In Greek mythology, Priam (/ˈpraɪ.əm/; Ancient Greek: Πρίαμος, pronounced [prí.amos]) was the legendary and last king of Troy during the Trojan War. He...
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King Priam is an opera by Michael Tippett, to his own libretto. The story is based on Homer's Iliad, except the birth and childhood of Paris, which are...
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Michael Tippett (section King Priam and after)
begun work on his second major opera, King Priam. He chose for his theme the tragedy of Priam, mythological king of the Trojans, as recorded in Homer's...
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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...
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was a gentle and clever seer. He was also a Trojan prince as the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra...
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The layer 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...
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Paris (mythology) (category Children of Priam)
Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. His elopement...
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Hecuba (category Priam)
romanized: Hekábē, pronounced [hekábɛ:]) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War. Hecuba was described by the chronicler...
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stays, he will live a long life, but his name will be forgotten. In Troy, King Priam welcomes Helen when Hector and Paris return home, and decides to prepare...
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companies upon the Trojan plain. When news of the Achaean deployment reaches King Priam, the Trojans respond in a sortie upon the plain. The armies approach each...
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killed by Heracles, son of Poseidon. Mygdon of Phrygia, king who was an ally of King Priam of Troy. Mygdonia (disambiguation) Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière...
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bore Aesacus to King Priam of Troy on the 'shady ridges of Mt. Ida' . Otherwise, the mother of Aesacus was called Arisbe, daughter of King Merops of Percote...
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Hector (category Children of Priam)
Hector of Troy is a Trojan prince and warrior. He is the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, making him a prince of the royal house and heir to his...
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infatuation') was a Trojan prince, one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman. List of children of Priam Apollodorus, 3.12.5 Apollodorus, The Library...
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was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons of Ilus, founder of Troy), making Aeneas a second cousin to Priam's children (such as Hector...
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Aesacus (category Children of Priam)
Aesacus or Aisakos (/ˈiːsəkəs/; Ancient Greek: Αἴσακος) was a son of King Priam of Troy. Aesacus sorrowed for the death of his wife or would-be lover...
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Polites of Troy (category Children of Priam)
mythology, Polites (Ancient Greek: Πολίτης) was the legitimate son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba and was known for his swiftness. He was a prince of Troy...
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would be the cause of the destruction of their city. Their father, the king Priam, leaves Paris to Mount Ida, where he is raised by the shepherd Agelaus...
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In Greek mythology, Cassandra (Greek: Κασσάνδρα) was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She had the gift of prophecy, but was cursed...
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Cassandra (category Children of Priam)
of impending disaster, are not believed. Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the...
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daughter of Priam who fell in love with Acamas, son of Theseus. Lycaon (Λυκάων), a son of Priam and Laothoe, daughter of the Lelegian king Altes; not to...
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Homer's Iliad, Altes was the father of Laothoe, one of the many wives of King Priam. In other accounts, Altes is also said to be the father of the Argonaut...
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the Trojan War, King Priam was frightened for his youngest son Polydorus's safety since Polydorus could not fight for himself. Priam sent the child, along...
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Douglas as Hermes Miles Anderson as Poseidon (voice) Alan Smithie as King Priam of Troy Vernon Dobtcheff as Aegyptius The creature effects for this miniseries...
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city of Salamis on Cyprus. Through his mother, Teucer was the nephew of King Priam of Troy and the cousin of Hector and Paris—all of whom he fought against...
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Agamemnon (redirect from King Agamemnon)
on Palamedes for threatening his son's life. By forging a letter from Priam, king of the Trojans, and caching some gold in Palamedes tent, Odysseus has...
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In Greek mythology, Hero was one of the sons of king Priam mentioned in Hyginus's Fabulae, with no mother mentioned. Hyginus, Fabulae 90. Hyginus, Gaius...
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his sister-wife Theia. Hyperion, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman. Hesiod, Theogony 134 & 371; Apollodorus,...
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Trojan War. He was a comrade of King Priam of Troy. Hyrtacus married Arisbe, daughter of King Merops of Percote, after Priam had divorced her to marry Hecabe...
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Agamemnon. She was just nine years old when Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, arrived to abduct her mother, Helen. During the war, Menelaus promised...
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