The Aeneid · Character
Priam
King of Troy killed by Pyrrhus.
minor
Also known as Old Priam, the good old Priam
First appearance: book ii
Priam's tie to Pyrrhus is one of the pressures that moves The Aeneid—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Pyrrhus (rivalry): Priam is the aged Trojan king brutally murdered by Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) during the sack of Troy, a scene of…
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Figures from Trojan War past
- Protagonist
- Minor characters and mythological figures
- Allied kings and heirs
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See Priam in book ii