Hecuba
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Hec·u·ba
noun \ˈhe-kyə-bə\Definition of HECUBA
: the wife of Priam in Homer's Iliad
Origin of HECUBA
Latin, from Greek Hekabē
Hecuba
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In Greek legend, the wife of the Trojan king Priam and mother of Hector. At the end of the Trojan War she was taken prisoner. According to Euripides, her youngest son, Polydorus, had been placed in the care of Polymestor, king of Thrace. When she arrived in Thrace, she learned that Polydorus had been murdered. In revenge, she blinded Polymestor and killed his two sons. In other versions of the legend, she was later turned into a dog, and her grave beside the Hellespont became a landmark for ships.
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