HECTOR, son of Priam and Hecuba and husband of An dromache. In Homer he is the chief Trojan warrior. He is an especial favourite of Apollo ; and later poets even describe him as son of that god. After Achilles (q.v.) had killed him, Aphrodite and Apollo preserved his body from corruption and mutilation. Priam, guarded by Hermes, went to Achilles and prevailed on him to give back the body, which was buried with great honour. Hec tor was afterwards worshipped in the Troad and also at Tanagra. HECUBA, in Greek HEKABE, principal wife of Priam, daugh ter of the Phrygian king Dymas (or of Cisseus, or of the river-god Sangarius). When Troy was captured and Priam slain, she was made prisoner by the Greeks. Her fate is told in various ways, most of which connect her with the promontory Cynossema ("dog's monument") on the Hellespont. According to Euripides (in the Hecuba), her youngest son Polydorus had been placed during the siege of Troy under the care of Polymestor, king of Thrace. When the Greeks reached the Thracian Chersonese on their way home she discovered that her son had been murdered, and in revenge put out the eyes of Polymestor and murdered his two sons. Later, she was turned into a dog, a legend variously rationalized by later writers, and her grave became a mark for ships (Ovid, Metam., xiii. 399-575; Juvenal, x. 271 and Mayor's note).