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Identifier: storiesfromclass00tapp (find matches)
Title: Stories from the classics
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930, comp
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Publisher: (Boston, New York, etc.) Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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e a cup-bearer to the gods. Paris, too, was of royal birth, but like (Edipus, he had been mountain in his in- fancy, because the orj retold that he would be the death of his kinired and the ruin of his country. Destiny saved and nurtured Icri to fulfill that prophecy. He grew up as shepherd and tended his flocks on the mountain, but his beauty held the favor of all the woodfolk there and won the heart of the nymph (Enone. To him, at last, the three goddesses intrusted the judgment and the golden apple. Juno first stood before him in all her glory as queen of Gods and men, and attended by her favorite peacocks as gorgeous to see as royal fan-bearers. Use but the judgment of a prince, Paris, she said, and I will give thee wealth and kingly power. Such majesty and such promises would have moved the heart of any man; but the eager Paris had at least to hear the claims of the other rivals. Athene 180
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SJ£Q(; THE APPLE OF DISCORD rose before him, a vision welcome as daylight, with her sea-gray eyes and golden hair beneath a golden helmet. Be wise in honoring me, Paris, she said, and I will give thee wisdom that shall last forever, great glory among men, and renown in war. Last of all, Venus shone upon him, beautiful as none can ever hope to be. If she had come, unnamed, as any country maid, her loveliness would have dazzled him like sea-foam in the sun; but she was girt with her magical Cestus, a spell of beauty that no one can resist. Without a bribe she might have conquered, and she smiled upon his dumb amazement, saying, Paris, thou shalt yet have for wife the fairest woman in the world. At these words, the happy shepherd fell on his knees and offered her the golden apple. He took no heed of the slighted goddesses, who vanished in a cloud that boded storm. From that hour he sought only the counsel of Venus, and only cared to find the highway to his new fortunes. From her he learned that he was

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