\b0 Second-born son of King \b \cf4 \ATXht11633 Priam\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of \b \cf4 \ATXht12019 Troy\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and
his wife Hecuba. Since it was predicted at his birth that he would be the cause of the city's destruction, he was exposed on the slopes of Mount \b \cf4 \ATXht10903 Ida\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . But he was found by a shepherd who brought him up as his son. It wa
s during this time that he acted as judge in the beauty contest between \b \cf4 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Afterward, he was recognized by his father through his
sister \b \cf4 \ATXht10306 Cassandra\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 's powers of divination and accepted at court. From there he went to Sparta to abduct \b \cf4 \ATXht10808 Helen\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the woman promised him by Aphrodite. The war that followed brought the
old prophecy true, for Troy was burned and destroyed as a result of Helen's abduction. He was killed by Philoctetes, the shield bearer of \b \cf4 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 who shot him with one of the hero's arrows soaked in the blood of the