This is my entry in the Nibblefest Art Contest for May 2006. The theme this month is Mythology. Nibblefest is a themed art contest beginning on the 20th of each month. Be sure to search NFAC to see more great entries, each starting at just $.99.

The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had been invited along with the rest of Mount Olympus to the forced wedding of Peleus and Thetis, but Eris (the goddess of strife) had been snubbed because of her trouble making inclinations. Eris therefore tossed into the party a golden apple inscribed with the word "Kallisti" -- "For the most beautiful one" -- provoking the goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient. Paris was appointed to select the most beautiful. Each of the contestants attempted to bribe Paris to choose them. Hera offered political power, riches and control of all of Asia, Athena skill in battle, wisdom and the abilities of the greatest warriors, and Aphrodite offered the love of Helen the most beautiful woman in the world and also the wife of Menelaus of Sparta. Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite. When Paris kidnapped Helen, (according to some, she fell in love with Paris and left willingly), all of Greece attacked Troy in the Trojan War.

SOLD