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To: nickcarraway
The whole story is in The Iliad. I like to Robert Fagles translation, which came out in the late 90's.
32 posted on 10/25/2007 12:56:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("For is he not of noble birth? The first child born above the Earth!")
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To: Tax-chick

I prefer Alexander Pope, but you can’t go wrong with Chapman.


35 posted on 10/25/2007 2:36:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Tax-chick

It’s way off track, but as long as you brought it up: Aphrodite bribed Paris with the most beautiful woman on earth. Then why did he have to kidnap her himself and get invaded for it, to boot? What’s all that about? She was only promising to give Paris’ her name? It hardly seems like a good deal.


36 posted on 10/25/2007 2:41:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Tax-chick

The moral of the story od Paris, is, if three women ask you which one of them is the most beautiful, just keep walking. Why do you think Zeus punted that one, even though he was the most powerful greek god?


37 posted on 10/25/2007 2:42:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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