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Hecuba

also: Hecubam, Hecuba

Queen of Troy, wife of Priam and mother of Paris (Alexander). Cicero (De Fato 34) denies that she was the cause of Troy's destruction merely by bearing Paris, in distinguishing antecedent from efficient causes.

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On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
On Fate philosophy · 1 mention

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