You have heard how Troy fell, and no doubt felt you wanted to know what all the fighting was about. Well, it is a story that began with another golden apple.

There was a wedding, one day, of a sea nymph to a mortal king, and a very grand feast was going on in the caves of the sea — a feast to which all the immortals had come down from Olympus. Suddenly, at the banqueting table, appeared a being whom nobody loved, whose hair was snaky, and whose eyes were cruel and hard. She was the spirit of Discord, and she had, naturally, not been invited to the wedding, which was the last place where anyone wished to see her. With angry looks, she threw a golden apple upon the table and then vanished. When one of the guests picked up the fruit, everybody saw that on it were written the words: “For the fairest!”

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📚 Source: Once Upon A Time: Children’s Stories From The Classics (1920?) by Blanche Winder (1866-1930).