Answer:

1.Most Greek myths include elements of fantasy, adventure, and violence, but they were not viewed by the Greeks as simply “exciting stories.” Many of them were used as “paradeigma” or education by example; others were warnings to human beings about behaviour the gods found unacceptable.

2.According to legend, Paris, while he was still a shepherd, was chosen by Zeus to determine which of three goddesses was the most beautiful. Rejecting bribes of kingly power from Hera and military might from Athena, he chose Aphrodite and accepted her bribe to help him win the most beautiful woman alive.

3.This is what happened: Some servants of King Priam 1 came to Mount Ida in order to fetch a bull to be given as prize in funeral games. Paris followed them because this was his favorite bull, and having decided to participate in the games, he defeated all other contenders, including his own brothers.

4.At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis the guests included mortals and gods from Olympus. However, Eris was not invited because “she was the goddess of discord and wherever she went she took trouble with her” (lines 13-14). Eris was angry at not being invited and so came to the wedding party to take revenge.

5.It is important to provide reasons to back up and explain your answer. Zeus is reluctant to bestow the golden apple. He says Paris, a Trojan mortal, would decide who is the fairest, because Paris had recently displayed fair judgment in a bull contest with Ares