europe and Asia
Behind Curtain #2, we have…
 Minerva
• I’ll teach you all the secrets of the universe
Behind Curtain #3, we have…
 Venus
• I’ll give you the most beautiful woman in
the world
 Venus wins!
• But there’s a problem…Helen is already
married to a Spartan, King Menelaus
Plus, we have two very powerful
and unhappy goddesses…
The beginning…