Priam
//ˈpɹaɪəm// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The king of Troy during the Iliad Greek
Example
More examples"For while, the queen awaiting, round he gazed, / and marvelled at he happy town, and scanned / the rival labours of each craftman's hand, / behold, Troy's battles on the walls appear, / the war, since noised through many a distant land, / there Priam and th' Atridae twain, and here / Achilles, fierce to both, still ruthless and severe."
Etymology
Anglicized version of Latin Priamus, from the Ancient Greek Πρίαμος (Príamos).
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