Claim: Paris was the son of parents who hailed from modern-day Russia.
Evidence: Paris , also known as Alexander -LRB- Ἀλέξανδρος , Aléxandros -RRB- , the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy , appears in a number of Greek legends.
Troy -LRB- Τροία , Troia and Ἴλιον , Ilion , or Ἴλιος , Ilios ; Trōia and Īlium Hittite : Wilusha or Truwisha ; Truva or Troya -RRB- was a city situated in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor , now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey , near -LRB- just south of -RRB- the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.