...ample rule Unquestion'd. TENNYSON. Minerva offered military glory, and Venus promised that she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. After hearing their claims and promises, Paris gave the apple to Venus. This award or judgment brought...

...ample rule Unquestion'd. TENNYSON. Minerva offered military glory, and Venus -promised that she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. After hearing their claims and promises, Paris gave the apple to Venus. This award or judgment brought...

...Venus was planning what to say to Paris. She began by praising his beauty. She told him that she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. She promised that they should live in the palace of the king of Troy. Hardly had Venus finished speaking...

...prize. Juno offered him a kingdom ; Minerva offered him great success in battle ; Venus said she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. Paris chose Venus as the fairest. Some say that Venus was chosen because of her famous girdle, which...

...beauty contest between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. He declared Aphrodite to be the winner because she promised to give him the most beautiful woman in the world as his lover. This turned out to be Helen, wife to Menelaus, king of Sparta. The Greeks, who were usually...

...authority if he would choose her. Athena suggested glory and fame in war. But Aphrodite said she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife if he would give the apple to her, and Aphrodite won the apple because she had the best bait. Unfortunately...

...Venus was planning what to say to Paris. She began by praising his beauty. She told him that she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. She promised that they should live in the palace of the king of Troy. Hardly had Venus finished speaking...