Priam
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- proper noun
- Literature
- Perhaps I should have been like your King Priam and journeyed into death.
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Watch on YouTubePurus, also called the Epcolamus, who is the son of Achilles, is said to have killed Priam at the very altar of Apollo or Athena.
- Purus, also called the Epcolamus, who is the son of Achilles, is said to have killed Priam at the very altar of Apollo or Athena.
Examples
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Hail Priam, King of Troy.
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Priam is no longer my king.
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Priam is a good king, a good man.
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Priam told us the wall would protect us against any army.
Fiction book (1996) -
Long live Priam, bearer of the sword of Troy!
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Let the ambassador from Priam, king of Troy, approach the Pharaoh.
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Old King Priam thinks he's untouchable behind his high walls.
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I think the single most humane and moving moment in literature is the scene in the Iliad where Priam begs Achilles for his son's body.
Blog text (17) -
In Book 24 of the Iliad, Priam musters the courage to enter the Greek camp alone and claim from Achilles the body of Hector; the grieving father kisses the very hands of the man who killed his children.
Academic text (1993) -
Hail Priam, King of Troy.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Priam comes from the ancient Greek name Priamos. In myth Priamos is the 'king of Troy' who bravely begged Achilles to return his son Hector's body, so the name Priam now brings to mind that tragic, noble father.