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A-Z: General definitions: Priam
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The most powerful and last king of Troy. King Priam had fifty sons, including Paris, Hector and Helenus, and many daughters, incluing Cassandra. His chief wife was Hecuba. At the end of Troy, he was killed on the altar of Zeus, where he had taken refuge, by Achilles' son.
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Hecuba; Trojan War; Wooden Horse
An ancient city on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont; it was sacked by the Greeks after a ten-year siege.
Son of King Priam of Troy.
Son of king Priam of Troy and the mainstay of the Trojan force until killed by Achilles.
Twin of Cassandra and son of Priam and Hecuba.
Daughter of Priam and Hecuba of Troy. A true prophet fated never to be believed.
King Priam's chief wife. Mother of many children, including Hector, Paris, Helenus and Cassandra.
Son of Cronos, ruler and chief of the Greek gods, originally a sky-god. (Roman name: Jupiter.)
Son of Peleus and Thetis; he was the mainstay of the Greeks at Troy but in the tenth year of the war he was killed by Paris' arrow; the wrath of Achilles, when he withdrew from the fighting around Troy because of a quarrel with Agamemnon, is the subj
King Priam's chief wife. Mother of many children, including Hector, Paris, Helenus and Cassandra.
A long struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans, recorded in Greek mythology but almost certainly based on real events.
A supposed offering by the Greeks to Athena which they filled with armed men; it was unsuspectingly brought by the Trojans into their city, an act of folly which resulted in their downfall.
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