In Greek mythology, Priam, the mythical king of Troy during the Trojan War, supposedly had 18 daughters and 68 sons. Priam had several wives, the primary one Hecuba, daughter of Dymas or Cisseus, and several concubines, who bore his children. There is no exhaustive list, but many of them are mentioned in various Greek myths. Almost all of Priam's children were slain by the Greeks in the course of the war, or shortly after.
The three main sources for the names of the children of Priam are: Homer's Iliad , where a number of his sons are briefly mentioned among the defenders of Troy; and two lists in the Bibliotheca and Hyginus' Fabulae. Virgil also mentions some of Priam's sons and daughters in the Aeneid. Some of the daughters taken captive at the end of the war are mentioned by Pausanias, who in his turn refers to paintings by Polygnotus in the Lesche of Delphi.
Name | Sources | Mother, if known | Notes | |||||
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Homer | Apollodorus [1] | Hyginus [2] | Virgil | Dictys [3] | Others | |||
Hector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Central Trojan hero in Trojan War; heir apparent; killed by Achilles, who attached Hector's body to his chariot and dragged it around city. | ||
Paris | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Raised as a shepherd; his abduction of Helen launched the Trojan War; killed by Philoctetes. | ||
Deiphobus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 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 the sons. Killed by King Polymestor of Thrace during or after the Fall of Troy | ||
Troilus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Possibly fathered by Apollo. Killed by Achilles | ||
Polites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked | ||
Hippothous | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Kebriones | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Patroclus with a stone | ||||
Gorgythion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Castianeira | Killed in battle by Teucer, whose arrow was aimed at Hector | |||
Agathon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | One of the last surviving princes during the Trojan War or killed by Ajax the Great | |||
Mestor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Achilles | ||||
Chromius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Diomedes | ||||
Doryclus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Ajax | ||||
Democoon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Odysseus in his rage of a lost comrade at the spear of Antiphus | ||||
Antiphus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Killed by Agamemnon or Ajax the Great | |||
Lycaon | ✓ | ✓ | Laothoe | Killed by Achilles | ||||
Pammon | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked | ||||
Dius | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Isus | ✓ | Killed by Agamemnon | ||||||
Antiphonus | ✓ | Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked | ||||||
Echemmon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Diomedes or by Odysseus | ||||
Archemachus | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Aretus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by a spear from Automedon or by Odysseus | ||||
Ascanius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Bias | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Idomeneus | ||||
Deiopites | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Meges when Troy was sacked | |||||
Dryops | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Achilles or Idomeneus | ||||
Evagoras | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Evander | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Hyperochus | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Polymedon | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Aegeoneus | ✓ | |||||||
Aesacus | ✓ | Arisbe or Alexirhoe | Turned into a diving bird | |||||
Astygonus | ✓ | |||||||
Atas | ✓ | |||||||
Chersidamas | ✓ | Killed by Odysseus | ||||||
Clonius | ✓ | |||||||
Echephron | ✓ | |||||||
Glaucus | ✓ | |||||||
Hippodamas | ✓ | Killed by Achilles | ||||||
Hipponous | ✓ | Hecuba | Killed by Achilles just before the latter's death | |||||
Hyperion | ✓ | |||||||
Idomeneus | ✓ | |||||||
Laodocus | ✓ | |||||||
Lysithous | ✓ | |||||||
Melanippus | ✓ | [4] | Shot to death by Teucer | |||||
Mylius | ✓ | |||||||
Philaemon | ✓ | |||||||
Telestas | ✓ | ✓ | Killed by Diomedes | |||||
Antinous | ✓ | |||||||
Astynomus | ✓ | 5 | ||||||
Axion | ✓ | Killed by Eurypylus | ||||||
Brissonius | ✓ | |||||||
Cheirodamas | ✓ | |||||||
Chrysolaus | ✓ | |||||||
Dolon | ✓ | |||||||
Eresus | ✓ | |||||||
Hero(n) | ✓ | |||||||
Hippasus | ✓ | |||||||
Hipposidus | ✓ | |||||||
Ilagus | ✓ | |||||||
Lysides | ✓ | |||||||
Palaemon | ✓ | |||||||
Polymelus | ✓ | |||||||
Proneos | ✓ | |||||||
Protodamas | ✓ | |||||||
Chaon | ✓ | |||||||
Agavus | ✓ | Killed by Ajax the Great | ||||||
Asteropaeus | ✓ | Killed by Achilles | ||||||
Chorithan | ✓ | Killed by Idomeneus | ||||||
Ilioneus | ✓ | Killed by Ajax the Lesser | ||||||
Philenor | ✓ | Killed by Ajax the Lesser | ||||||
Thyestes | ✓ | Killed by Diomedes | ||||||
Idaeus | ✓ [4] |
Name | Sources | Mother, if known | Notes | ||||
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Homer | Apollodorus [1] | Hyginus [2] | Pausanias | Virgil | |||
Cassandra | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Helenus' twin, Priestess of Apollo and by him given the gift of prophecy, but cursed never to be believed |
Laodice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Homer calls her the most beautiful of Priam's daughters | |
Medesicaste | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | An illegitimate daughter; was married to Imbrius | ||
Creusa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Married to Aeneas | ||
Medusa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Aristodeme | ✓ | ||||||
Lysimache | ✓ | ||||||
Polyxena | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Captured by the Greeks, and later sacrificed on Achilles' tomb to cause a wind back to Greece | ||
Demnosia | ✓ | ||||||
Demosthea | ✓ | ||||||
Ethionome | ✓ | ||||||
Henicea | ✓ | ||||||
Iliona | ✓ | ✓ | Hecuba | Eldest daughter | |||
Lysianassa | ✓ | ||||||
Nereis | ✓ | ||||||
Phegea | ✓ | ||||||
Philomela | ✓ | ||||||
Aristomache | ✓ | Was married to Critolaus, son of Hicetaon |
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