Definitions:
the capital of france, on the river seine; population 2,203,817 (2006).

a trojan prince, the son of priam and hecuba. appointed by the gods to decide who among the three goddesses hera, athene, and aphrodite should win a prize for beauty, he awarded it to aphrodite, who promised him the most beautiful woman in the world—helen, wife of menelaus king of sparta. he abducted helen, bringing about the trojan war, in which he killed achilles but was later himself killed.