Priam
human_specialist Greek corroborated · 2
Priam is the aged king of Troy to whom Achilles returns Hector's body after pleading with him.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Homer's Iliad.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Iphigeneia, Zeus, Hector, Helen, Castor, Iris, Boreas, Zephyrus, Menelaus, Apollo, Hephaestus, Thetis, Patroclus, Paris
- enemy of
- Achilles
- parent of
- Polyxena
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In the last book, Zeus sends Iris to King Priam, to tell him that he should go to the Achaean camp alone and ransom the body of his slain son Hector from Achilles.”
#28776 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“restored it to the aged King Priam at his earnest entreaty”
#43632 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free