Life — March 26, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical cartoon depicts Paris opening an "Apple Week" by naming Aphrodite "Miss Troy." The image references the classical myth of the Judgment of Paris, where the Trojan prince Paris awarded a golden apple to Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess, sparking the Trojan War. The satire appears to mock: 1. **Modern beauty pageants** - treating classical mythology as if it were a contemporary contest, complete with judges and female contestants wearing sashes 2. **Commercial exploitation** - using ancient myths to promote a commercial "Apple Week" event 3. **The absurdity of ranking female beauty** - presenting the mythological judgment as a modern spectacle The cartoon humorously collapses ancient legend with 1920s consumer culture and beauty pageant culture.