Apple of Discord

In Greek Mythology, Eris, the Goddess of Discord, threw a golden apple with the inscription “For the fairest”, into an assembly of the Gods at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. Aphrodite, Hera and Athena each claimed the apple. The Gods could not decide which one of the three should have it, so Zeus chose Paris of Troy to be the judge. Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite, who then promised him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. The result was The Trojan War. The event was frequently painted as The Judgement of Paris and was popular with artists from the Middle Ages to the 19^th Century.