Bullfinch's Mythology

When I started reading this story I didn’t really was so enthusiastic because the name was not a very attractive name, but when I got to the quote of how they built a city I started liking it. This way of building a city is really like a way of choosing the location of a place but in a way that you do not normally think of. “The oracle informed him that he should find a cow in the field, and should follow her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped, should build a city and call it Thebes.” I really liked this quote because it shows you that this person is not a traitor and, that he will stand up for you when you need it and he won’t turn his back on you. “O faithful friends, I will avenge you, or share your death.” Cadmus

“Threw a golden apple among the guests, with the inscription, “For the fairest.” Thereupon Juno, Venus, and Minerva each claimed the apple. Jupiter, not willing to decide in so delicate a matter, sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where the beautiful shepherd Paris was tending his flocks, and to him was committed the decision. The goddesses accordingly appeared before him. Juno promised him power and riches, Minerva glory and renown in war, and Venus the fairest of women for his wife, each attempting to bias his decision in her own favor. Paris decided in favor of Venus and gave her the golden apple, thus making the two other goddesses his enemies. The Trojan War” When I read this passage from the Trojan War I really started to feel like Paris because in that situation what would you do? I really started to think that it was like a lose-lose situation which means that if you chose one the other would get mad, and if you chose the other the same outcome will happen. If I was Paris I would try to ask them to ask another person to choose, but if there is no way out I would probably choose Juno because the gifts she would give me could probably save me from the curses of the other goddesses.