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Hecuba had 19 children, some of which included major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, as well as the prophetess Cassandra. Two of them, Hector [13] and Troilus, [14] are said to have been born as a result of Hecuba's relationship with the god Apollo.
Hecuba Maybe the most cunning of Trojan princes, married Helen after Paris' death. He was slain during the sack of Troy by Odysseus and/or Menelaus. Helenus Hecuba The twin of Cassandra and, like her, a seer. Lost out to Deiphobus in competition for the hand of Helen after Paris's death. Later marries Andromache. Polydorus Hecuba Youngest of ...
Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη, Hekabē) is a tragedy by Euripides, written c. 424 BC. It takes place after the Trojan War but before the Greeks have departed Troy (roughly the same time as The Trojan Women , another play by Euripides).
The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d / ⓘ; [1] ... Hecuba and Priam lament, with the latter attempting to face Achilles himself. Andromache hears the news and comes to the ...
Ecuba acceca Polimestore (Hecuba blinds Polymestor), painted by Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium). Polydorus or Polydoros (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ d ɔːr ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύδωρος, i.e. "many-gift[ed]") is the youngest son of Priam in the mythology of the Trojan War.
Cassandra (Κασσάνδρα), a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba; Cassandra's prophecies are ignored as a result of displeasing Apollo. Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), co-leader, with his cousin Sarpedon, of the Lycian forces allied to the Trojan cause.
The first surviving reference to him is in Homer's Iliad, composed in the late 8th century BC. In Greek mythology, Troilus is a young Trojan prince, one of the sons of King Priam (or Apollo) and Hecuba. Prophecies link Troilus' fate to that of Troy and so he is ambushed and murdered by Achilles. Sophocles was one of the writers to tell this ...
He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. His elopement with Helen sparks the Trojan War, during which he fatally wounds Achilles.