Hecuba

HEK-yoo-bah

Greek literary name

Hecuba Origin and Meaning

The name Hecuba is a girl's name of Greek origin.

Queen Hecuba was the legendary queen of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris, Cassandra and others. Euripedes' tragedy Hecuba depicts Hecuba's grief over the death of her daughter Polyxena, and the revenge she takes for the murder of her youngest son Polydorus.

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Hecuba in Pop Culture

• Hecuba Queen of Troy; wife of King Priam; mother of Cassandra, Deiphebus, Hector, Paris, and Troilus
• Hecuba witch character on TV soap "Passions"
• Variation of Hecate meaning 'far off'
• "For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her?" ,,Hamlet
• (Shakespeare also mentions Hecuba Trojan queen and heroine of classical mythology, in Troilus and Cressida, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, and The Rape of Lucrece.)
• Hecuba American indie rock band