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Son of [[King Priam]] and Queen [[Hecuba]] of [[Troy (ancient city)]], and by abducting [[Helen of Troy]] from [[Sparta]], initiator of the decade-long [[Trojan War]]
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[son]] of [[King Priam]] and [[queen]] [[Hecabe]] of [[Troy]], and [[brother]] of [[Hector]]. He was the [[human]] judge of a [[beauty]] contest between [[Hera]], [[Athena]], and [[Aphrodite]] who choose the latter [[Greek god|goddess]], who allowed him to have the most beautiful woman in the world. He abducted [[Helen of Troy]] from [[Sparta]], ths causing the decade-long [[Trojan War]], according to [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This [[definition (general)|definition]] is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' from [[The Teaching Company]].

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Son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy (ancient city), and by abducting Helen of Troy from Sparta, initiator of the decade-long Trojan War