"Polites (prince of Troy) Polites () was the legitimate son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and brother of 49 other children, including 12 daughters. He was killed by Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus), son of Achilles, who then killed his father. Polites was born to Priam, King of Troy, and Hecuba, his wife. He lived in Troy during his youth, was crowned prince of Troy, and was styled ""his royal Majesty"". During his youth, Polites witnessed the Trojan War and was a supporting character in the Iliad. During the passage of the Trojan Horse in the Trojan War,"
"which he derived from Italian sources: Hecuba is frequently referenced in classical literature, and in many medieval, Renaissance, and modern works. Among the works which are about Hecuba are: Hecuba is mentioned in: The name Hecuba or Hecubah appears occasionally: Hecuba Hecuba (; also ""Hecabe"", ""Hécube""; ""Hekábē"", ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's ""Iliad"" such as the warriors Hector and Paris and the prophetess Cassandra. Ancient sources vary as to the parentage of Hecuba."
"Hecuba Hecuba (; also ""Hecabe"", ""Hécube""; ""Hekábē"", ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's ""Iliad"" such as the warriors Hector and Paris and the prophetess Cassandra. Ancient sources vary as to the parentage of Hecuba. According to Homer, Hecuba was the daughter of King Dymas of Phrygia, but Euripides and Virgil write of her as the daughter of the Thracian king Cisseus. The mythographers Pseudo-Apollodorus and Hyginus leave open the question which of the two"
"Priam In Greek mythology, Priam (; Ancient Greek: Πρίαμος, ""Príamos"", ) was the legendary king of Troy during the Trojan War. His many children included notable characters like Hector and Paris. Most scholars take the etymology of the name from the Luwian 𒉺𒊑𒀀𒈬𒀀 (Pa-ri-a-mu-a-, or “exceptionally courageous”) and was attested as the name of a man from Zazlippa, in Kizzuwatna. A similar form is attested transcribed in Greek as ""Paramoas"" near Kaisareia in Cappadocia. A popular folk etymology derives the name from the Greek verb ""priamai,"" meaning 'to buy'. This in turn gives rise to a story of Priam's sister"
"first Troy I, later Troy II—to be the city of Troy, and this identification was widely accepted at that time. Concerning events on or about May 27, 1873 Schliemann reported: Schliemann's oft-repeated story of the treasure being carried by his wife, Sophie, in her shawl was untrue. Schliemann later admitted making it up, saying that at the time of the discovery Sophie was in fact with her family in Athens, following the death of her father. A partial catalogue of the treasure is approximately as follows: Apparently, Schliemann smuggled Priam's Treasure out of Anatolia. The officials were informed when his"
"Mysians in a battle with the Bebryces. According to some interpretations, Bebryces is an alternate name for Phrygians and this Mygdon is the same person mentioned in the Iliad. King Priam married the Phrygian princess Hecabe (or Hecuba) and maintained a close alliance with the Phrygians, who repaid him by fighting ""ardently"" in the Trojan War against the Greeks. Hecabe was a daughter of the Phrygian king Dymas, son of Eioneus, son of Proteus. According to the Iliad, Hecabe's younger brother Asius also fought at Troy (see above); and Quintus Smyrnaeus mentions two grandsons of Dymas that fell at the"
"sued for the hand of the Trojan princess Cassandra in marriage. King Priam's wife Hecabe is usually said to be of Phrygian birth, as a daughter of King Dymas. The Phrygian Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Phrygia. Herodotus, claims the priests of Hephaestus told him a story that the Egyptian pharaoh Psammetichus had two children raised in isolation in order to find the original language. The children were reported to have uttered ""bekos"" meaning ""bread"" in Phrygian. It was then acknowledged by the Egyptians that the Phrygians were a nation older than the Egyptians. Josephus"
"any captives that she wished; she chose her brother Podarces. Heracles allowed her to ransom him in exchange for her veil. Therefore, Podarces henceforth became known as Priam, from ancient Greek πρίασθαι priasthai, meaning ""to buy"". Heracles then bestowed the government of Troy on Priam. However, it is also claimed that Priam simply happened to be absent campaigning in Phrygia during Heracles' attack on Troy. Hesione was taken home by Telamon, married him and bore him a son, Teucros, half-brother to Telamon's son from his first marriage, Ajax. Alternatively, she became pregnant with Trambelus while still on board the ship"
"earlier time, on Mount Ida, Ganymede, the son of Tros or perhaps of Laomedon, both kings of Troy, was desired by Zeus, who descended in the form of an eagle and swept up Ganymede, to be cupbearer to the Olympian gods. On the sacred mountain, the nymphs who were the daughter-spirits of the river Cebrenus, had their haunt, and one, Oenone, who had the chthonic gifts of prophetic vision and the curative powers of herb magic, wed Paris, living as a shepherd on Mount Ida. Unbeknownst to all, even to himself, Paris was the son of Priam, king of Troy."
