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Old 12-16-2009, 11:43 AM   #40
martinl
 
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Default Re: Is Transcendent the limit?

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Originally Posted by SuedodeuS View Post
As for the Paris thing, the way I've always heard it the goddesses come down (after Zeus wisely decides not to tick two of them off) and pretty much immediately start trying to bribe Paris to win. Does the original legend have a point at which the goddesses try to get Paris to answer honestly, then stoop to bribes after he is unable to answer?
And I have heard it where Paris realizes he's in deep doo-doo just like Zeus did, and dithered about because he was trying to avoid ******* off two goddesses. Considering how he ended, this was probably wise, but IIUC he was fudged the moment he was chosen as a judge.

I've always seen the story as a "don't arbitrate between people more powerful than you" fable, with fancy trimmings.
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