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Penny's Dumb
Mr. Skawronska:
From Wikipedia:
--- Quote ---The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse.
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Helen of Troy: "The Face that could launch a Thousand Ships."
There, now you're up to speed.
S
JonSnow:
--- Quote from: Mr. Skawronska on 16 Jan 2009, 20:05 ---From Wikipedia:
--- Quote ---The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse.
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Helen of Troy: "The Face that could launch a Thousand Ships."
There, now you're up to speed.
S
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Well then wikipedia is wrong lol... if you read the original accounts by homeros you'll see that a sheepherder on the flanks of the Greek Mountainrange actually decided that Helen was the fairest, and gave her the golden apple. Hence Hera, who would be damned if she'd lose to a mortal made Helen madly run away to Troy. (There is no mention of an actual love between Helen and the sheppard, the love comes from the overly modernised movie, where love HAD to be the driving force... Athena, who in her wisdom was a fair loser decided to support the Greeks who wanted to get Helen back, (not sure about aphrodite, as a godess she only really cared about herself and toying with human emotions) Hera supported the Trojans.
ps the war of Troy is the Prequel to the Oddysea (for those who want more literature of the like)
kgbisouttogetme:
who said the thing about helen of sparta? because heres the deal. helen of sparta and helen of troy were (gasp) the same person.
sofiabailote:
--- Quote from: kgbisouttogetme on 17 Jan 2009, 04:32 ---who said the thing about helen of sparta? because heres the deal. helen of sparta and helen of troy were (gasp) the same person.
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that was the fucking point of the comment.
WriterofAllWrongs:
One strip back Jeph made an Om Nom Nom joke, guys. I don't think the obscurity or high-mindedness of the jokes are really all that important, so long as you get the damn joke.
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