Paris, son of Troy's King Priam and Hecuba, is wearing a Phrygian cap, the characteristic headgear of shepherds. According to the myth, an interpreter of dreams foretold that the child of Hecuba would bring the destruction of Troy and must be killed at birth. Hecuba decided to leave her son in the mountains where he was brought up by shepherds.
From Crete. 2nd-century CE. Made from Pentelic marble. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).
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