12) Priam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Priam, (pri´m) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, king of Troy during the Trojan War, son of Laomedon. Priam had several wives and was the father of 50 sons and many daughters....

13) Hermione. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hermione, (hrmi´ne) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, the only daughter of Helen and Menelaus. When Helen eloped with Paris, Hermione was abandoned to the care of Clytemnestra....

14) Trojan War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of...

15) Hecuba. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hecuba, (hek´yoob) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, chief wife of Priam, king of Troy. Hecuba bore to Priam 19 children, including Paris, Hector, Troilus, Cassandra, and...

16) Thetis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thetis, (the´tis) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, a nereid, mother of Achilles. She was loved by both Zeus and Poseidon, but because of a prophecy that her son would...

17) Helen. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology The daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan...

18) Paris. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Paris A prince of Troy in classical mythology, whose abduction of the Greek queen Helen caused the Trojan War (see Helen of Troy and Judgment of Paris). Paris (or,...

19) 61213. Thoreau, Henry David. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...Thoreau, vol. 5, p. 297, Houghton Mifflin (1906). Thoreau alludes here to the Judgment of Paris in Greek mythology....

20) Trojan War. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology The ten-year war waged against Troy by the Greeks, caused by the abduction of Helen by Paris and resulting in the burning and destruction of Troy....