Priam

Podarces, Priamus

King of Troy.

Genealogy

Leucippe, Placia, Strymo

Laomedon

Aethylla, Astyoche, Bucolion, Cilla, Clytius, Hesione, Hicetaon, Lampus, Medesicaste, Proclia, Tithonus

Arisbe, Hecuba

Aegeoneus, Aesacus, Agathon, Antiphonos, Antiphus, Archemachus, Aretus, Aristodeme, Ascanius, Astygonus, Atas, Cassandra, Cebriones, Chersidamas, Chromius, Clonius, Creusa, Deiopites, Deiphobus, Democoon, Dios, Doryclus, Dryops, Echemmon, Echephron, Evagoras, Evander, Glaucus, Gorgythion, Hector, Helenus, Hippothous, Hippodamas, Hipponous, Hyperion, Hypirochus, Idomeneus, Isos, Laodocus, Laodice, Lycaon, Lysithous, Lysimache, Medesicaste, Medusa, Melanippus, Mestor, Mylius, Nestor, Pammon, Paris, Philaemon, Polites, Polymedon, Polyxena, Polydorus, Teles, Troilus

Places
  1. Scaean Gate
  2. Troy
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Hercules takes Troy
  2. Priam retrieves Hector’s body from Achilles
  3. Penthesilia is purified of murder by Priam
  4. Neoptolemus kills Priam
  5. Priam becomes king of Troy
  6. Priam gives Arisbe to Hyrtacus
  7. Priam marries Hecuba
  8. Hecuba gives birth to Hector
  9. Priam consults with Aesacus, a seer, who advises that the infant Paris be exposed
  10. Priam orders Agelaus to expose Paris on Ida
  11. Paris discovers his parents
  12. Iris warns Priam and the Trojans about a Greek attack
  13. Helen watches the Greek and Trojan armies with the Trojan elders
  14. Helen identifies the Achaean champions for Priam
  15. Trojans heralds prepare for a sacrifice
  16. Priam and Antenor ride through the Scaean Gates to meet with Agamemnon and Odysseus
  17. The Trojans and the Greeks swear oaths and conduct a sacrifice together
  18. Priam warns the Trojans to be wary, and names Idaios as the messenger who will deliver Paris’ offer of restoration to Menelaus and Agamemnon
  19. Othryoneus promises to drive the Achaeans out of Troy if he can marry Priam’s daughter, Cassandra
  20. Laomedon has fives sons
  21. Priam orders that the gates of Troy be left open for the Trojans fleeing from Achilles
  22. Priam warns Hector that Achilles is approaching the city and urges him not to engage him in combat
  23. Hecuba and Priam mourn the death of Hector
  24. Thetis tells Achilles to release Hector’s body to Priam
  25. Zeus sends Iris to tell Priam to retrieve Hector’s body
  26. Iris tells Priam to pay the ransom and get Hector’s body from Achilles
  27. Iris tells Priam that Hermes will take him into the Greek camp alone
  28. Iris promises Priam he need not fear Achilles
  29. Priam prepares the ransom for Hector’s body to give to Achilles
  30. Hecuba fears for Priam going into the Greek camp
  31. Priam yells at the sons he has left for being disgraces
  32. Priam’s remaining sons prepare his wagon
  33. Hecuba makes Priam give an offering to Zeus
  34. Zeus sends Priam a good omen
  35. Zeus sends Hermes to escort Priam to Achilles’ tent
  36. Hermes takes Priam to Achilles
  37. Priam learns of the condition of Hector’s corpse
  38. Priam, not recognizing Hermes as a god, offers him reward to take him to Achilles
  39. Hermes gives Priam a hint about his true identity
  40. Hermes sends Priam into Achilles’ tent
  41. Priam kisses the hands of Achilles
  42. Priam askes Achilles to have empathy for his plight
  43. Priam offers Achilles the ransom
  44. Achilles’ squires unload the ransom from Priam’s wagon
  45. Achilles convinces Priam to eat
  46. Achilles grants Priam twelve days without combat to bury Hector
  47. Priam sleeps in Achilles’ tent
  48. Hermes wakes Priam to leave the Greek camp
  49. Cassandra announces that Priam has returned with Hector’s body
  50. The people of Troy meet Priam at the gates
  51. Priam treats Melanippus as one of his sons
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.5
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.8
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.32
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.7
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.1
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.16
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.21
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.15c
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 255
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 35
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 160
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 175
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 300
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 785
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 790
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 815
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 39
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 95
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 111
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 121
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 146
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 161
  26. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 225
  27. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 245
  28. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 287
  29. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 302
  30. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 27
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 30
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 154
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 481
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 159
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 460
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 533
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 607
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 72
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 242
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 263
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 312
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 440
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 43
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 103
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 287
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 344
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 365
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 379
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 421
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 212
  51. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 300
  52. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 350
  53. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 357
  54. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 549
  55. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 644
  56. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 99
  57. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 195
  58. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 299
  59. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 472
  60. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 80
  61. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 413
  62. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 39
  63. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 76
  64. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 155
  65. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 169
  66. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 311
  67. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 361
  68. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 455
  69. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 788
  70. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 361
  71. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 236
  72. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 536
  73. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 592
  74. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 734
  75. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 805
  76. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 441
  77. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 481
  78. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 148
  79. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 198
  80. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 75
  81. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 176
  82. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 215
  83. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 288
  84. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 393
  85. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 34
  86. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 64
  87. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 104
  88. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 298
  89. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 526
  90. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 21
  91. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 30
  92. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 232
  93. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 344
  94. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 405
  95. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 451
  96. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 460
  97. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 177
  98. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 739
  99. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 26
  100. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 31
  101. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 64
  102. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 104
  103. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 141
  104. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 159
  105. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 188
  106. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 217
  107. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 265
  108. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 281
  109. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 299
  110. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 331
  111. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 349
  112. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 372
  113. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 386
  114. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 405
  115. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 440
  116. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 468
  117. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 475
  118. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 480
  119. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 507
  120. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 513
  121. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 552
  122. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 559
  123. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 571
  124. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 596
  125. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 621
  126. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 642
  127. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 659
  128. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 662
  129. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 671
  130. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 677
  131. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 689
  132. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 707
  133. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 760
  134. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 776
  135. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 782
  136. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 13.9
  137. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 29.5
  138. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.5
  139. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.6
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.3
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.6
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.4
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.6
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 26.5
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 17.4
  146. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 3.6
  147. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.5
  148. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.2
  149. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.5
  150. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.5
  151. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.9
  152. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.1
  153. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.9
  154. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 27.2
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