Victory Odes · Character
Priam
King of Troy during the Trojan War, father of Hector and Paris.
minor
Also known as Dardanid Priam
First appearance: victory odes
Priam shows up with force in I For Hiero of Syracuse. The page is where that presence becomes real.
King of Troy, whose city was sacked by Philoktetes.
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Character groups
- Victors, patrons, and mythological figures
- Heracles and his family
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- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…
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