Choice of the 3 Goddesses and you.

afro-elf · 06-15-2006, 04:57 AM

If you were given the choice of Paris, Hera would give you power, Athena would make you wise, and Aphrodite offered you the love of the world's most beautiful person which would you choose?

I would probably go for Athena. In addition to being the goddess of wisdom, she also was the goddess of war and crafts.

The Gaffer · 06-15-2006, 05:55 AM

Aphrodite. Love conquers all.

Linaewen · 06-15-2006, 06:40 AM

I'd pick Athena. Power schmower. The world's most beautiful person could have an personality as unpleasant as their looks are aesthetically pleasing. I value wisdom most.

sun-star · 06-15-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The Gaffer

Aphrodite. Love conquers all.

... and leads to the Trojan War

I'll take Athena, because if I'm that wise I can probably get power anyway.

The Gaffer · 06-15-2006, 08:27 AM

I'd assumed that their beauty was on the inside as well.

Wisdom? Pah! The empirical evidence of the current incumbent of the White House would tend to undermine the notion that power comes from wisdom.

**Nurvingiel** · 06-15-2006, 01:35 PM

Who says those occupying the White House are wise?

Paris probably messed this decision up, didn't he? (Did Aphrodite give him the love of Helen?)

I'd pick wisdom too. Partly because I value wisdom the most, and partly because I trust Athena to give me what I expect. She's my favourite of the Greek Pantheon.

Rosie Gamgee · 06-15-2006, 01:43 PM

I think wisdom has it. Yeah, if given a choice between power, wisdom, and the love of some 'beautiful person', I'd choose wisdom.

***Jonathan*** · 06-15-2006, 03:40 PM

Perhaps the wisest thing would be not to choose at all. No matter what your choice would be, you'd get two angry goddesses on your back because you didn't pick their gifts.

The last sane person · 06-15-2006, 04:04 PM

YeS! Took the words out of my mouth! But if you said "to hell with that!" then you would have 3 angry godesses on you. But for that I would choose Hera, cause even Aphrodite had to give way to her. And Hera got your back, once an ally of hers, she dont abandon you easy.

***Jonathan*** · 06-15-2006, 04:30 PM

Yes. Hera was very vengeful too so she's the one godess you definitely wouldn't want to piss off!

Beor · 06-16-2006, 01:30 AM

Before I got shot, I would have had to go with Athena, because of all the wisdom/war stuff, but now, definitely Aphrodite, because all I want to do is stay home and have sex.

***Rían*** · 06-16-2006, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Perhaps the wisest thing would be not to choose at all. No matter what your choice would be, you'd get two angry goddesses on your back because you didn't pick their gifts.

and if you don't choose, I bet you'd have THREE angry goddesses on your back!

***Rían*** · 06-16-2006, 01:42 AM

(note - hey Beor, I finally answered your email re the Tengwar tattooes - the main thing I need to find out is what mode you're using, so I know where the vowel marks should be.

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BeardofPants · 06-16-2006, 02:18 AM

I'd chose Power. Ultimate power can give you the tools to acquire wisdom and the love of the world's most beautiful person.

***Earniel*** · 06-16-2006, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Perhaps the wisest thing would be not to choose at all. No matter what your choice would be, you'd get two angry goddesses on your back because you didn't pick their gifts.

Smart decision.

Hera and Athena did their very best to aid the Greek against Troy afterwards. The Olympus hath no fury like a goddess scorned. Still, personally I'd have gone for Athena.

It's quite ironic that the final contest wasn't for the prettiest but for who gave the best gift.

afro-elf · 06-16-2006, 06:50 AM

IIRC Zeus commanded Paris to choose. So, if you did not choose you would 3 goddesses's and a god's ire.

rohirrim TR · 06-16-2006, 05:52 PM

so umm what is option 4?

The last sane person · 06-16-2006, 06:01 PM

Poke your eyes out and babble about sheep?

Elfhelm · 06-16-2006, 06:12 PM

My quirky opinion is that Paris represents the failure of every man to appreciate the woman in his life in her full glory. Every woman is all three, and when we ppick one of the three aspects and call it the most beautiful, we are actually making a big mistake.

I'll elaborate:

I love my wife because she is 1.) the one who stands beside me with sword and shield in any conflict, 2.) the one who won't let the house get messy, and 3.) the one who is so much fun to play with. If she were to ask me which aspect of her was most beautiful, I wouldn't know how to respond. I could never give up the other two for one aspect. That's crazy. Maybe when I was a teen I would have thought the fun part was best, but then I was a Dad and I really came to appreciate the home part, and the fun part was still fun, but not moreso. And that friend who stands beside me through thichk and thin? I would be lost without her!

