Paris

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Paris is a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, best known for judging the beauty contest of the goddesses and for abducting Helen, which sparked the Trojan War.

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Paris canonical 54
Paris (in Mission: Impossible) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Figure in Greek mythology
Mythological character
Prince of Troy
Trojan prince
alsoKnownAs Alexander
associatedDeity Aphrodite
Athena
Hera
associatedEvent judgment of Paris
surface form: Judgment of Paris

Trojan War
associatedWithCity Troy
causeOfWar Trojan War
surface form: Abduction of Helen
culture Ancient Greek mythology
duelWith Menelaus
enemy Agamemnon
Greeks
Menelaus
father Priam
gender Male
infancyEvent Exposed on Mount Ida after birth
killed Achilles
killedBy Philoctetes
literarySource Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Cypria (lost epic)
Homer's Iliad
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica
mother Hecuba
mythologicalEra Age of Heroes
notableAct Abducted Helen from Sparta
Awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite
Judged the beauty contest of the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
notableTrait Beauty
Cowardice in battle (as portrayed in the Iliad)
occupation Shepherd (in youth)
prophecy Foretold to cause the destruction of Troy
raisedBy Shepherds on Mount Ida
rescuedBy Aphrodite
roleInMythology Cause of the Trojan War
sibling Cassandra
Deiphobus
Hector
Troilus
sideInConflict Trojans
spouseOrLover Helen
Oenone
symbol Golden apple of discord
weaponUsed Bow and arrows
weaponUsedAgainst bow of Heracles
surface form: Bow of Heracles

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Montry regionCapital Paris
Golden Boy castIn Paris
commune of Montmorency regionCapital Paris
subject surface form: Montmorency
Helenus sibling Paris