Eris and the Apple of Discord

In the myth Eris and the Apple of Discord, Eris is enraged at the fact that she was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. To cause discord, she writes on a golden apple from the Garden of the Hesperides, "To The Fairest". She hurls it into a crowd of goddesses that are at the wedding. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all notice the apple and begin arguing over who deserves it. Because none of the gods want to judge who deserves the golden apple, they go to a mortal named Paris. All of the gods tell him that they will give him a prize if he chooses them, but Aphrodite promises him the most beautiful woman in Greece, Helen of Troy. When Paris hears this, he chooses Aphrodite. He is given Helen of Troy, taken from her current husband Menelaus, and starting the Trojan War.