"Ohh," Minty made, finally figuring out what he had been getting at. His Homer reference was also something that she could get. Finally. "Well, the entirety of the Iliad is a big allegory I would say, it shouldn't be taken literally," she commented, proud of herself for her literary knowledge. "I believe Helen is a symbol of all those pointless reasons that drive men to war and how vanity brings sorrow to man." She paused before asking: "So if you were Paris, you would have given the apple to Athena then?"

