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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[son]] of [[King Priam]] and [[queen]] [[Hecabe]] of [[Troy]], and [[brother]] of [[Hector]]. He was the [[human]] judge of a [[beauty]] contest between [[Hera]], [[Athena]], and [[Aphrodite]] who choose the latter [[Greek god|goddess]], who allowed him to have the most beautiful woman in the world. He abducted [[Helen of Troy]] from [[Sparta]], ths causing the decade-long [[Trojan War]], according to [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This [[definition (general)|definition]] is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' from [[The Teaching Company]].
In [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], Paris was a [[son]] of [[King Priam]] and [[queen]] [[Hecabe]] of [[Troy]], and his abduction of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] from [[Sparta]] caused the decade-long [[Trojan War]].

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In Greek mythology, Paris was a son of King Priam and queen Hecabe of Troy, and his abduction of Helen from Sparta caused the decade-long Trojan War.

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