Paris

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Eduard Veith, The Judgment of Paris, late 19th-early 20th century, oil on cardboard, 60.5 x 81 cm, private collection

Paris is a classical hero who appears in both Greek mythology and the story of the Trojan War.  A prince of Troy, and brother of Hector, his mother had a prophetic dream that her child would cause Troy to fall, and he was thus abandoned and raised by shepherds.  In the Judgment of Paris, a contest between Hera/Juno, Athena/Minerva, and Aphrodite/Venus, he selected Aphrodite/Venus as the most fairest, and was thus awarded the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen.  Her abduction by Paris, however, angers the Greeks, and begins the Trojan War.    

Paris has no specific emblems, but is typically decpited in the Judgment of Paris with the attributes seen here.