person
Paris
also: Πάρις, Ἀλέξανδρος
Son of Priam who abducted Helen from Menelaus, the act that caused the war; a skilled archer but a reluctant duelist, he wounds Achilles' heel only in the wider tradition, and in the Iliad kills Achilles' companions from a distance.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §3.13 Alexander
Son of Priam, also called Alexander; his abduction of Helen from Menelaus caused the war, and his duel with Menelaus in Book 3 — from which Aphrodite rescues him — fails to settle it as the truce breaks down.