Priam, Last King of Troy | |
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King of Troy | |
![]() Scene from the Trojan War: Cassandra clings to the Palladium, the wooden cult image of Athene, while Ajax the Lesser is about to drag her away in front of her father Priam (standing on the left). | |
Predecessor | Laomedon |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Laomedon and Placia or Strymo (or Rhoeo) or Zeuxippe or Leucippe |
Siblings | Tithonus, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Hesione, Cilla, Astyoche, Proclia, Aethilla, Medesicaste and Clytodora |
Consort | (1) Hecuba (2) Castianeira (3) Laothoe (4) Alexirrhoe or Arisbe (5) unknown” |
Offspring | (1) Hector, Paris, Cassandra, Helenus, Deiphobus, Troilus, Laodice, Polyxena, Creusa, Polydorus, Polites, Antiphus, Pammon, Hipponous and Iliona (2) Gorgythion (3) Lycaon (4) Aesacus (5) others |
In Greek mythology, Priam (/ˈpraɪ.əm/; Greek: Πρίαμος, pronounced [prí.amos]) was the legendary and last[1] king of Troy during the Trojan War. He was the son of Laomedon. His many children included notable characters such as Hector, Paris, and Cassandra.