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Son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy (ancient city), and by abducting Helen of Troy from Sparta, initiator of the decade-long Trojan War

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	~~<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>~~		Son of [[King Priam]] and Queen [[Hecuba]] of [[Troy (ancient city)]], and by abducting [[Helen of Troy]] from [[Sparta]], initiator of the decade-long [[Trojan War]]
	~~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]].