Hecabe/Definition

From Greek mythology, the Queen of Troy and mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra. Alternate Latininzed spelling: Hecuba. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.