Plot for “The Golden Apple” – “The Gathering of Ships”: In the beginning, Eris, the goddess of discord, cunningly left a deceptive apple with “To the most beautiful” at the wedding of King Peleus. Athena, Hera and Aphrodite immediately clashed over this pseudo-gift. Towards the middle, the three goddesses (Athena, Hera and Aphrodite) grew tired of their argument and, spying on the young Paris, found an end to their bitter rivalry. Together they presented the apple to the shepherd and ordered him to choose the one who most deserved the gift. Each goddess offered him something different, their own gift of exchange, but in the end Paris chose Aphrodite. The Goddess of Love won his favor by offering Paris a woman who far surpassed any other in sheer beauty. Forgetting the love she already possessed for another, Paris fell into her vanity. Theme of "Argument" - "Single Combat": A main theme of this section would be that power has the deadly ability to corrupt because Agamemnon survived with the impression that since he was the Supreme King, he could do anything that affected his fantasy. For example, Agamemnon, faced with the decision to send Chryseis back to the Temple of Apollo, claimed Briseis instead. Achilles, "who had learned to care for Briseis" (p. 19), fell blindly into a death-black rage when the High King announced these intentions. Agamemnon, however, did not care, even though Briseis had been given as a gift to Achilles. He simply had more power and wanted her back, just as children believe they always deserve what they want simply because they want it. This shows corruption as a result of power because Agamemnon took what he wanted rather than what he deserved and no one could stop him. In addition to claiming Briseis, Agamemnon further... in the center of the sheet ...... is the sacrifice of Ulysses because, due to his devious disguise and his sharp tongue, he suffered mockery and beatings. All of these men respected Odysseus, but they had no such feelings for some beggar - and Odysseus knew this would be the case before he even put on the character. In addition to these scuffles, mild in comparison, Odysseus, playing his part well, was taken outside and whipped “until the blood flowed from his shoulders” (p. 100) and treated like a mutt. This shows, once again, how much he sacrificed for his plan because the whipping lasted even after the disguise fell off. It all worked out, however, because he was let into the walls of Troy and stole the Trojan fortune right from under their noses. All of Odysseus' sacrifice paid off in the end, turning the tide of the war, and the important lesson of self-sacrifice would resonate greatly in modern life..