How to Use "Hecuba" with Example Sentences
- 1. Hecuba 's life was one of grief and sorrow .
- 2. King priam was killed . Queen hecuba , her daughter cassandra and her daughter-in-law andromache were all carried into slavery .
- 3. At his birth his mother queen hecuba dreamed of holding a piece of burning wood . So he was regarded as likely to bring destruction on the city , and was by chance exposed to the sun , wind and rain on mt. ida .
- 4. Now acting on the instruction of aphrodite , he went down the mountain to take part in the game held in troy , and there so famous did he become that king priam and queen hecuba received him joyfully back into the royal palace .