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Hecuba is the Queen of Troy and the mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra among others. Hecuba is the daughter of Dymas and wife of Priam. When Troy falls, she is given to Odysseus as a prize and has to watch as her daughter, Polyxena, is sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles. She is also the central character in two surviving plays of Euripides, the Hecuba, which is undated, and The Trojan Women (415 BC).

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	Hecuba is the Queen of Troy and the mother of Hector.		Hecuba is the Queen of [[Troy]] and the mother of Hector, [[Paris]], and Cassandra among others. Hecuba is the daughter of Dymas and wife of [[Priam]]. When Troy falls, she is given to [[Odysseus]] as a prize and has to watch as her daughter, Polyxena, is sacrificed at the tomb of [[Achilles]]. She is also the central character in two surviving plays of [[Euripides]], the ''Hecuba'', which is undated, and ''The Trojan Women'' (415 BC).