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Definition of Priam
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra.
Definition of Priam
1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The king of Troy during the Iliad ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priam
Literary usage of Priam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1906)
"By the same agency priam is instructed to go secretly to the camp of the Achaians
... From the car then priam dismounted, And while Idaeus remained in the ..."
2. Troy: Its Legend, History and Literature by Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1880)
"Iris exhorted priam to lay aside his grief and go forth to the tent of ...
But priam's every means to dissuade priam from asking body oi resolution was ..."
3. Greek Poets in English Verse: By Various Translators edited by William Hyde Appleton (1893)
"priam BEGS FROM ACHILLES THE BODY OF HIS SOX HECTOR. So saying, Hermes swiftly
sought again The Olympian heights. Then priam, to the ground Alighting, ..."
4. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"priam was winner of the Derby in England and many other capital stakes. ...
By priam, dam by Soothsayer,"grand dam by Rubens, out of Pointer's dam, ..."
5. Jacques Milet's Drama, "La Destruction de Troye la Grant": Its Principal by Thomas Edward Oliver (1899)
"(!if)i, declaring that they are not afraid of his menaces. Original to M. is it
that priam then orders them to leave his presence (23111). ..."
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