A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

122 PARIS. PARIS
dressing," is the name of a goddess whose statue, a golden apple among the guests, with the inalong with that of Peitho, stood in the temple of scription, "to the fairest." (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 93;
Aphrodite at Megara. (Paus. i. 43. ~ 6.) [L. S.] Serv. ad Aen. i. 27.) Here, Aphrodite and
PAREIA (rcipeia), a surname of Athena, Athena began to dispute as to which of them the
under which she had a statue in Laconia, perhaps apple should belong. Zeus ordered Hermes to
so called only from its being made of Parian take the goddesses to mount Gargarus, a portion
marble. (Paus. iii. 20. ~ 8.) Pareia is also the of Ida, to the beautiful shepherd Paris, who was
name of a nymph by whom Minos became the there tending his flocks, and who was to decide
father of Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Phi- the dispute. (Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 1302, 1298;
loiaus. (Apollod. iii. 1. ~ 2.) [L. S.] Paus. v. 19. ~ 1; Eustath. ad Horn. p. 986.)
PARIS (ldcips), also called Alexander, was Hera promised him the sovereignty of Asia and
the second son of Priam and Hecabe. Previous great riches, Athena great glory and renown in
to his birth Hecabe dreamed that she had given war, and Aphrodite the fairest of women, Helen.
birth to a firebrand, the flames of which spread in marriage. Hereupon Paris declared Aphrodite
over the whole city. This dream was interpreted to be the fairest and deserving of the golden
to her by Aesacus, or according to others by Cas- apple. This judgment called forth in Hera and
sandra (Eurip. 4ndronz. 298), by Apollo (Cic. De Athena fierce hatred of Troy. (Hom. II. xxiv.
Divin. i. 21), or by a Sibyl (Paus. x. 12. ~ 1), and 25, 29; Schol. ad Eui-p. Hecub. 637, Troad.
was said to indicate that Hecabe should give birth 925, &c., Helen. 23, &c., Androm. 284; Hygin.
to a son, who should bring about the ruin of his Fab. 92; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 20.) Under the
native city, and she was accordingly advised to protection of Aphrodite, Paris now carried off
expose the child. Some state that the soothsayers Helen, the wife of Menelaus, from Sparta. (Hom.
urged Hecabe to kill the child, but as she was II. iii. 46, &c.; Apollod. iii. 12. ~ 6.) The acunable to do so, Priam exposed him. (Schol. ad counts of this rape are not the same in all writers,
Ezurip. Androm. 294, Iphig. Aul. 1285.) The for according to some Helen followed her seducer
boy accordingly was entrusted to a shepherd, willingly and without resistance, owing to the
Agelaus, who was to expose him on Mount influence of Aphrodite (Hom. I. iii. 174), while
Ida. But after the lapse of five days, the Menelaus was absent in Crete (Eurip. Troad.
shepherd, on returning to mount Ida, found the 939); some say that the goddess deceived Helen,
child still alive, and fed by a she-bear. He by giving to Paris the appearance of Menelaus
accordingly took hack the boy, and brought (Eustath. ad Hornm. p. 1946); according to others
him up along with his own child, and called him Helen was carried off by Paris by force, either
Paris. (Eurip. Troad. 921.) When Paris had during a festival or during the chase. (Lycoph.
grown up, he distinguished himself as a valiant 106; Serv. ad Aen. i. 526; Dict. Cret. i. 3;
defender of the flocks and shepherds, and hence Ptolem. Hephaest. 4.) Respecting the voyage
received the name of Alexander, i. e. the defender of Paris to Greece, there likewise are different
of men. He now also succeeded in discovering accounts. Once, it is said, Sparta was visited
his real origin, and found out his parents. (Apollod. by a famine, and the oracle declared that it should
iii. 12. ~ 5.) This happened in the following not cease, unless the sons of Prometheus, Lycus
manner: —" Priam, who was going to celebrate a and Chimaereus, who were buried at Troy, were
funeral solemnity for Paris, whom he believed to propitiated. Menelaus accordingly went to Troy,
be dead, ordered a bull to be fetched from the and Paris afterwards accompanied him from Troy
herd, which was to be given as a prize to the to Delphi. (Lycoph. 132; Eustath. ad Horn.
victor in the games. The king's servants took p. 521.) Others say that Paris involuntarily
the favourite bull of Paris, who therefore followed killed his beloved friend Antheus, and therefore
the men, took part in the games, and conquered fled with Menelaus to Sparta. (Lycoph. 134, &c.)
his brothers. One of them drew his sword against The marriage between Paris and Helen was conhim, but Paris fled to the altar of Zeus Herceius, summated in the island of Cranae, opposite to
and there Cassandra declared him to be her Gytheium, or at Salamis. (Hom. II. iii. 445;
brother, and Priam now received him as his son. Paus. iii. 22. ~ 2; Lycoph. 11 0.) On his return
(Hygin. Fab. 91; Serv. ad Aen. v. 370.) Paris with his bride to Troy, Paris passed through
then married Oenone, the daughter of the river Egypt and Phoenicia, and at length arrived in
god Cebren. As she possessed prophetic powers, Troy with Helen and the treasures which he had
she cautioned him not to sail to the country of treacherously taken from the hospitable house of
Helen; but as he did not follow her advice Menelaus. (Hon. Od. iv. 228, 11. vi. 291; Ierod.
(Hom. 11. v. 64), she promised to heal him if he ii. 113; Diet. Cret. i. 5.) In regard to this
should be wounded, as that was the only aid she journey the accounts again differ, for according to
could afford him. (Apollod. iii. 12. ~ 6; Parthen. the Cypria Paris and Helen reached Troy three
Brot. 4.) According to some he became, by days after their departure (Herod. ii. 117),
Oenone, the father of Corythus, who was after- whereas, according to later traditions, Helen did
wards sent off by his mother to serve the Greeks not reach Troy at all, for Zeus and Hera allowed
as guide on their voyage to Troy. (Tzetz. ad Lye. only a phantom resembling her to accompany
57.) Paris himself is further said to have killed Paris to Troy, while the real Helen was carried
his son from jealousy, as he found him with Helen. to Proteus in Egypt, and remained there until she
(Conon, Narr. 23; Parthen. Erot. 34.) It should, was fetched by Menelaus. (Eurip. Elect. 1280,
however, be mentioned that some writers call &c., Helen. 33, &c., 243, 584, 670; Herod. ii.
Corythus a son of Paris by Helen. 118, 120; Lycoph. 113; Philostr. ier. ii. 20,
When Peleus and Thetis solemnized their Vit. Apoll. iv. 16; Serv. ad Aen. i. 651, ii. 592.)
nuptials, all the gods were invited, with the The carrying off of Helen from Sparta gave rise
exception of Eris. But the latter appeared, to the Trojan war. WVhen the Greeks first apnevertheless, but not being admitted, she threw peared before Troy, Paris was bold and courageous