1. Priam - Noun
2. Priam - Proper noun
(Greek mythology) the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra
Source: WordNetAchilles asks Priam for Polyxena's hand in marriage. Source: Internet
By his various wives and concubines Priam was the father of fifty sons and many daughters. Source: Internet
But the figures are more violent in action, the central space taken up, not with a commanding God, but with the dynamic figure of Neoptolemos as he seizes the aged king Priam and stabs him. Source: Internet
Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam (Priamos) and Queen Hecuba (Hekabe) and the fraternal twin sister of Helenus and a princess of Troy. Source: Internet
But while Priam is overseeing the private marriage of Polyxena and Achilles, Paris, who would have to give up Helen if Achilles married his sister, hides in the bushes and shoots Achilles with a divine arrow, killing him. Source: Internet
However, he did protect Priam when he went to the Greek camp to retrieve the body of his son Hector and accompanied them back to Troy. Source: Internet