Hecuba
[ hek-yoo-buh ]
/ ˈhɛk yʊ bə /
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noun
Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.
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Hecuba
/ (ˈhɛkjʊbə) /
noun
classical myth the wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris
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