![]() Paris took the nymph Oenone as a lover.Īt the wedding of Peleus and Thetis the gods were enjoying themselves when Eris, or Strife, threw a golden apple into their midst with the words, "For the fairest," attached. When the infant was born it was exposed on Mount Ida, but a she-bear nursed it and it survived, growing up as a shepherd called Alexander, or Paris. The seers interpreted this to mean that her unborn child would destroy Troy and its inhabitants. However, his wife, Hecuba, had a nightmare in which she gave birth to a deadly firebrand. He was not only prosperous, but he had fifty or more children, and it seemed as if good fortune would bless him and his children for a long time to come. ![]() King Priam ruled in the wealthy, fortified city of Troy. Merlin, King Arthur, Gawain, Launcelot, Geraint, Tristram, Percivale, the Grail Quest, and the Passing of Arthur's Realm.Summary and Analysis: Arthurian Legends.The Norse Gods - Odin, Thor, Balder, Frey, Freya, and Loki.Love Tales - Pyramus and Thisbe, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion, Vertumnus and Pomona, Hero and Leander, Cupid and Psyche.Patriotic Legends - Aeneas and Romulus and Remus.The Trojan War - The Preliminaries, The Course of the War, The Fall of Troy, and The Returns.The Tragic Dynasties - Athens: The House of Erichthonius.The Tragic Dynasties - Thebes: The House of Cadmus.The Tragic Dynasties - Mycenae: The House Of Atreus.The Tragic Dynasties - Crete: The House Of Minos.The Heroes - Perseus, Bellerophon, and Heracles.The Beginnings - Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Demeter, and Dionysus. ![]()
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