List of children of Priam

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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.

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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.

Sons

NameSourcesMother, if knownNotes
HomerApollodorus [1] Hyginus [2] VirgilDictys [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 HecubaRaised as a shepherd; his abduction of Helen launched the Trojan War; killed by Philoctetes.
Deiphobus HecubaMaybe 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 HecubaThe 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 HecubaYoungest of the sons. Killed by King Polymestor of Thrace during or after the Fall of Troy
Troilus HecubaPossibly fathered by Apollo. Killed by Achilles
Polites HecubaKilled 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 HecubaKilled by Agamemnon or Ajax the Great
Lycaon Laothoe Killed by Achilles
Pammon HecubaKilled 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 HecubaKilled 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]

Daughters

NameSourcesMother, if knownNotes
HomerApollodorus [1] Hyginus [2] PausaniasVirgil
Cassandra Hecuba Helenus' twin, Priestess of Apollo and by him given the gift of prophecy, but cursed never to be believed
Laodice HecubaHomer 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 HecubaCaptured by the Greeks, and later sacrificed on Achilles' tomb to cause a wind back to Greece
Demnosia
Demosthea
Ethionome
Henicea
Iliona HecubaEldest daughter
Lysianassa
Nereis
Phegea
Philomela
Aristomache Was married to Critolaus, son of Hicetaon

Pausanias enlists several more Trojan captive women, who may or may not be daughters of Priam: Clymene, Xenodice, Deinome, Metioche, Peisis, Cleodice. He remarks, however, that of these only Clymene and Deinome were mentioned in literary sources known to him, and that the rest of the names could have been invented by Polygnotus.

Footnotes

Notes

  1. 1 2 Apollodorus, 3.12.5
  2. 1 2 Hyginus, Fabulae 90
  3. Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
  4. 1 2 Photius, Bibliotheca 190.37.

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