So how do I answer the triple goddess when she asks me this question? Honstly, of course. I love all three. All three are equal in beauty. I would rather die than have to choose. But I wouldn't die, because there was a fourth god there, and he is the one who knows I speak truly. He wouldn't let me die. Hermes, Thoth, the wizard. He'd know. I would get no gift from the goddesses, but I think, compared to Paris' fate, mine would be better.

The last sane person · 06-16-2006, 06:32 PM

*reads elfhelms post*

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06-15-2006, 04:57 AM	#1
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Choice of the 3 Goddesses and you. If you were given the choice of Paris, Hera would give you power, Athena would make you wise, and Aphrodite offered you the love of the world's most beautiful person which would you choose? I would probably go for Athena. In addition to being the goddess of wisdom, she also was the goddess of war and crafts. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

06-15-2006, 01:43 PM	#7
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I think wisdom has it. Yeah, if given a choice between power, wisdom, and the love of some 'beautiful person', I'd choose wisdom. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

06-15-2006, 03:40 PM	#8
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Perhaps the wisest thing would be not to choose at all. No matter what your choice would be, you'd get two angry goddesses on your back because you didn't pick their gifts. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

06-15-2006, 04:04 PM	#9
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	YeS! Took the words out of my mouth! But if you said "to hell with that!" then you would have 3 angry godesses on you. But for that I would choose Hera, cause even Aphrodite had to give way to her. And Hera got your back, once an ally of hers, she dont abandon you easy. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

06-15-2006, 04:30 PM	#10
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Yes. Hera was very vengeful too so she's the one godess you definitely wouldn't want to piss off! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

06-15-2006, 05:55 AM	#2
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Aphrodite. Love conquers all.

06-15-2006, 06:40 AM	#3
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	I'd pick Athena. Power schmower. The world's most beautiful person could have an personality as unpleasant as their looks are aesthetically pleasing. I value wisdom most.

06-15-2006, 08:27 AM	#5
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I'd assumed that their beauty was on the inside as well. Wisdom? Pah! The empirical evidence of the current incumbent of the White House would tend to undermine the notion that power comes from wisdom.

06-16-2006, 01:30 AM	#11
Beor founder of the color blue Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: E-Space Posts: 1,727	Before I got shot, I would have had to go with Athena, because of all the wisdom/war stuff, but now, definitely Aphrodite, because all I want to do is stay home and have sex. __________________ Well, there it is.

06-16-2006, 01:42 AM	#13
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	(note - hey Beor, I finally answered your email re the Tengwar tattooes - the main thing I need to find out is what mode you're using, so I know where the vowel marks should be. ) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

06-16-2006, 02:18 AM	#14
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'd chose Power. Ultimate power can give you the tools to acquire wisdom and the love of the world's most beautiful person. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-16-2006, 06:50 AM	#16
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	IIRC Zeus commanded Paris to choose. So, if you did not choose you would 3 goddesses's and a god's ire. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

06-16-2006, 06:01 PM	#18
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Poke your eyes out and babble about sheep? __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

06-16-2006, 06:12 PM	#19
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	My quirky opinion is that Paris represents the failure of every man to appreciate the woman in his life in her full glory. Every woman is all three, and when we ppick one of the three aspects and call it the most beautiful, we are actually making a big mistake. I'll elaborate: I love my wife because she is 1.) the one who stands beside me with sword and shield in any conflict, 2.) the one who won't let the house get messy, and 3.) the one who is so much fun to play with. If she were to ask me which aspect of her was most beautiful, I wouldn't know how to respond. I could never give up the other two for one aspect. That's crazy. Maybe when I was a teen I would have thought the fun part was best, but then I was a Dad and I really came to appreciate the home part, and the fun part was still fun, but not moreso. And that friend who stands beside me through thichk and thin? I would be lost without her! So how do I answer the triple goddess when she asks me this question? Honstly, of course. I love all three. All three are equal in beauty. I would rather die than have to choose. But I wouldn't die, because there was a fourth god there, and he is the one who knows I speak truly. He wouldn't let me die. Hermes, Thoth, the wizard. He'd know. I would get no gift from the goddesses, but I think, compared to Paris' fate, mine would be better. Last edited by Elfhelm : 06-16-2006 at 06:16 PM.

06-16-2006, 06:32 PM	#20
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	reads elfhelms post ......... ............. .................. Hug __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.