What Does the Name Hecuba Mean

In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Hecuba is: Mother of Paris and Hector.

What did Hecuba do?

The enraged Hecuba tore out Polymestor’s eyes and murdered both of his sons. As Odysseus was trying to control her, she turned into a dog. Her tomb was placed on a rocky outcrop located on a narrow strip of water called the Hellespont between Greece and Turkey. Hecuba is found in the Iliad * and the Aeneid *.

Who are Hecuba's children?

hecuba. Hecuba in Greek myth, the (chief) wife of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of nineteen of his children including Hector, Helenus, Troilus, Paris, Cassandra, Creusa, and Polyxena.

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