Chapter 2 2

The fate of King Laomedon and his daughter Hesione is narrated in the story of Hercules.Later, his throne was succeeded by his son Priam.The second wife of Priam was Hecuba, daughter of King Dimas of Phrygia. They had their first son, Hector.When she was giving birth to her second child, she had a strange dream.She dreamed that she gave birth to a torch, which lit the city of Troy and burned it to ashes. Hecuba was terrified, and she told her husband the dream.Priam was suspicious, and immediately summoned Esachus, the son of his ex-wife.A seer, he learned the art of dream interpretation from his grandfather Myropes.After listening carefully to his father's account, he explained that his stepmother Hecuba would bear a son who would destroy Troy.Therefore, he advised his father to throw the newborn child away.

Queen Hecuba gave birth to a son.She loved her country more than mother and child, so she persuaded her husband to hand over the baby to a servant and throw it on Mount Ada.The servant's name was Agolaus, and he obeyed and abandoned the child on the mountain.But a mother bear took the cub.Five days later, when Aglaus saw the child lying peacefully in the forest, he decided to take the baby home, raise him as his own son, and named him Paris. Paris gradually grew into a man, he was strong and powerful, and his appearance was outstanding. One day Paris was grazing in a deep dell where the trees were tall and lush.Leaning on a big tree with folded arms, he looked at the palace of Troy and the sea in the distance.Suddenly, he heard the footsteps of the gods shaking the earth. He turned around and saw Hermes, the messenger of the gods, coming to him.In fact, he was just a forerunner, and behind him were the three goddesses on the holy mountain of Olympus. They walked slowly across the soft grass, and Pariston felt a burst of shock.

The winged messenger Hermes said to Paris: "Don't be afraid, the three goddesses came to you because they chose you as their judge, and asked you to judge who is the most beautiful among them. Zeus ordered You accept this mission, and he will protect and help you in the future." After Hermes finished speaking, he puffed up his wings, flew out of the narrow valley, and went up to the sky.After listening to his words, Paris mustered up his courage, raised his head boldly, and looked at the three goddesses in front of him.At first glance, he felt that the three goddesses were all equally beautiful, and he couldn't tell the difference between high and low.But when he looked at it carefully, he felt that one was the most beautiful for a while, and the other was the most beautiful for a while.In the end, I think the youngest and most elegant goddess is cuter and more moving than the other two.

Then the proudest of the three goddesses, who was also the tallest, said to him: "I am Hera, sister and wife of Zeus. Take this golden apple. This is Eris, the goddess of discord." A gift thrown to the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the goddess of the sea, which reads 'To the fairest'. If you award it to me, then you can rule the richest country on earth, even if You were once an outcast from the palace, and now you are no more than a shepherd." "I am Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom," said the second goddess, who had a broad forehead and a beautiful, alluring face. There are a pair of blue eyes. "If you decide that I am the most beautiful, then you will be known as the wisest man among men."

At this time, the third goddess, who has been speaking with the most beautiful eyes, smiled sweetly and said, "Don't be tempted by sweet words. Those promises are unreliable. I am willing to give them to you." I would like to give you the most beautiful woman in the world to be your wife. I am Aphrodite, the goddess of love!" When Aphrodite stood before the shepherds and said these words, she was wearing her loincloth, which made her appear all the more charming and radiant, and the other two goddesses suddenly paled in comparison.Paris gave Aphrodite the golden apple she had received from Hera.At this time, Hera and Pallas turned away angrily, and vowed not to forget today's disgrace, and to take revenge on him, his father, and all the Trojans, and let them perish.Hera, in particular, has since become the enemy of the Trojans.

Aphrodite solemnly reiterated her promise, blessed him deeply, and left him. From then on, Paris lived on Mount Ada as a humble shepherd, hoping that the promise made to him by the goddess would be fulfilled.When his wish was not fulfilled, he married a beautiful girl, Onone, the daughter of the river god and a nymph.After marriage, Paris stayed with his wife and lived happily.One day, Paris heard that King Priam held a funeral game for a dead relative, so he rushed to the city with great interest.He had never been in a city before.Priam's prize for the contest was a bull brought from a herd on Mount Ida.This bull happened to be Paris's favorite, but he could not prevent the master and the king from taking it away.So he was determined to at least win the cow in the race.In the competition, Paris was smart, flexible, brave and good at fighting, and defeated all his opponents, even the tall and strong Hector.Hector was the son of Priam and Hecuba, the bravest and most powerful of his brothers.Deiphobus, another son of King Priam, was so angry at his failure that he charged at the shepherd with his spear, intending to stab him to death.Paris fled in panic to the altar of Zeus and met Cassandra, the daughter of Priam.She is a person who has been taught by the gods and has the ability to predict.She saw at a glance that the shepherd in front of her was her brother who had been abandoned before.After hearing this, the parents happily hugged their long-lost son.In their joy, they forgot the oracle's warning at his birth, and still took him in as a son.

Paris enjoyed the treatment of a prince and got a gorgeous house on Mount Ada.He returned happily to his wife and herd. Soon, the king commissioned him to accomplish something, and he embarked on a journey, but he didn't know that this trip would get him a gift from the goddess of love.