Hecuba, << HEHK yu buh, >> was the second wife of Priam, the king of Troy, in Greek mythology. Hecuba and Priam had many children, including the Trojan heroes Hector and Paris. The deaths of her husband and several of their children during the Trojan War caused Hecuba great suffering. When the city of Troy fell to the Greeks, Hecuba was awarded to the Greek leader Odysseus (Ulysses in Latin) as a slave. See also Paris [mythology]; Cassandra.
