Her father was Cebren, a river-god or, according to other sources, she was the daughter of Oeneus.
She was a nymph from Mount Ida in Phrygia. It was at this time that Oenone became Paris's first lover. While still a child, he routed a gang of cattle-thieves and restored the animals they had stolen to the herd, thereby earning the surname Alexander ("protector of men"). Paris's noble birth was betrayed by his outstanding beauty and intelligence. He returned to Priam bearing a dog's tongue as evidence of the deed's completion. Returning after nine days, Agelaus was astonished to find the child still alive and brought him home in a backpack ( Greek pḗra, hence by folk etymology Paris’s name) to rear as his own. The herdsman, unable to use a weapon against the infant, left him exposed on Mount Ida, hoping he would perish there (cf. Instead, Paris's father prevailed upon his chief herdsman, Agelaus, to remove the child and kill him. Hecuba was also unable to kill the child, despite the urging of the priestess of Apollo, one Herophile. Though Paris was indeed born before nightfall, he was spared by Priam. On the day of Paris's birth, it was further announced by Aesacus that the child born of a royal Trojan that day would have to be killed to spare the kingdom, being the child that would bring about the prophecy. This dream was interpreted by the seer Aesacus as a foretelling of the downfall of Troy, and he declared that the child would be the ruin of his homeland. Just before his birth, his mother dreamed that she gave birth to a flaming torch. Paris was a child of Priam and Hecuba (see the List of children of Priam). By Helen, he had Bunomus, Aganus ("gentle" ), Idaeus and a daughter also called Helen. Paris and the nymph Oenone had a son Corythus. He was swift, and eager to take command." Family His eyes were very beautiful, his hair soft and blond, his mouth charming, and his voice pleasant. Meanwhile, in the account of Dares the Phrygian, he was illustrated as ".fair, tall, and brave. Paris was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the Chronography as " well-grown, sturdy, white, good nose, good eyes, black pupils, black hair, incipient beard, long-faced, heavy eyebrows, big mouth, charming, eloquent, agile, an accurate archer, cowardly, hedonist". The name is etymologically unrelated to that of France's capital city, derived from the Gallic Parisii tribe. The Ancient Greek name Πάρις is probably of Luwian origin, and comparable to Parizitis, attested as a Hittite scribe's name. His elopement with Helen sparks the Trojan War, during which he In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. Paris ( Ancient Greek: Πάρις), also known as Alexander ( Ἀλέξανδρος, Aléxandros) is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. Hector, Cassandra, Helenus, Polyxena, Creusa, Troilus,
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