The Golden Apple

1
The Golden Apple

• Priam had a son called Paris but a faithful
  soothsayer foretold that Paris would cause Troy
  to burn so Priam dumped his son outside Troy. A
  Shepherd found him and brought him up as his
  own. One day as Paris was with his flock three
  beautiful goddesses came down with a golden apple
  and told Paris to give it to the fairest of the
  three.

2
Minervas Offer

• Minerva offered him wisdom and military glory

3
Junos Offer

• Juno offered him true power

4
Venuss Offer

• Venus offered him a women as fair and beautiful
  as herself.

5
Pariss decision

• Paris thought hard.
• He was young and foolish and he was already in
  love with a nymph called Aenone, whos gift
  could cure you even if you are an inch from
  death. But he forgot about Aenone and gave the
  golden apple to Venus.

6
Minerva and Juno are very angry

• Minerva and Juno were furious that Paris had
  given the apple to Venus and not to one of them
  and swore to seek vengeance on Paris.

7
Helen of the fair cheeks

• Venus could only find one mortal as fair as
  herself. Her name was Helen of the fair cheeks
  and she was incredibly beautiful. The only
  problem was Helen was married to Menalaeus, king
  of Sparta.

8
Love at first sight

• Paris set off to Sparta to seek Helen of the
  fair cheeks. When menalaeus saw Paris he welcomed
  him in. When Paris saw Helen, Venus put a spell
  on him so that Helen fell in love with him almost
  instantly.

9
Agamemnon

• When menalaeus came back from hunting and found
  Paris had taken his wife away he sent word to his
  brother, Agamemnon, who set out to find warriors
  to help get Helen back.

10
Odysseus

• Odysseus, king of Ithaca, heard that Agamemnon
  was looking for warriors to get Helen back but
  Odysseus didnt want to go to war. He had a wife
  and son and no intention of leaving his small
  island so he came up with an idea.

11
Madness of the Ithacan King

• When Menalaeuss great, gold boat arrived at
  Ithaca he and Philoctities(the greatest archer in
  all the world) stepped out. They climbed the hill
  and found an astonishing sight. Odysseus was
  ploughing the field with a crown on his head and
  a mad look in his eyes.

12
Philoctities Cunning Plan

• Menalaeus turned to Philoctities and said come
  on, I cant have men like that in my army
• Philoctities looked at him and replied, He is
  either very mad or very cunning, and as he said
  it he ran into the palace of Odysseus and gabbed
  Odysseus's son, Telemachus, and placed him in the
  path of the plough

13
Grim Defeat

• The plough moved on towards the baby Telemachus.
  Philoctities watched, eyes shining. If Odysseus
  was really mad he would slice up his son. If he
  was not mad he would stop the plough but
  revealing himself in return. Odysseus saw
  Telemachus just in time to stop the plough.

14
Good-bye

• Odysseus said his goodbyes quickly, then
  gathered his men and set off to the unknown land
  of Troy. Penelope waved until the ship was just a
  dot, heading towards the horizon of Neptune's
  wavy sea.