Hecuba

[hek-yoo-buh]

noun

Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.

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Examples from the Web for hecuba

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
All through the play Hecuba is a woman of remarkable intellectual power and of fearless thought.
The Trojan Women of Euripides|Euripides
To be sure, Hamlet's player's face turned pale for Hecuba; so Shakespeare thought acting might make one change color.
Records of a Girlhood|Frances Ann Kemble
Hecuba ridicules the idea that Hera and Artemis could desire any prize of beauty.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb

I asked her who Hecuba, wife of Priam, was, and she said she'd expected I'd ask just that.
Selina|George Madden Martin
Paris was the son of Priam, king of Troy, and his wife Hecuba.
English Narrative Poems|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hecuba

Hecuba

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for hecuba

Hecuba

principal wife of Priam in the "Iliad," from Greek Hekabe, perhaps a variant of Hecate.