Greek myth name of the son of Priam who kidnapped Helen and later fatally wounded Achilles. Because it had been prophesied that he would cause the collapse of Troy, his father gave him to a shepherd to be destroyed. The shepherd could not bring himself to kill the baby so he left it in the desert. Five days later He found the infant still alive and decided to "take a chance," and raise the child himself. He called the baby Paris, which was probably derived from pari "wager."