Mythological king of Troy
"Priamus" redirects here. For other uses, see Priam (disambiguation).
Scene from the trojan war:
Cassandra clings to the
Xoanon, the wooden cult image of Athene, while
Ajax the Lesser is about to drag her away in front of her father Priam (standing on the left). Fresco from the atrium of the Casa del Menandro (I 10, 4) in Pompeii.
Priam killed by
Neoptolemus, detail of an Attic black-figure amphora, ca. 520–510 BC
In Greek mythology, Priam (; Greek: Πρίαμος, pronounced [prí.amos]) was the legendary king of Troy during the Trojan War. His many children included notable characters like Hector and Paris.
Etymology[]
Most scholars take the etymology of the name from the Luwian