Hecuba

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 3.12

🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Hecuba) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Hecuba)

In Apollodorus, Library 3.12, Hecuba was the daughter of Dymas and became the second wife of Priam. Her first son was Hector, followed by daughters Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra, and later sons Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus.

In Apollodorus, Epitome 5, one account says Odysseus got Hecuba; another says Helenus got her and crossed with her to the Chersonese.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 3.12

married with Priam “and married a second wife Hecuba, daughter of Dymas”
child: Hector “The first son born to her was Hector”
child: Creusa “After him Hecuba gave birth to daughters, Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra.”
child: Laodice “After him Hecuba gave birth to daughters, Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra.”
child: Polyxena “After him Hecuba gave birth to daughters, Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra.”
child: Cassandra “After him Hecuba gave birth to daughters, Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra.”
child: Deiphobus “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Helenus “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Pammon “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Polites “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Antiphus “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Hipponous “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Polydorus “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
child: Troilus “Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus”
parent: Dymas “Hecuba, daughter of Dymas”

Apollodorus, Epitome 5

with Odysseus (interaction) “and Ulysses got Hecuba.”
with Helenus (interaction) “But some say that Helenus got her, and crossed over with her to the Chersonese”

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