Hecuba

Hec·u·ba

H0121200 (hĕk′yə-bə)n. Greek Mythology The wife of Priam and mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra in Homer's Iliad.

Hecuba

(ˈhɛkjʊbə) n (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth the wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris

Hec•u•ba

(ˈhɛk yʊ bə)

n. the wife of the Trojan king Priam.

Hecuba

enUK

Hecuba

(hĕk`yo͝obə), in Greek mythology, chief wife of Priam, king of Troy. Hecuba bore to Priam 19 children, including Paris, Hector, Troilus, Cassandra, and others who were prominent in the Trojan War. To save Polydorus, her youngest son, from the Greeks, Hecuba sent him to Polymnestor, king of Thrace. After the sack of Troy she was allotted to Odysseus, who on his way home stopped at Thrace. Learning there that Polymnestor had murdered Polydorus, Hecuba, in revenge, blinded the king and killed his children. She is an important character in Euripides' plays Hecuba and The Trojan Women.

Hecuba

mourns the death of her children. [Gk. Drama: Benét, 450]See: Grief

Hecuba

kills Polymestor’s children and blinds him for his treacherous murder of her son Polydorus. [Gk. Drama: Euripides Hecuba in Benét, 450]See: Vengeance

单词	hecuba
释义	Hecuba enUK Hec·u·ba H0121200 (hĕk′yə-bə)n. Greek Mythology The wife of Priam and mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra in Homer's Iliad. Hecuba (ˈhɛkjʊbə) n (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth the wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris Hec•u•ba (ˈhɛk yʊ bə) n. the wife of the Trojan king Priam. Hecuba enUK Hecuba (hĕk`yo͝obə), in Greek mythology, chief wife of Priam, king of Troy. Hecuba bore to Priam 19 children, including Paris, Hector, Troilus, Cassandra, and others who were prominent in the Trojan War. To save Polydorus, her youngest son, from the Greeks, Hecuba sent him to Polymnestor, king of Thrace. After the sack of Troy she was allotted to Odysseus, who on his way home stopped at Thrace. Learning there that Polymnestor had murdered Polydorus, Hecuba, in revenge, blinded the king and killed his children. She is an important character in Euripides' plays Hecuba and The Trojan Women. Hecuba mourns the death of her children. [Gk. Drama: Benét, 450]See: Grief Hecuba kills Polymestor’s children and blinds him for his treacherous murder of her son Polydorus. [Gk. Drama: Euripides Hecuba in Benét, 450]See: Vengeance
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