Question: who did zeus select to be the judge of which goddess was the fairest
Answer: They asked Zeus to judge which of them was fairest , and eventually he , reluctant to favor any claim himself , declared that Paris , a Trojan mortal , would judge their cases , for he had recently shown his exemplary fairness in a contest in which Ares in bull form had bested Paris 's own prize bull , and the shepherd - prince had unhesitatingly awarded the prize to the god .