Chapter 16, The Trojan War
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♠ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.19.5
”There is also Hermes bringing to Alexander the son of Priam the goddesses of whose beauty he is to judge, the inscription on them being: “Here is Hermes, who is showing to Alexander, that he may arbitrate
Concerning their beauty, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Greek Text
♦ Throne of Apollo at Amyklai (known through Pausanias’ description and modern reconstructions)
♠ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.18.12
Hermes is bringing the goddesses to Alexander to be judged. Greek Text
Reconstruction of whole throne by A. Furtwängler, from J.G. Frazer, Pausanias’s Description of Greece, vol. III, Commentary (2nd ed. 1913), p. 352
♦ Paris, Musée du Louvre CA 616: Attic black-figure tripod kothon by the C Painter, Judgement of Paris with (right to left) Paris fleeing, Oinone (?), Hermes and three goddesses
J.D. Beazley, Development of Attic Black-Figure (1986) pl. 21
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♦ Florence, Museo Archeologico 70995: Attic black-figure neck-amphora by Lydos, Judgement of Paris with (right to left) Paris running away, Hermes in pursuit, three goddesses and two spectators
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♦ London, British Museum 1948.10-15.1: Attic black figure column krater by Lydos, Judgement of Paris with (right to left) Paris running away, Hermes, three goddesses and three spectators
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♦ Munich, Antikensammlungen 837: Pontic amphora by the Paris Painter, Judgment of Paris
Side A with Paris’ hound and cattle and Paris to right, from L. Hannestad, The Paris Painter: An Etruscan Vase-Painter (1974), pl. 1
For detail Paris, see Digital LIMC
Side B with Priam (?), Hermes, Hera with veil, Athena with spear and Aphrodite
♦ London, British Museum: Etruscan architectural plaques, the Boccanera slabs, Judgement of Paris with Paris, Hermes, Athena with spear, Hera (?) and Aphrodite (?)
♦ London, British Museum, E178: Attic red figure hydria by the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, Judgment of Paris with (right to left) Paris with lyre and ram seated on rock, Hera with scepter and apple, Athena with spear and aegis and mantled Aphrodite
Drawing by J.D. Beazley, from Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♦ London, British Museum, E 257: Attic red-figure amphora by the Niobid Painter, Judgment of Paris with seated Paris, Hera with scepter and apple, helmeted Athena with spear and shield and Aphrodite
E. Gerhard, Auserlesene Griechische Vasenbilder, hauptsächlich Etruskischen Fundorts (Band 3): Heroenbilder, meistens homerisch (1847), pl. 176
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♠ Apollodoros, Epitome 3.2
For one of these reasons Strife threw an apple as a prize of beauty to be contended for by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite; and Zeus commanded Hermes to lead them to Alexander on Ida in order to be judged by him. Greek Text
♠ Hyginus, Fabulae 92
Jupiter ordered Mercury to take them to Mt Ida to Paris Alexander, and bid him judge. Latin Text
♠ Loukianos, De Saltatione 45
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