Priam Greek King of Troy during the Trojan War, though too old to take an active part in the war.
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Priam Greek King of Troy during the Trojan War, though too old to take an active part in the war. He was the son of Laomedon and, some say, the father of 50 children, some of them with his second wife, Hecuba. Among them were the Trojan heroes Hector and Paris and the prophetess Cassandra. The death of Hector and the lack of respect paid to his body were severe blows to King Priam. Alone, he went to the Achaean (Greek) camp to bargain with the hero Achilles for his son's body. There, Neoptolemus, one of Achilles' sons, killed Priam.
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- Nestor Greek King of Pylos (on the west coast of Messenia, in the Peloponnesus) and, at 60 years old, the oldest and most experienced of the chieftains who fought in the Trojan War.
- Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes.
- Myrmidons Greek Warlike people of ancient Thessaly, in the eastern part of the Greek mainland, who accompanied the hero Achilles into battle in the Trojan War.
- Paris Greek Son of Priam, the king of Troy, and of Hecuba.
- Penthesilea Greek Amazon queen who led her female warriors to Troy to help the Trojans in the Trojan War.