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The meaning of Kazdağı / Ida | |
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Aphrodite | |
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Picnic Area |
 Aphrodite |
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| Lets travel to the depths of history and take a look at the first beauty contest. Paris was left to his own destiny and deserted in Mount Ida. Agelaos finds him and takes him home. Paris grows up with the clean air and cool waters of the mountain. |
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While Paris was continuing his happy life at Mount Ida gods were having a feast at Olympos. Battle god Eris pops an apple on the table written to the "most beautiful" on it. Hera, the wife of Zeus wanted to take the apple saying "I am the most beautiful among you". Aphrodite objected to this saying "Nobody can be more beautiful than I". The god of intelligence and ingenuity Athena interferes and asks Zeus to be the judge. Zeus has a hard time to determine the most beautiful and announced that Paris who is only a shephard at Ida Mountain will make the selection. Paris was a little startled with the revelations of the intentions of the three beauties. |
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Hera offered him to be the King of Asia, Athena assured intelligence and success, Aphrodite offered the most beautiful girl to be his if he chose her. Paris extended the golden apple to Aphrodite. From then on all gods accepted Aphrodite with the golden apple the most beautiful godess. So according to this legend the first beauty contest of the world took place then. |
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