Athenian drinking cup with the figure of Eris, goddess of discord

            This Athenian kylix (drinking cup) depicts a pale-skinned, winged woman, with her name written below: Eris, goddess of discord. When she was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis (because who would want Discord at their wedding?), a furious Eris took her revenge, throwing a golden apple among the guests to stir up trouble. 

The apple (from the Garden of the Hesperides) was inscribed ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ: ‘to the most beautiful’, Three goddesses sought to claim the apple: the goddess of marriage and family, Hera; the goddess of wisdom and justice, Athena; and the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite. Zeus was called to select who should get the apple, but he wasn’t stupid and didn’t want two other goddesses furious at him. So, he called for an impartial judge, a human - Prince Paris of Troy. To make a long story short, each goddess attempted to bribe the young man, but Aphrodite put her finger on the scales more forcefully by promising Paris the hand of the most beautiful woman in the world - Helen, wife of Menelaus. 

Yes, this is what started the Trojan War: a golden apple. 

Athenian drinking cup (kylix), 550-540 BCE
Pottery
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung
   

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Taken on: January 2, 2020

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