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See also:PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS) , in See also:Greek See also:legend, the son of See also: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 and See also:Hecuba. Before he was See also:born his See also:mother dreamed that she was delivered of a firebrand. The See also:dream was interpreted that her See also:child would ruin his See also:country, and when Paris was born he was exposed on Mt See also:Ida. His See also:life was saved by the herdsmen, and he See also: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 of See also:Peleus and. See also:Thetis between See also:Hera, See also:Athena and See also:Aphrodite, each claiming the See also:apple that should belong to the most beautiful, Paris was selected as the See also: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, Athena See also:wisdom, Aphrodite the most beautiful woman in the See also:world. Paris decided in favour of Aphrodite, and thus made Hera and Athena See also:bitter enemies of his country (See also:Homer, Iliad, See also:xxiv. 25; See also:Euripides, Troades, 925; See also:Andromache, 284; See also:Helena, 23). To gain the woman whom Aphrodite had promised, Paris set See also:sail for See also:Lacedaemon, deserting his old love See also:Oenone, daughter of the See also:river-See also:god Cebren, who in vain warned him of the consequences. He was hospitably received by See also:Menelaus, whose kindness he repaid by persuading his wife See also:Helen to flee with him to Troy (Iliad, vi. 290). The See also:siege of Troy by the See also: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 of the See also:city he was mortally wounded by See also:Philoctetes with an arrow (See also:Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1426). He then bethought him of the slighted nymph Oenone, who he knew could heal the See also:wound. He was carried into her presence, but she refused to See also:save him. Afterwards, when she found 'he was dead, she committed See also:suicide (See also:Apollodorus iii. 12). The See also:judgment of Paris became a favourite subject in Greek See also:art. Paris is represented as a beautiful See also:young See also:man, beardless, wearing the pointed Phrygian cap, and often holding the apple in his See also:hand.
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