Hecuba

[ hek-yoo-buh ]

/ ˈhɛk yʊ bə /

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noun

Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.

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Words nearby Hecuba

hectolitre, hectometer, hectometre, Hector, hectostere, Hecuba, he'd, Hedda Gabler, heddle, hedenbergite, heder

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How to use Hecuba in a sentence

She’s a pragmatist who rolls her eyes at vengeance-obsessed Trojan queen Hecuba’s refusal to understand the reality of her new, enslaved condition.
Pat Barker’s ‘The Women of Troy’ continues her brilliant reassessment of the Trojan War|Wendy Smith|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
To be or not to be,” was a favorite phrase, as was “What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba.
Hitler's Bedtime Reading|Timothy Ryback|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Hecuba invites Achilles and Archilochus to meet her in the temple of Apollo.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Hecuba was now satisfied and the old lord of windy Troy started out on his errand of love.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No. 6, December 1898|Various

The costly blue was presented by Hecuba, Queen of Cyprus, whose tomb is in the church.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins
The school-boy of to-day—what, after all, is Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 26, 1895|Various
In any event, it will be difficult for it to say: "What's Hecuba to me?"
New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Hecuba

Hecuba

/ (ˈhɛkjʊbə) /

noun

classical myth the wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris

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