"Antenor (mythology) Antenor (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ ""Antḗnōr"") was a counselor to King Priam of Troy in the legendary Greek accounts of the Trojan War. Antenor was variously named as the son of the Dardanian noble Aesyetes by Cleomestra or of Hicetaon. Antenor was one of the wisest of the Trojan elders and counsellors. He was the husband of Theano, daughter of Cisseus of Thrace, who bore him at least one daughter, Crino, and numerous sons, including Archelochus, Acamas, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodocus, Coön, Polybus, Agenor, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Hippolochus, Medon, Thersilochus, and Antheus (most of whom perished during the"
"Cressida Cressida (; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. She is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Calchas, a Greek seer. She falls in love with Troilus, the youngest son of King Priam, and pledges everlasting love, but when she is sent to the Greeks as part of a hostage exchange, she forms a liaison with the Greek warrior Diomedes. In later culture she becomes an archetype of a faithless lover. The character's name is derived from that of Chryseis, a character who"
"King Priam and Queen Hecuba, after dragging her from a statue of Athena. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. The Greek herald Talthybius arrives to tell the dethroned queen Hecuba what will befall her and her children. Hecuba will be taken away with the Greek general Odysseus, and Cassandra is destined to become the conquering general Agamemnon's concubine. Cassandra, who can see the future, is morbidly delighted by this news: she sees that when they arrive in Argos,"
"in 1977 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, is named after him. Antenor (mythology) Antenor (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντήνωρ ""Antḗnōr"") was a counselor to King Priam of Troy in the legendary Greek accounts of the Trojan War. Antenor was variously named as the son of the Dardanian noble Aesyetes by Cleomestra or of Hicetaon. Antenor was one of the wisest of the Trojan elders and counsellors. He was the husband of Theano, daughter of Cisseus of Thrace, who bore him at least one daughter, Crino, and numerous sons, including Archelochus, Acamas, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodocus, Coön, Polybus, Agenor, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Demoleon,"
"to weep and temples are stained with blood, but the Trojans are not impressed by these negative omens. Cassandra also knows the truth about the horse, but is cursed so that nobody believes her. She attempts to burn the horse but is prevented from doing so. The Trojans celebrate their victory, but are left unprepared for the Argives as they exit the horse and kill the Trojans. Priam is killed by Neoptolemos. Menelaos kills Deiphobos, who has married Helen after Paris' death. Troy is burned to the ground. The women of Troy are given to the heroes of the Argives."
