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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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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"Edification means to be a better you, to be a higher you. Okay? And edification, the way that Homer, accomplished edification, is by changing..."
"...to be the judge. Okay? So, this human, his name is Paris. His job is to pick who is the most beautiful goddess in..."
"...piss off two goddesses. So, all the goddesses try to bribe Paris. Paris says to Paris, Paris, if you pick me, I will give..."
"...great Achilles, who finally met love in his last battle. See Paris, Tristan, and he points out a name to me more than a..."
"...you have Cleopatra, you have Helen, you have Achilles, you have Paris, you have Tristan. Okay, so he's naming everyone. But there's one shade..."
"...great Achilles, who finally met love in his last battle. See Paris, Tristan, and he points out a name to me more than a..."
"...you have Cleopatra, you have Helen, you have Achilles, you have Paris, you have Tristan, okay? So he's naming everyone, but there's one shade..."
"...wants to buy a car, or he wants to go to Paris for the summer. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay? So everyone's not..."
"...Helen has been taken to Troy. She falls in love with Paris, because that's what Aphrodite promised Paris as a prize. And now her..."
"...formed considerable commercial connections. He arrived here after the Peace of Paris with his large capital. He staked all he was worth on the..."
"...In consequence of what transpired at Madrid, I went straight to Paris to consult the President of the French Council. I beheld the son..."
"...enough to be the judge and he finds this person named paris and paris is a prince of troy and so paris meets the..."
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