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  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Priam (/'pra?.?m/, Greek ???aµ?? Priamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priya-muwa-, which means "exceptionally courageous"

    Marriage and issue

    See List of children of Priam

    Priam had a number of wives; his first was Arisbe, who had given birth to his son Aesacus, who met his death before the Trojan War. Priam later divorced her in favor of Hecuba (or Hecebe), daughter of the Phrygian king Dymas. By his various wives and concubines Priam was the father of fifty sons and many daughters. Hector was Priam's eldest son by Hecuba, and heir to the Trojan throne. Paris (also known as Alexander), another son, was the cause of the Trojan War. Other children of Priam and Hecuba include the prophetic Helenus and Cassandra; eldest daughter Ilione; Deiphobus; Troilus; Polites; Creusa, wife of Aeneas; Laodice, wife of Helicaon; Polyxena, who was slaughtered on the grave of Achilles; and Polydorus, his youngest son.
    Life

    Priam was originally called Podarces and he kept himself from being killed by Heracles by giving him a golden veil embroidered by his sister, Hesione. After this, Podarces changed his name to Priam. This is an etymology based on priatos "ransomed"; the actual etymology of the name is probably not Greek, but perhaps Lydian or Luwian in origin. When Hector is killed by Achilles, the Greek warrior treats the body with disrespect and refuses to give it back. Zeus sends the god Hermes to escort King Priam, Hector’s father and the ruler of Troy, into the Greek camp. Priam tearfully pleads with Achilles to take pity on a father bereft of his son and return Hector’s body. He invokes the memory of Achilles’ own father, Peleus. Priam begs Achilles to pity him, saying "I have endured what no one on earth has ever done before — I put my lips to the hands of the man who killed my son."[3] Deeply moved, Achilles relents and returns Hector’s corpse to the Trojans. Both sides agree to a temporary truce, and Achilles gives Priam leave to hold a proper funeral for Hector, complete with funeral games. He promises that no Greek will engage in combat for 11 days, but on the 12th day of peace, the mighty war between the Greeks and the Trojans would resume.

    Priam is killed during the Sack of Troy by Achilles' son Neoptolemus (also known as Pyrrhus). His death is graphically related in Book II of Virgil's Aeneid. In Virgil's description, Neoptolemus first kills Priam's son Polites in front of his father as he seeks sanctuary on the altar of Zeus. Priam rebukes Neoptolemus, throwing a spear at him, harmlessly hitting his shield. Neoptolemus then drags Priam to the altar and there kills him too.

    It has been suggested by Hittite sources, specifically the Manapa-Tarhunta letter, that there is historical basis for the archetype of King Priam. The letter describes one Piyama-Radu as a troublesome rebel who overthrew a Hittite client king and thereafter established his own rule over the city of Troy (mentioned as Wilusa in Hittite). There is also mention of an Alaksandu, suggested to be Paris Alexander (King Priam's son from the Iliad), a later ruler of the city of Wilusa who established peace between Wilusa and Hatti (see the Alaksandu treaty).
  • (mythe) .Source 2
    Priamus (Grieks: ???aµ??, Priamos; Nederlands, verouderd: Priaam) was in de Griekse mythologie de laatste koning van de stad Troje. Zijn naam betekent letterlijk 'de gekochte'. Hij is vooral bekend uit De Illias van Homerus.

    Hij was de zoon van Laomedon en de kleinzoon van Ilos. De naam van zijn moeder wordt in de Ilias niet genoemd, maar volgens latere bronnen heette ze Strymo of Leukippe (dan wel Zeuxippe). Priamus had vele vrouwen. Polygamie is dan ook in Griekse ogen karakteristiek voor een oriëntaalse vorst. Zijn eerste vrouw was Arisbe, die hij aan de Trojaan Hyrtakos gaf. Hekabe (of Hecuba) was echter de vrouw met wie hij de beste verstandhouding had. Tot zijn bijvrouwen behoorden Laothoë, de dochter van Altes, de koning der Lelegers, en Kastianeira (Ilias 8, 305).

    Volgens de Ilias had Priamus 50 zoons, van wie 19 van Hekabe, en 12 dochters. Volgens andere bronnen had hij 50 zoons en 50 dochters. Met Laothoë had hij twee zoons, Polydorus, zijn jongste en meest geliefde zoon die door Achilles werd gedood, en Lycaon. Bij Hekabe was hij de vader van onder meer de volgende zoons: Paris, Hector, Deïphobus, Troïlus, Antiphus, Polites en Helenus. Bij een slavin had hij Cebriones als zoon, de wagenmenner van Hector, bij Arisbe (of bij Alexirrhoë) Aesacus en bij Kastianeira Gorguthion.

    Hij had bij Hekabe onder andere de volgende dochters: Ilione (de oudste dochter), Cassandra, Polyxena, Laodice (die als zijn mooiste dochter gold) en Creüsa (de vrouw van Aeneas).

    Volgens Homerus (Ilias 3, 184-190) heeft hij ooit in Frygië oorlog gevoerd met de Amazonen. Vergilius (Aeneïs 8, 157 e.v.) noemt zijn bezoeken aan Salamis en Arcadië. Maar Priamus is vooral bekend als de koning van Troje tijdens de Trojaanse oorlog. Aan het begin van de oorlog was hij een machtige en rijke koning, wiens rijk zich uitstrekte van Lesbos via Frygië tot aan de Hellespont. Maar in de Ilias, die zich afspeelt in het tiende en laatste oorlogsjaar, is hij een oude man die niet meer actief deelneemt aan de strijd en toeschouwer is. Hij is weliswaar voorzitter van de krijgsvergadering, maar zijn zoons overheersen hem. Hij sluit met Agamemnon een verdrag over een duel (Ilias 3). Later vraagt hij tevergeefs vrede, maar hij krijgt wel een wapenstilstand om de doden te begraven (Ilias 7, 365-420). Hij tracht Hector zonder succes van het laatste gevecht af te houden (Ilias 22, 25-78). Na Hectors dood gaat hij naar de tent van Achilles en slaagt erin het lichaam van zijn zoon los te kopen (Ilias 24).

    Tijdens de val van Troje (niet beschreven door Homerus) werd hij gedood door Achilles' zoon Neoptolemus, hoewel hij zijn toevlucht had genomen tot het altaar van Zeus Herkeios. Dit is afgebeeld in vele vaasschilderingen en beschreven door onder meer Vergilius (Aeneïs 2, 505-558) en in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • A child of Laomedon van Troje and Strymo Leukippe
  • This information was last updated on November 27, 2012.

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