Is also known as Alexander. He is a son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Paris’s kidnapping of the beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus, made the Trojan War possible. As we see, this stupid thing shows that Paris is self-centered and often behaves not like a real man. He fights effectively with more woman stuff like a bow and arrow, and he never chooses to fight with the more manly things like sword or spear. Often he is described as being with lack of brave, or maybe it’s his laziness, or lack the spirit for battle and prefers to sit in his room making love to Helen while others fight for him, thus earning both Hector’s and Helen’s scorn.
Paris in the Essays
Author: Arnold Campbell