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Hecuba

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Hecuba (; also Hecabe; Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη, romanized: Hekábē, pronounced [hekábɛ:]) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hecuba has received more than 988,531 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Hecuba is the 75th most popular companion (down from 72nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 153rd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Companion.

Hecuba is most famous for being the wife of Priam, the king of Troy. She is also famous for being the mother of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Hecuba ranks 75 out of 784Before her are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Poppaea Sabina, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Maria Feodorovna, Sawda bint Zamʿa, and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary. After her are Sita, Sepp Dietrich, Blanche of Castile, Rabia Bala Hatun, Julia the Elder, and Athaliah.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Hecuba ranks 11 out of 169Before her are Valerian (200), Stefan Dušan (1308), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Julius Nepos (430), Ulfilas (311), and Posidonius (-135). After her are Balbinus (178), Kayqubad I (1188), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), Clement of Ohrid (840), Dionysius Exiguus (475), and Gülfem Hatun (1500).

Among COMPANIONS In Turkey

Among companions born in Turkey, Hecuba ranks 1After her are Gülfem Hatun (1500), and Laodice I (-300).