Greek Mythology question: Hecabe?

Question

Does anyone know where Hecabe was supposedly born? please try to cite a source. thanks.

Answer 1

According to one of several Greek myths on Priam's wife, Hecabe was the daughter of Sangarius, a river god of Phrygia and central Bithynia in Anatolia now modern Turkey. The Sangarius was the major river of Central Phrygia, rising in the Phrygian highlands. It flowed through the Anatolian highlands and down through central Bithynia where it emptied into the Black Sea.

This makes sense since the Phrygians, in Homer's Iliad, were allies of Troy.

"Hekabe the daughter of Dymas, or, in other’s opinions, of Kisseus, or of the river Sangarios and Metope." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.148

Answer 2

As you can see from the article below, there are several possibilities.

Hecuba
(Hecabe)

Hecuba was married to Priam, king of Troy.

There is some dispute as to her parentage, some say her father was Dymas, king of Phrygia. Other say that her father was Cisseus, king of Thrace. Still others say that she was the daughter of the Sangarius River.

According to Euripides, Hecuba bore Priam 50 children. Apollodorous lowers the number of offspring to 14 (Bell, 220).

Her daughters were Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra.

Her sons were Hector, Paris (Alexander), Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus.

When she was with child, she dreamed "she gave birth to a firebrand that set the whole city on fire" (Bell, 220). Seers determined that the son would bring ruination to Troy.

When the son, Paris, was born, he was exposed by the royal shepherd, Agelaus, on Mount Ida.

Agelaus returned five days later, however, and found Paris still alive. The old shepherd took Paris in and raised the boy as if he were his own son.

Some stories say that Priam and Hecuba kept Paris' birth a secret, and that Priam received news that a child born on that day would be the downfall of Troy. As a result, Priam ordered the execution of his sister, Cilla, and her son, Munippus, for Cilla gave birth to Munippus on the same day that Paris was born (Bell, 221).

In the Troades, Hecuba compares herself to Cassandra. She blames the fall of Troy on Paris, and therefore states "by my torches you are burning."

Answer 3

Hecuba (also Hekuba or Hekabe) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy. She was of Phrygian birth; her father was Dymas, and her mother (Eunoë) was said to be a daughter of the god of the River Sangarius, the principal river of ancient Phrygia.

With the god Apollo, Hecuba had a son named Troilius. An oracle prophesied that Troy would not be defeated as long as Troilius reached the age of twenty alive. He and his sister, Polyxena, were ambushed and killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.

Polydorus, Priam's youngest son by Hecuba, was sent with gifts of jewelry and gold to the court of King Polymestor to keep him safe during the Trojan War. The fighting grew vicious and Priam was frightened for the child's safety. After Troy fell, Polymestor threw Polydorus to his death to take the treasure for himself. Hecuba, though she was enslaved by the Achaeans when the city fell, eventually avenged her son.

In another tradition, Hecuba went mad upon seeing the corpses of her children Polydorus and Polyxena. Dante described this episode, which he derived from Latin sources. Yet a third story of her fate says that she was given to Odysseus as a slave, but as she snarled and cursed at him, the gods turned her into a dog, allowing her to escape.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecuba