See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, the son of See also:

• PRIAM (Gr. IlpLauos)

Priam, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy and See also:

• HECUBA (Gr. `Exa(3n)

Hecuba . Before he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born his See also:

• MOTHER

mother dreamed that she was delivered of a firebrand . The See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream was interpreted that her See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child would ruin his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and when See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris was born he was exposed on Mt See also:

• IDA (d. 559)

Ida . His See also:

• LIFE

life was saved by the herdsmen, and he See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up among them, distinguished for beauty and strength, till he was recognized and received by his parents . He was said to have been called Alexandros from his bravery in defending the herds against raids . When the strife arose at the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of See also:

• PELEUS

Peleus and . See also:

• THETIS

Thetis between See also:

• HERA

Hera, See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena and See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite, each claiming the See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple that should belong to the most beautiful, Paris was selected as the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge . The three rivals unveiled their divine charms before a mortal judge on Mt Ida . Each tried to bribe the judge, Hera by promising See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, Athena See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom, Aphrodite the most beautiful woman in the See also:

• WORLD

world . Paris decided in favour of Aphrodite, and thus made Hera and Athena See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter enemies of his country (See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad, See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 25; See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides, Troades, 925; See also:

• ANDROMACHE

Andromache, 284; See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena, 23) . To gain the woman whom Aphrodite had promised, Paris set See also:

• SAIL

sail for See also:

• LACEDAEMON

Lacedaemon, deserting his old love See also:

• OENONE

Oenone, daughter of the See also:

• RIVER

river-See also:

• GOD

god Cebren, who in vain warned him of the consequences .

He was hospitably received by See also:

• MENELAUS

Menelaus, whose kindness he repaid by persuading his wife See also:

• HELEN

Helen to flee with him to Troy (Iliad, vi . 290) . The See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Troy by the See also:

• UNITED

united Greeks followed . Paris proved a lazy and backward fighter, though not wanting in actual courage when the could be roused to exert himself . Before the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city he was mortally wounded by See also:

• PHILOCTETES

Philoctetes with an arrow (See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1426) . He then bethought him of the slighted nymph Oenone, who he knew could heal the See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound . He was carried into her presence, but she refused to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save him . Afterwards, when she found 'he was dead, she committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus iii . 12) . The See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of Paris became a favourite subject in Greek See also:

• ART

art . Paris is represented as a beautiful See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, beardless, wearing the pointed Phrygian cap, and often holding the apple in his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand .