Hecuba

From LSJ

ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἑκάβη, ἡ, or say, daughter of Cisseus.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hĕcŭba: ae, and Hĕcŭbē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάβη,
I the daughter of Dymas, wife of Priam; after the destruction of Troy the slave of Penelope, changed through rage into a dog, Verg. A. 2, 501; 515; Ov. M. 13, 423; 549 sq.; 577; Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; id. Fat. 15, 34.—Transf., an ugly old woman (opp. to Andromache), Mart. 3, 76, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hĕcŭba,¹² æ (-bē, ēs), f. (Ἑκάβη), Hécube, femme de Priam : Cic. Tusc. 3, 63 ; Virg. En. 2, 501 || fig. = femme vieille : Mart. 3, 76, 4.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hecuba, ae, f. u. Hecubē, ēs, f. (Ἑκάβη), Gemahlin des Königs Priamus in Troja, die als Gefangene mit den von Troja heimziehenden Griechen in den thrazischen Chersones kam u. dort dem Polymestor, dem Mörder ihres letzten Sohnes Polydorus, die Augen ausriß, der ihr dann weissagte, daß sie zur Hündin werden, in das Meer stürzen u. ihr Grab den Schiffern ein Wahrzeichen werden würde, was der Sage nach auch geschah, Ov. met. 13, 423 sqq. Plaut. Men. 714 u. 716. Cic. Tusc. 3, 63. Vgl. Cynos sema. – appellat., eine Hekuba = ein altes, garstiges Weib (Ggstz. Andromache), Mart. 3, 76, 4.

Wikipedia EN

Hecuba (/ˈhɛkjʊbə/; also Hecabe; Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη Hekábē, pronounced [hekábɛ:]) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, She had 19 children, who included major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, as well as the prophetess Cassandra. Two of them, Hector and Troilus, are said to have been born as a result of Hecuba's relationship with the god Apollo.


Hecuba (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη, Hekabē) is a tragedy by Euripides, written c. 424 BC. It takes place after the Trojan War but before the Greeks have departed Troy (roughly the same time as The Trojan Women, another play by Euripides). The central figure is Hecuba, wife of King Priam, formerly queen of the now-fallen city. It depicts Hecuba's grief over the death of her daughter Polyxena and the revenge she takes for the murder of her youngest son, Polydorus.

Translations

ar: هيكوبا; be: Гекуба; bg: Хекуба; br: Hekabe; ca: Hècuba; cs: Hekabé; da: Hekabe; de: Hekabe; el: Εκάβη; en: Hecuba; eo: Hekabo; es: Hécuba; et: Hekabe; eu: Hekuba; fa: هکابه; fi: Hekabe; fr: Hécube; he: הקובה; hr: Hekaba; hu: Hekabé; hy: Հեկաբե; id: Hekabe; it: Ecuba; ja: ヘカベー; ko: 헤카베; la: Hecuba; lt: Hekuba; mk: Хекаба; nl: Hekabe; no: Hekabe; pl: Hekabe; pt: Hécuba; ro: Hecuba; ru: Гекуба; sh: Hekaba; simple: Hecuba; sk: Hekabé; sl: Hekaba; sr: Хекаба; sv: Hecuba; tr: Hekabe; uk: Гекаба; zh: 赫库芭