AtthistimethegodsattendedtheweddingpartyofPeleusandThetis,towhichEriswasnotinvited.Andbeinginpainbecauseofangerandjealousy,thispersistentgoddessdecidedtospoilthefeast,andthoughunwelcome,sheappearedandthrewamongtheguestsoneoftheApplesoftheHesperides,inwhichtheinscription"forthefairest"couldberead.Helpingherselfthroughthatdevice,shesucceededinstartingadisputebetweenHera,Athena,andAphrodite.SoZeus,whoknewtheotherwiseanonymousshepherdParis,appointedHermestoleadthethreegoddessestoMountIdainordertobejudgedbythesameshepherd,andinthatwayputanendtothequarrel.WhenHermescametoMountIdawiththethreegoddesses,hecalledParisandsaidtohim:"Comehereanddecidewhichisthemoreexcellentbeautyofface,andtothefairergivethisapple'slovelyfruit."WhileParisreflected,thegoddesses,whofortheoccasionhadbathedtheirimmortalbodies,offeredhimbribesinordertowinEris'awardofbeauty:AthenaofferedhimthecommandofPhrygiaandthedestructionofHellas,orassomesay,thathewouldbebravestofmortalsandskilledineverycraft.LikewiseHeraofferedhim,besideswealth,thedominionoverAsiaandEurope.ButAphroditeofferedhimthehandofHelen,whosebeautywasfamousworldwide,andthisbribewontheApple.