"Ilione In Greek mythology, Ilione was the oldest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her husband was the Thracian king Polymestor. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's ""Aeneid"": Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido. Ilione plays a significant role in a version of the story of her younger brother Polydorus. He had been entrusted by Priam and Hecuba to the care of his older sister and her husband. Ilione, who already had a son of her own, Deipylus, brought her brother up as her son, and her son as her brother, thinking that if anything happened to"
"the truth and suggested that he take revenge on Polymestor; Polydorus then blinded and killed him. Ilione was said to have eventually committed suicide, grieving at her parents' deaths. Her story was the subject of early Roman tragedies by Pacuvius and Accius. Ilione In Greek mythology, Ilione was the oldest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her husband was the Thracian king Polymestor. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's ""Aeneid"": Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido. Ilione plays a significant role in a version of the story of her younger brother Polydorus. He had been entrusted by"
"members of the Trojan royal family. However, many of its members are notable characters, particularly Priam's wife, Queen Hekabe. His numerous miscellaneous sons are also listed here: Agathon betrays the city to the Mykene in the first book, but the attempt is thwarted and he dies. In the original myths, he is Priam's youngest son. In the first book Antiphones is portrayed as greedy and gluttonous and is involved in a plot to bring down Priam. He quickly regrets his actions after hearing that Agathon intends to kill all of the royal family and attempts to inform Helikaon but is"
"Percote Percote was a town or city on the southern (Asian) side of the Hellespont, to the northeast of Troy. Percote is mentioned a few times in Greek mythology, where it plays a very minor role each time. It was said to be the home of a notable seer named Merops, also its ruler. Merops was the father of Arisbe (the first wife of King Priam, and subsequently wife of King Hyrtacus), Cleite (wife of King Cyzicus), and two sons named Amphius and Adrastus who fought during the Trojan War. As an ally of Troy, Percote sent a contingent to"
"chasm. There is no information on what happened after she was swallowed. The assumption is that she was transported alive to Hades. Pausanias, however, mentions her among the captive Trojans painted in the Lesche of Delphi. He assumes that she was subsequently set free because no poet mentions her as a captive, and he further surmises that the Greeks would have done her no harm, since she was married to a son of Antenor, who was a guest-friend of the Greeks Menelaus and Odysseus. Laodice (daughter of Priam) In Greek mythology, Laodice (; , ; ""people-justice"") was the daughter of"
"Polyxena In Greek mythology, Polyxena (; Greek: ) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. Polyxena is considered the Trojan version of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She is not in Homer's ""Iliad"", appearing in works by later poets, perhaps to add romance to Homer's austere tale. An oracle prophesied that Troy would not be defeated if Polyxena's brother, Prince Troilus, reached the age of twenty. During the Trojan War, Polyxena and Troilus were ambushed when they were attempting to fetch water from a fountain, and Troilus was killed by the Greek warrior"
"Paris (mythology) Paris (), also known as Alexander (, ""Aléxandros""), the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. Later in the war, he fatally wounds Achilles in the heel with an arrow as foretold by Achilles’s mother, Thetis. The name ""Paris"" is probably Luwian and comparable to ""Pari-zitis"", attested as a Hittite scribe's name. Paris was a child of Priam and Hecuba (see the list of King Priam's"
"Mygdon of Phrygia In Greek mythology, King Mygdon (Ancient Greek: Μύγδων in Greek; ""gen"".: Μύγδονος) of Phrygia, was a son of Acmon and father of Coroebus by his wife Anaximene. Mygdon led a force of Phrygians against the Amazons alongside his aides Otreus (another Phrygian leader) and King Priam of Troy, one generation before the Trojan War. Priam mentions this to Helen of Troy in Book 3 of The Iliad. A part of the Phrygians are said to have been called after him Mygdonians.""""Ere now have I journeyed to the land of Phrygia, rich in vines, and there I saw"
"Aesacus In Greek mythology, Aesacus or Aisakos (; ) was a son of King Priam of Troy. Aesacus sorrowed for the death of his wife or would-be lover, a daughter of the river Cebren, and was transformed into a bird. The ""Bibliotheca"" makes Aesacus son of Priam's first wife Arisbe, daughter of Merops. Apollodorus and Tzetzes also make Aesacus a seer who has learned the interpretation of dreams from his grandfather Merops. For them Aesacus is the interpreter of Hecabe's dream when Hecabe gives birth to Paris. In Apollodorus the deceased daughter of Cebren for whom Aesacus mourns is his"
"the murder of Priam by Achilles' son Pyrrhus. His mother, Venus, appeared to him and led him back to his house. Aeneas tells of his escape with his son, Ascanius, and father, Anchises, after the occurrence of various omens (Ascanius' head catching fire without his being harmed, a clap of thunder and a shooting star). After fleeing Troy, he goes back for his wife, Creusa, but she has been killed. Her ghost tells him that his destiny is to found a new city in the West. He tells of how, rallying the other survivors, he built a fleet of ships"
