Which Goddess Started the Trojan War?

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Legend. Traditionally, the Trojan War Arose from a Sequence of Events Beginning with a Quarrel Between the Goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Eris, the...

Which Goddess Started the Trojan War?

Legend. Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Eris, the goddess of discord

goddess of discord
Discordianism is a religion and subsequent philosophy based on the veneration or worship of Eris, a.k.a. Discordia, the Goddess of chaos, or archetypes or ideals associated with her. ... There is some division as to whether it should be regarded as a parody religion, and if so, to what degree.
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, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift: a golden apple, inscribed "for the fairest".

Who started the Trojan War?

According to classical sources, the war began after the abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. Helen's jilted husband Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, to lead an expedition to retrieve her.

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How did Aphrodite start the Trojan War?

Aphrodite bribed Paris into declaring her the fairest of all the goddesses. She did so by promising him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. ... Aphrodite helped Paris take Helen away to Troy, leading to a war between the Greeks and Trojans.

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