In Trojan War mythology, Priam was the king who ruled Troy during the Greek siege.
Priam was the son of Laomedon and the husband of Hecuba. Under his rule, Troy became the center of the conflict described in Greek epic and later mythological works. His many children included Hector, Paris, Cassandra, and Helenus.
Priam is often remembered for his personal suffering during the war. In Homer’s Iliad, he enters the Greek camp to ask Achilles to return Hector’s body. The scene presents him as a grieving father rather than simply as a distant monarch.
Priam is sometimes confused with Laomedon, an earlier king of Troy who was involved in a separate story concerning Heracles. Priam belongs specifically to the generation of the Trojan War and is traditionally killed when Troy falls.