"in which Priam's Treasure was alleged to have been found was assigned to Troy II, whereas Priam would have been king of Troy VI or VII, occupied hundreds of years later. With the rise of modern critical history, Troy and the Trojan War were consigned to the realms of legend. In 1871-73 and 1878–79, Schliemann excavated a hill called Hissarlik in the Ottoman Empire, near the town of Chanak (Çanakkale) in north-western Anatolia, Turkey. Here he discovered the ruins of a series of ancient cities, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Schliemann declared one of these cities—at"
"was probably in some form of dependency. Another sphere of research concerns a handful of Trojan personal names mentioned in the ""Iliad"". Among sixteen recorded names of Priam's relatives, at least nine (including ""Anchises"" and ""Aeneas"") are not Greek and may be traced to ""pre-Greek Asia Minor"". On this basis Calvert Watkins in 1986 argued that the Trojans may have been Luwian-speaking. For instance, the name ""Priam"" is connected to the Luwian compound ""Pariya-muwa"", which means ""exceptionally courageous"". Additionally, the Alaksandu treaty describes Mira, Haballa, Seha and Wilusa (usually identified with Troy) as the lands of Arzawa, although this ""has"
"Cassandra Cassandra or Kassandra (Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, , also ), also known as Alexandra, was a daughter of King Priam and of Queen Hecuba of Troy in Greek mythology. Cassandra was cursed to utter prophecies that were true but that no one believed. The older and most common versions state that she was admired by the god Apollo, and he offered her the gift to see the future in order to win her heart. Cassandra agreed to be his lover in return for his gift, but after receiving the gift, she went back on her word and refused him. Apollo"
"Priam's Treasure Priam's Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The majority of the artifacts are currently in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Schliemann claimed the site to be that of Homeric Troy, and assigned the artifacts to the Homeric king Priam. This assignment is now thought to be a result of Schliemann's zeal to find sites and objects mentioned in the Homeric epics which take place in northwestern Turkey. At the time the stratigraphy at Troy had not been solidified, which was done subsequently by the archaeologist Carl Blegen. The layer"
"actually a thousand years older than Homer's King Priam of Troy, who died about 1200 B.C. Priam's Treasure Priam's Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The majority of the artifacts are currently in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Schliemann claimed the site to be that of Homeric Troy, and assigned the artifacts to the Homeric king Priam. This assignment is now thought to be a result of Schliemann's zeal to find sites and objects mentioned in the Homeric epics which take place in northwestern Turkey. At the time the stratigraphy at"
"Cassandra (metaphor) The Cassandra metaphor (variously labelled the Cassandra ""syndrome"", ""complex"", ""phenomenon"", ""predicament"", ""dilemma"", or ""curse"") occurs when valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved. The term originates in Greek mythology. Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, the King of Troy. Struck by her beauty, Apollo provided her with the gift of prophecy, but when Cassandra refused Apollo's romantic advances, he placed a curse ensuring that nobody would believe her warnings. Cassandra was left with the knowledge of future events, but could neither alter these events nor convince others of the validity of her predictions. The metaphor has been"
"their great champion Achilles, son of an immortal though he be, as we do this man: his rage is beyond all bounds, and there is none can vie with him in prowess."" Helenus then sent Hector to the city of Troy to tell their mother about what was happening. According to the instructions of Helenus, Priam's wife gathered matrons at the temple of Athena in the acropolis and offered the goddess the largest, fairest robe of Troy. She also promised the sacrifice of twelve heifers if Athena could take pity on them and break the spear of Diomedes. Athena, of"
"gave a gift to the goddess Aphrodite in order to be with her. King Priam of Troy prays for guidance from the goddesses Aphrodite and Athena. Cassandra and Laocoen lament over the poor decision that Priam is about to make. She tries to warn her father (""Head Without a Heart""). Priam ignores her and sends Paris to the Greek province of Sparta as an emissary to foster goodwill (""What Could Go Wrong?""). Paris and Aeneas sail to Sparta, but the boat is wrecked in a storm and Paris falls overboard. Helen, the wife of King Menalaus of Sparta, finds Paris"
"Lycaon of Troy In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's ""Iliad"", Lycaon (; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων; ""gen"".: Λυκάονος) was a son of Priam and Laothoe, daughter of the Lelegian king Altes. Lycaon lent his cuirass to his brother Paris when he duelled against Menelaus, husband of Helen. On another occasion Apollo took the shape of Lycaon to address Aeneas. During the Trojan War, Lycaon was captured by Achilles while cutting branches in Priam's orchard. Achilles sold him as a slave to Euneus of Lemnos, but Eetion of Imbros bought him, took him back to Troy, and restored him to his"