Hecuba

//ˈhɛkjʊbə// name

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  1. 1
    the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra Greek

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"Saw where among a hundred daughters, stood / pale Hecuba, saw Priam's life-blood stain / the fires his hands had hallowed in the fane."

Etymology

From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

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