Paris
Family: barbarian · Role: mythic hero · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 13
In Book 2, Paris is named as Menelaus’s rival in single combat. By Book 3, Menelaus’s allies are deliberating at Hellenium on sailing to Troy to punish Paris for Helen’s rape; at Cranae, Paris carries Helen away, and at Migonium he is said to have built a temple to Aphrodite.
In Book 5, Hermes brings Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite before Paris, son of Priam, for the choice of beauty. By Book 10, Paris’s outrage against Menelaus is said to have brought about Troy’s utter destruction. In a depiction with Penthesilea, he claps his hands to attract her notice, but she appears to despise him and jeer at him as a boy.
Relationship record
Life events
- Menelaus’s allies deliberated on sailing to Troy and punishing Paris for Helen’s rape.(Book 3 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Hellenium)
- Paris carried off Helen from Cranae.(Book 3 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Cranae)
- With: Helen
- “where according to Homer Paris first carried off Helen.”
- Paris built the temple of Aphrodite Migonitis.(Book 3 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Migonium)
- With: Aphrodite
- “The temple they say was built by Paris.”
- Hermes brings Hera, Athene, and Aphrodite to Paris for the beauty judgment.(Book 5 · Chapter 19)
- Paris’s outrage against Menelaus utterly destroyed Troy.(Book 10 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Troy)
- With: Menelaus
- “as Troy was utterly destroyed by the outrage of Paris against Menelaus”
Book 2 · Chapter 13
- rivals with Menelaus “of whom Homer has made mention in the single combat between Menelaus and Paris”
Book 3 · Chapter 12
- with Helen (Paris is described as the rapist of Helen.) “exacting punishment of Paris for the rape of Helen”
- enemies with Menelaus “those who went to Ilium to oblige Menelaus deliberated on the best plan for sailing to Troy, and exacting punishment of Paris for the rape of Helen”
Book 3 · Chapter 18
- with Hermes (interaction) “and Hermes bringing up the goddesses to Paris for the trial of beauty”
Book 3 · Chapter 22
- with Helen (Paris abducted Helen.) “Cranae, where according to Homer Paris first carried off Helen.”
- with Aphrodite (Paris is said to have built Aphrodite's temple.) “Facing this island on the mainland is the temple of Aphrodite Migonitis, and the whole place is called Migonium. The temple they say was built by Paris.”
Book 5 · Chapter 19
- with Hermes (bringing the goddesses to Paris) “Hermes is bringing to Paris, the son of Priam, the goddesses to the choice of beauty”
- parent: Priam “Paris, the son of Priam”
- with Hera (Paris's choice of beauty) “Here is Hermes showing to Paris the dainty sight of Hera and Athene and Aphrodite in all their beauty.”
- with Athene (Paris's choice of beauty) “Here is Hermes showing to Paris the dainty sight of Hera and Athene and Aphrodite in all their beauty.”
- with Aphrodite (Paris's choice of beauty) “Here is Hermes showing to Paris the dainty sight of Hera and Athene and Aphrodite in all their beauty.”
Book 5 · Chapter 22
- enemies with Menelaus “and Paris is opposite Menelaus from their old hostility,”
Book 10 · Chapter 31
- admired: Penthesilea (Paris attempts to attract Penthesilea's notice.) “He is clapping his hands like a rustic, apparently to attract the notice of Penthesilea, who looks at him, but by the toss of her head seems to despise him, and jeer at him as a boy.”
- with Penthesilea (Paris attempts to attract Penthesilea's notice, while she despises and jeers at him.) “He is clapping his hands like a rustic, apparently to attract the notice of Penthesilea, who looks at him, but by the toss of her head seems to despise him, and jeer at him as a boy.”
Book 10 · Chapter 33
- enemies with Menelaus “Troy was utterly destroyed by the outrage of Paris against Menelaus”
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