Hecuba
[hek-yoo-buh]
- Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.
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To be or not to be,” was a favorite phrase, as was “What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba.
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A nymph with bright and flowing hair; a hag like Hecuba, by Jove!
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)Charles James Lever
Hecuba had been warned by a prophetic dream, and lamented her daughter's fate and her own.
ThaisAnatole France
His wife, however, Hecuba, begged and entreated him to desist.
Romulus, Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
We did not see this latter-day Hecuba, but we were told that she was still quite comely.
The American EgyptChanning Arnold
Paris was the son of Priam, king of Troy, and his wife Hecuba.
English Narrative PoemsVarious
Hecuba
- 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.
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