Paris was the son of parents who hailed from modern-day Anatolia.
A list of regions of Ancient Anatolia , also known as Asia Minor , in the present day Anatolia region of Turkey in Western Asia . Paris , also known as Alexander ( Ἀλέξανδρος , Aléxandros ) , the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy , appears in a number of Greek legends . Oscar Jackson , Jr. ( born October 29 , 1967 ) , better known by his stage name Paris , is an American rapper from San Francisco , California , known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics . Troy ( Τροία , Troia and Ἴλιον , Ilion , or Ἴλιος , Ilios ; Trōia and Īlium Hittite : Wilusha or Truwisha ; Truva or Troya ) 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 ( just south of ) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida .