Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, Cypria Fragment 6 (from Athenaeus 15. The three are led by Hermes at the command of Zeus to Alexandros on Mount Ida for his decision, and Alexandros, lured by his promised marriage with Helene, decides in favour of Aphrodite." Eris (Strife) arrives while the gods are feasting at the marriage of Peleus and starts a dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite as to which of them is fairest. Zeus plans with Themis to bring about the Trojan war. "The epic called The Cypria which is current is eleven books. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, Cypria Fragment 1 (as summarized in Proclus, Chrestomathia) (trans. The subsequent abduction of Helene led directly to the Trojan War and the fall of the city. He chose Aphrodite, swayed by her promise to bestow upon him Helene, the most beautiful woman, for wife. The three goddesses appearing before the shepherd prince, each offering him gifts for favour. Zeus was asked to mediate and he commanded Hermes to lead the three goddesses to Paris of Troy to decide the issue. When Eris appeared at the festivities she was turned away and in her anger cast the golden apple amongst the assembled goddesses addressed "To the Fairest." Three goddesses laid claim to the apple-Aphrodite, Hera and Athena.
The story began with the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which all the gods had been invited to attend except for Eris, goddess of discord. THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos- Aphrodite, Hera and Athena-for the prize of a golden apple addressed "To the Fairest." Paris Athena, Aphrodite and Hera (detail), Greco-Roman mosaic from Antioch C2nd A.D., Musée du Louvre
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