in greek mythology, priam, the mythical king of troy during the trojan war, supposedly had 18 daughters and 68 sons. priam had several wives, the primary one hecuba, daughter of dymas or cisseus, and several concubines, who bore his children. there is no exhaustive list, but many of them are mentioned in various greek myths. almost all of priam's children were slain by the greeks in the course of the war, or shortly after.