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A marble statue of Greek hero Paris is the center piece of a small park in Brandenburg, Germany.
In Greek mythology, Paris was the son of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. He appears as a Hero in several legends, most of them concerning the Trojan War.
Most notable is the legend of the Judgement of Paris, in which the Gods entrusted him to choose the most beautiful Goddess of the Olympus. Paris choose the goddess of love, Aphrodite over Hera and Athena. In return, Aphrodite granted him the love of Helen of Troy.
Since Helen was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta, the love affair sparked the Trojan War, a center piece of Greek mythology, famously covered by Homer.
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