Oenone
In
Greek mythology, Oenone ("wine woman") was the first wife of
Paris, whom he abandoned for
Helen.Oenone was a mountain
nymph (an
Oread) on
Mount Ida in
Phrygia, a mountain associated with the Mother Goddess
Cybele. Her father was
Cebren, a river-god. Her very name links her to the gift of wine. The Trojan prince
Paris, son of
Priam and
Hecuba, fell in love with Oenone when he was a shepherd on the slopes of Mount Ida, having been
exposed in infancy owing to a prophecy that he would be the means of the destruction of the city of Troy but rescued by the herdsman
Agelaus. The couple married, and Oenone gave birth to a son,
Corythus. When Paris later abandoned her to return to Troy and sail across the Aegean to kidnap
Helen, Queen of
Sparta, Oenone predicted the
Trojan War.
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Oenone
[Greek] A Phrygian nymph who lived on Mount Ida. She was the daughter of the river-god Cebren. She was abducted by Paris and she became his first wife. Their son is Corythus. When she was abandoned by her husband, she died of grief. She prophesied the disastrous consequence of his voyage to Greece and, on Paris' death, killed herself. According to other sources, Paris summoned her when he was mortally wounded, since she possessed healing skills. Because of his infidelity, she refused to heal him, but when he died, she threw herself on his funeral pyre and was burned with him.