Priam - Son of Laomedon, and the last king of Troy.
During his rule he extended his control to include the Hellespont. He first married
Arisbe,
and then Hecuba
who became the mother of his many children, including Hector,
Paris,
Cassandra
and Polyxena.
Priam is described by Homer as a gentle and powerless man. 13 of Priam's sons
were killed in the last year of the war - Polydorus, Lycaon and Hector
were all killed by Achilles on the same day - and
with the death of HectorTroy's
hopes and Priam's own spirit was broken. Priam ransomed Hector's
corpse from Achilles,
and was then killed after Troy
fell by Achilles'
son, Neoptolemus, on an altar.