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Eris, the goddess of Discord, was the only god uninvited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding that said " For the Fairest ". Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera all wanted the apple, but Zues would not choose between them.
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The Judgement of Paris was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses Olympos -Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena for the prize of the golden apple.
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They raid the cyclones in attempt to get back home.
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They arrive at the Land of the Lotus Eaters where they eat Lotus flowers and begin to forget about returning home. They snap out of the trance they were in and leave.
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Odysseus and his men feasted for several days. One the third day, they set out to the land of the cyclopes to learn if the cyclopes were friends or foes.
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They go into his cave and start a fire and eat some of his food. The cyclopes comes back, traps them in the cave and eats 2 of the men.
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They could have killed him but if they did they would not be able to move the rock and they would be trapped down there forever.
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They give him wine to make him sleepy, Stab him in the eye to blind him and they hide in a flock of sheep as the cyclopes is trying to find them and eat them.
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The men hid in the flock of sheep and when Polyphemus opened the door to release his sheep they escaped.
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The escape was successful but they still have a long journey home without their 2 friends who were eaten.
