The Trojan King Priam

The Trojan king Priam did not desire greater political power nor a trans-oceanic confederation of Greek forces. He didn't think his flighty son Paris had a chance against the seasoned warrior Menelaus. Aphrodite, fond of Paris due to a decision he'd made some ten years before, saves her handsome lover boy's life at the cost of enormous human suffering. The Iliad after all would have ended with the duel between Paris and Menelaus but Aphrodite intervened instead.