What is Paris (Trojan prince)?
[[File:Paris MET DP108445.jpg|thumb|Statue of Prince Paris]] '''Paris''' is a personality in [[Greek mythology]].<ref>Fagles, Robert, translator of Homer's Iliad. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-027536-3</ref> He is an important person in the [[Trojan War]], and [[Homer|Homer's]] ''[[Iliad]]''. Paris was the son of King [[Priam]] of [[Troy]] and his wife [[Hecuba]]. Because it was prophesied that he would bring the end and destruction of Troy, he was left to die in the wilderness, but was found by another man, who took him as a son and named him Paris. Three goddesses, [[Hera]], [[Aphrodite]], and [[Athena]], had a [[beauty contest]] with a prize of the golden Apple of Discord of [[Eris (goddess)]]. Paris was the judge and they all bribed him. Hera offered him power, Athena offered him wisdom, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen. The problem was that Helen was already married to [[Menelaus]], the brother of [[Agamemnon]]. Paris took Helen home with him to Troy. This caused the [[Trojan War]]. During the war, Paris killed [[Achilles]] by shooting his heel with a poisoned [[arrow]]. Late in the war, Paris was killed by [[Philoctetes]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{commons category|Paris (mythology)}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology|Paris]]