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Paris: a graphic essay

 
   
  Paris was aprince of Troy
not a picture to hang your wall
 
   
   
   
  the Queen of the Gods and the gods of Love, and Wisdom? saw him
and were-amazed! (no it was Eris the god of discord threw the apple
for the fairlest... and Zeus wasn't gonna chose... and he saw handsome Paris and said, "Let him"

Venus bribed him with the beautiful
the most beautiful of women
married to the king of Sparta, no less
 
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  They asked him ty chose who was fairest, most beautiful, whatever.. most wonderful what beautiful desirable oh check the texts  
     
   
  did his best, made enemies  
     
 

 

 

 
   
   
 

 

 

 
 
 
     
  itit may bring war cautioned Priam  
 

 

 

 
 
 
   
   
 


If her husband comes, I will slay him
If you send me from Troy, I will leave
but I will not leave my lady


 

 
 
 
 

sso he was stuck in the city bieged

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
                
 
 

 

 

 
 

 

he wore his wars well

though balttle aged him

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

the shot the arrow the slew Achillews

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

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  he aged besiege in those walls  
 

 

sometimes thoughful

 
 
 
 

 

suspicious?

 
 
 
 

 

by times puzzled

 
 
 
 

 

did he pout?

 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
by turns wistful

 

by turns wistful

 
 
 
   
 


 
  but the days disolved him  
 
 
   
   
 
 
 

 

 

awakened to the flames of pillaged Troy

 
 

 

 
 
Paris
blown away
like a candle
 
 

 

 
 

 

mixed media (water pastels, pen, pencil) on plane plywood

 
 

 

Most of the work can be purchased
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