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palace of Priam

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Canonical name
palace of Priam
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None
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Location
Scope
Individual
Parent location
Troy
Editorial note
The splendid palace reached by Hector within Ilius.

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Priam’s house

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HectorCharacter2 observations
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Hector reaches Priam’s palace.

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Presently he reached the splendid palace of King Priam, adorned with colonnades of hewn stone
·Remembered

Andromache recalls that Hector was born in Priam’s house.

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‘Woe is me, O Hector; woe, indeed, that to share a common lot we were born, you at Troy in the house of Priam
HecubaCharacter4 observations
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Hecuba comes up to Hector at Priam’s palace.

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When Hector got there, his fond mother came up to him with Laodice the fairest of her daughters
·Direct

Hecuba goes into Priam’s house.

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His mother went into the house and called her waitingwomen
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Hecuba spoke of remaining here in their own house.

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His wife cried aloud as she heard him, and said, ‘Alas, what has become of that judgement for which you have been ever famous both among strangers and your own people? How can you venture alone to the ships of the Achaeans, and look into the face of him who has slain so many of your brave sons? You must have iron courage, for if the cruel savage sees you and lays hold on you, he will know neither respect nor pity. Let us then weep Hector from afar here in our own house
·Direct

Hecuba came to the travelers at the palace and stood before the horses.

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Then Hecuba came to them all sorrowful, with a golden goblet of wine in her right hand, that they might make a drink-offering before they set out. She stood in front of the horses
LaodiceCharacter1 observation
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Laodice accompanies Hecuba to Hector at Priam’s palace.

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When Hector got there, his fond mother came up to him with Laodice the fairest of her daughters
Andromache’s motherCharacter1 observation
·Remembered

Andromache recalls that Diana took her mother in Priam’s house.

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the archer-queen Diana took her in the house of your father
LycaonCharacter1 observation
·Remembered

Lycaon returned to Priam’s house after escaping from Arisbe.

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whence he had escaped and returned to his father’s house
IrisDeity1 observation
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Iris entered Priam’s house.

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She went to Priam’s house, and found weeping and lamentation therein
PriamCharacter2 observations
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Priam heard Hecuba’s appeal with her in their own house.

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Let us then weep Hector from afar here in our own house
·Direct

Priam attended the yoking of the cars at the palace.

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Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their cars at the palace
IdaeusCharacter1 observation
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Idaeus attended the yoking of the cars at the palace.

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Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their cars at the palace
Priam’s chariotItem1 observation
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Priam’s chariot was being readied at the palace.

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Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their cars at the palace
Priam’s horsesAnimal1 observation
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Priam’s horses stood before Hecuba at the palace.

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Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their cars at the palace. Then Hecuba came to them all sorrowful, with a golden goblet of wine in her right hand, that they might make a drink-offering before they set out. She stood in front of the horses
Priam’s mule-waggonItem1 observation
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Priam’s mule-waggon was being readied at the palace.

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Thus heedfully did Priam and his servant see to the yolking of their cars at the palace
TrojansCharacter1 observation
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The Trojans returned into the city and held the funeral feast in Priam’s house.

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they went back again into the city, and being well assembled they held high feast in the house of Priam their king

Claims

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Priam’s hewn-stone palace has colonnades, fifty bedchambers for married sons, and twelve opposite upper rooms for daughters and sons-in-law.

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splendid palace of King Priam, adorned with colonnades of hewn stone. In it there were fifty bedchambers—all of hewn stone—built near one another, where the sons of Priam slept, each with his wedded wife. Opposite these, on the other side the courtyard, there were twelve upper rooms also of hewn stone for Priam’s daughters, built near one another, where his sons-in-law slept with their wives
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Priam’s house contains Hecuba’s fragrant robe store-room.

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went into the house and called her waitingwomen who gathered the matrons throughout the city. She then went down into her fragrant store-room, where her embroidered robes were kept
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Priam’s palace contains a fragrant high-vaulted cedar storeroom filled with treasure.

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his fragrant store-room, high-vaulted, and made of cedar-wood, where his many treasures were kept

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the splendid palace of King Priam
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they went back again into the city, and being well assembled they held high feast in the house of Priam their king

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Book 6 · Passage 19

Presently he reached the splendid palace of King Priam, adorned with colonnades of hewn stone. In it there were fifty bedchambers—all of hewn stone—built near one another, where the sons of Priam slept, each with his wedded wife. Opposite these, on the other side the courtyard, there were twelve upper rooms also of hewn stone for Priam’s daughters, built near one another, where his sons-in-law slept with their wives. When Hector got there, his fond mother came up to him with Laodice the fairest of her daughters. She took his hand within her own and said, ‘My son, why have you left the battle to come hither? Are the Achaeans, woe betide them, pressing you hard about the city that you have thought fit to come and uplift your hands to Jove from the citadel? Wait till I can bring you wine that you may make offering to Jove and to the other immortals, and may then drink and be refreshed. Wine gives a man fresh strength when he is wearied, as you now are with fighting on behalf of your kinsmen.’