The goddess of Discord, Eris, wasn't invited, for this reason she came to the banquet very angry and threw on the table a golden apple with the words "For the fairest". Immediately Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite began to fight, each sustaining that the apple was for her. The gods didn't want to favour one more than the other, so they sent the three goddesses to the mortal Paris. Each goddess, to obtain the apple, promised Paris a gift: Hera the promise of world dominion, Athena the victory in all battle, and Aphrodite the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris chose Aphrodite and she in exchange gave him knowledge of Helen who however was married to Menelaus.
