The Antehomerica of John Tzetzes Part III Edited and Translated by Brian Duvick 70 And with her was lovely, golden Aphrodite. But strife, Eris, offered an apple, an honor, as prize. Lovely Aphrodite, of course, defeated the others, Seized all the honor and holds it still. Hence the tales of the marriages and strife of the goddesses. 75 Such were the deeds of this son of Priam at Parium. But when the thirty years had passed, Priam and the unspeakable tribes of Trojans Led Paris from Parium to Troy with festive song, Madmen, nor did they know the destruction they hastened. 80 ‘twas the month of Xanthikos when they took him to town, Xanthikos, which the Greeks call Aprillion. On the twenty-second day he came, And enjoyed his children and cousins in Troy,