In the Iliad, Priam is said to have 50 sons. The number emphasizes the vast royal household of Troy and the scale of the losses that the Trojan king suffers during the war.
Hector is Priam’s most important son in the poem: he is Troy’s chief defender and the family’s greatest warrior. Other sons who appear or are named include Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Troilus, and Polites. Priam’s children are connected to several different mothers, with Hecuba traditionally identified as the principal queen.
The number should be understood as the figure given in Homeric tradition, not as a complete historical census. Later authors and mythographers sometimes provide different lists or totals for Priam’s children. Another possible source of confusion is Homer’s description of fifty chambers for Priam’s sons; that architectural detail reinforces the same large-family image, but the quiz’s answer concerns the stated number of sons.