List of children of Priam

Priam, the mythical king of Troy during the Trojan War, supposedly had 68 sons and (on some accounts) 18 daughters. Priam had several wives, the primary one Hecuba, daughter of Dymas or Cisseus, and several concubines, who bore his children. There is no exhaustive list, but many of them are mentioned in various Greek myths.

The three main sources for the names of the children of Priam are: Homer's Iliad, where a number of his sons are briefly mentioned among the defenders of Troy; and two lists in the Bibliotheca and Hyginus' Fabulae. Some of the daughters taken captive at the end of the war are mentioned by Pausanias, who in his turn refers to paintings by Polygnotus in the Lesche of Delphi.

These are summarized by author below.

Sons

Name	Mentioned by Homer	Mentioned by Apollodorus	Mentioned by Hyginus	Mother, if known	Notes
Hector	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Central Trojan hero in Trojan War; heir apparent; killed by Achilles, who attached Hector's body to carriage and dragged it around city.
Paris	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Raised as a shepherd; his abduction of Helen launched the Trojan War; killed by Philoctetes.
Deiphobus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Maybe the most cunning of Trojan princes, married Helen after Paris' death. He was slain during the sack of Troy by Odysseus and/or Menelaus.
Helenus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	The twin of Cassandra and, like his sister, a seer. Lost out to Deiphobus in competing for the hand of Helen after Paris' death. Later marries Andromache.
Polydorus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Killed by King Polymestor of Thrace during or after the Fall of Troy
Troilus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Possibly fathered by Apollo
Polites	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked
Hippothous	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kebriones	Yes	Yes	Yes		Killed by Patroclus with a stone
Gorgythion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Castianeira	Killed in battle by Teucer, whose arrow was aimed at Hector
Agathon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mestor	Yes	Yes	Yes		Killed by Achilles
Chromius	Yes	Yes	Yes		Killed by Diomedes
Doryclus	Yes	Yes	Yes		Killed by Ajax
Democoon	Yes	Yes	Yes		Killed by Odysseus in his rage of a lost comrade at the spear of Antiphus
Antiphus	Yes	Yes	No	Hecuba	Killed by Agamemnon
Lycaon	Yes	Yes	No	Laothoe	Killed by Achilles
Pammon	Yes	Yes	No	Hecuba	Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked
Dius	Yes	No	Yes
Isus	Yes	No	No		Killed by Agamemnon
Antiphonus	Yes	No	No		Killed by Neoptolemus when Troy was sacked
Echemmon	Yes	No	No		Killed by Diomedes
Archemachus	No	Yes	Yes
Aretus	No	Yes	Yes		Killed by a spear from Automedon
Ascanius	No	Yes	Yes
Deiopites	No	Yes	Yes		Killed by Meges when Troy was sacked
Dryops	No	Yes	Yes		Killed by Achilles
Evagoras	No	Yes	Yes
Evander	No	Yes	Yes
Polymedon	No	Yes	Yes
Aegeoneus	No	Yes	No
Aesacus	No	Yes	No	Arisbe or Alexirhoe	Turned into a diving bird
Astygonus	No	Yes	No
Atas	No	Yes	No
Bias	No	Yes	No
Chersidamas	No	Yes	No		Killed by Odysseus
Clonius	No	Yes	No
Echephron	No	Yes	No
Glaucus	No	Yes	No
Hippodamas	No	Yes	No		Killed by Achilles
Hipponous	No	Yes	No	Hecuba	Killed by Achilles just before the latter's death
Hyperion	No	Yes	No
Hyperochus	No	Yes	Yes
Idomeneus	No	Yes	No
Laodocus	No	Yes	No
Lysithous	No	Yes	No
Melanippus	No	Yes	No		Shot to death by Teucer
Mylius	No	Yes	No
Philaemon	No	Yes	No
Telestas	No	Yes	No
Antinous	No	No	Yes
Astynomus	No	No	Yes
Axion	No	No	Yes		Killed by Eurypylus
Biantes	No	No	Yes
Brissonius	No	No	Yes
Cheirodamas	No	No	Yes
Chrysolaus	No	No	Yes
Dolon	No	No	Yes
Eresus	No	No	Yes
Hero(n)	No	No	Yes
Hippasus	No	No	Yes
Hipposidus	No	No	Yes
Ilagus	No	No	Yes
Lysides	No	No	Yes
Palaemon	No	No	Yes
Polymelus	No	No	Yes
Proneos	No	No	Yes
Protodamas	No	No	Yes

Daughters

Name	Mentioned by Homer	Mentioned by Apollodorus	Mentioned by Hyginus	Mentioned by Pausanias	Mother, if known	Notes
Cassandra	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Helenus' twin, Priestess of Apollo and by him given the gift of prophecy, but cursed never to be believed
Laodice	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hecuba	Homer calls her the most beautiful of Priam's daughters
Medesicaste	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		An illegitimate daughter; was married to Imbrius
Creusa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Married to Aeneas
Medusa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aristomache	No	No	No	Yes		Was married to Critolaus, son of Hicetaon
Aristodeme	No	Yes	No	No
Lysimache	No	Yes	No	No
Polyxena	No	Yes	No	Yes	Hecuba	Sacrificed on Achilles's tomb to cause a wind back to Greece
Demnosia	No	No	Yes	No
Demosthea	No	No	Yes	No
Ethionome	No	No	Yes	No
Henicea	No	No	Yes	No
Iliona	No	No	Yes	No		Eldest daughter
Lysianassa	No	No	Yes	No
Nereis	No	No	Yes	No
Phegea	No	No	Yes	No
Philomela	No	No	Yes	No

Pausanias enlists several more Trojan captive women, who may or may not be daughters of Priam: Clymene, Xenodice, Deinome, Metioche, Peisis, Cleodice. He remarks, however, that of these only Clymene and Deinome were mentioned in literary sources known to him, and that the rest of the names could have been invented by Polygnotus.

Notes

Aeneas - who later led the survivors of Troy - was not a son of Priam, but his father Anchises was Priam's second cousin, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin once removed. Aeneas did, however, marry Priam's daughter Creusa, making him a son-in-law of Priam. Ascanius, the son of Aeneas and Creusa, was himself the ancestor of Romulus and Remus.
According to Homer:
- Lycaon is the son of Laothoe.
- Gorgythion is the son of Castianeira.

According to Apollodorus:
- Aesacus's mother is Arisbe, daughter of Merops.
- Hecuba, daughter of Dymas is the mother of Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus (Troilus may be the son of Apollo) Laodice, Polyxena, Cassandra, Creusa.
In Mozart's opera, Idomeneo, Ilia is mentioned as another daughter of Priam.

References

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