# Paris — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Paris in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Helen, the nymph Oenone

**First appearance:** 0004-i-introduction

## Who they are

Trojan prince who abducted Helen, sparking the Trojan War.

## In the story

### [XXVII: The Trojan War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxvii-the-trojan-war)

Trojan prince who abducts Helen, sparking the war; judges the beauty contest among goddesses.

### [The Fall of Troy—Return of the Greeks—Orestes and Electra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxviii-the-fall-of-troy-return-of-the-greeks-orestes-and-electra)

Kills Achilles with a poisoned arrow; later wounded by Philoctetes and dies after being refused healing by the nymph Oenone.

### [The Fall of Troy—Return of the Greeks—Orestes and Electra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxviii-the-fall-of-troy-return-of-the-greeks-orestes-and-electra)

Reconciled with Menelaus after Troy's fall; aids the Greeks secretly and returns with Menelaus to Sparta.

### [The Fall of Troy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-fall-of-troy)

Kills Achilles with a poisoned arrow; later wounded by Philoctetes and dies after being refused aid by Oenone.

### [Menelaus and Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/menelaus-and-helen)

The fair but guilty cause of the Trojan War; reconciles with Menelaus and aids the Greeks secretly.

### [P](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/p)

Son of Priam and Hecuba, who eloped with Helen.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced in the story of Oenone and his return wounded.

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