# Hecuba — The Iliad character guide

> Hecuba in The Iliad by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Queen Hecuba

**First appearance:** 0001-the-iliad

## Who they are

Queen of Troy, wife of Priam, mother of Hector and Paris.

## In the story

### [Book XXII: The Death of Hector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iliad_se/chapters/book-xxii-the-death-of-hector)

Hecuba bares her breast and pleads with Hector to remember her nursing and come inside. After his death, she laments that he was the bulwark of Troy.

### [Book XXIV: The Body of Hector Recovered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iliad_se/chapters/book-xxiv-the-body-of-hector-recovered)

Mourns Hector, noting the gods' care for his body despite Achilles' mistreatment.

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