# Priam — Agamemnon character guide

> Priam in Agamemnon by Aeschylus.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** King Priam

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

King of Troy, father of Hector and Paris, killed after the fall of his city.

## Relationships

### [Agamemnon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/agamemnon)

_rivalry_

Enemy kings in the Trojan War, with Agamemnon leading the Greeks against Priam's Troy.

### [Cassandra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/cassandra)

_family_

Cassandra is Priam's daughter, a Trojan princess who foresees the destruction of her family.

### [Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/helen)

_family_

Helen is Priam's daughter-in-law through marriage to Paris, but her abduction triggers the war.

### [Agamemnon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/agamemnon)

_rivalry_

Enemy kings in the Trojan War, with Agamemnon leading the Greeks against Priam's Troy.

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