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Note to moderators: read answerline carefully. Note to players: description acceptable. Ptolemy Hephaestion alleged that this event decided the priesthood of Skamandros’s son, Melos. In The Golden Ass, a play about this event depicts its participants accompanied by Fear, Terror, the Dioscuri, and several cupids. A mortal is chosen by Zeus to award the phrase (20[2])tē (20[1])kallistē (20[2])(“TAY cull-ISS-tay”) at this event after that mortal (20[1])crowned Ares (20[3])for defeating his bull. After bathing in the springs of Mount Ida during this event, (*) Athena and Hera offered (10[1])bribes of victory (10[2])in war (10[1])and kingship (10[1])over (10[2])Asia, (10[2])which were rejected by a shepherd prince. (10[2])This event occurred after Eris threw the Apple of Discord (10[1])at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. For 10 points, name this event in which Aphrodite was crowned (10[1])the fairest goddess by a Trojan prince (10[2])who married Helen. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: Judgment of Paris [accept Alexander or Alexandros in place of “Paris”; accept descriptions of Paris judging Athena or Aphrodite or Hera on their fairness and similar; accept answers indicating Paris awarding the golden apple of Discord inscribed with “To the Fairest” to Aphrodite; prompt on judging; prompt on the wedding of Peleus and Thetis until read; reject the “Trojan War”]
<Kevin Thomas, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology&gt; ~27125~ &lt;Editor: Kevin Thomas>
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