\b0 Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht11633 Priam\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and Hecuba and a member of the Trojan royal dynasty, he was endo
wed, like his twin sister \b \cf4 \ATXht10306 Cassandra\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , with the gift of prophecy. During the Trojan War, he deserted and went over to the side of the Greeks, perhaps because, after the death of \b \cf4 \ATXht11606 Paris\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he was unable to obtain \b \cf4 \ATXht10808 Helen\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who married Deiphobus. After the city's fall he followed \b \cf4 \ATXht11639 Pyrrhus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10104 Achilles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who took \b \cf4 \ATXht10127 Andromache\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 with him as a spoil of war. When Pyrrhus died he received part of his kingdom and married Andromache. \b \cf4 \ATXht207 Aeneas\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 met the couple in Epirus.
