Jiang recounts the Trojan War as beginning with Nemesis's golden apple, Paris's choice of Aphrodite's bribe, and the abduction of Helen from Sparta to Troy.
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Golden Apple
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"...each other. So, one day, she creates this apple. It's a golden apple."
"And the golden apple says to the most beautiful goddess in the world. Okay? It doesn't say who. It just says to the most..."
"Okay? And again, he's stupid enough to want to piss off two goddesses. So, all the goddesses try to bribe Paris. Paris says to..."
"...so it's one big family one day um they discover a golden apple on mount olympus and the golden apple says to the most..."
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