King of Troy, was the son of Laomedon and Strymo or Placia. His original name, Podaros, "the swift-footed," is said to have been changed into Priamus "the ransomed," from his having been ransomed by his sister Hesione, when he had fallen into the hands of Hercules. He is said to have been first married to Aisbe, by whom he became the father of Æscus; but giving her up to Hyrcanus, he married Hecuba, by whom he had nineteen sons. He took no active part in the Trojan war, from his advanced age. Priam is said to have been killed by Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, at the sacking of Troy by the Greeks (about 1184 B.C.).