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Paris of Troy, Prince of Troy ([?] - [?])

Prince of Troy who chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess on Mount Olympus and who was given Helen of Troy in return. The abduction of Helen from her husband Menelaus sparked the Trojan War. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4738?rskey=LuYWse&result=2&q=paris Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_of_Troy Relationships: Paris of Troy was a brother of Deiphobus (-)

Philoctetes (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Paris of Troy
Priam (-) was a father of Paris of Troy
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The Judgment of Paris (or so it seems), who hands the golden apple to Venus; in relief, octagonal in outline.