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ECUBA. Hecuba, wife of Priam and queen of Troy, was mother of Cassandra, Deiphebus, Hector, Paris, and Troilus.

Ecuba is mentioned once, Tr V.12. [Cassandra: Deiphebe: Ector: Paris: Polixena: Priam: Troilus]

Chaucer's form is identical with Boccaccio's Italian, Il Filostrato VII.103, as well as with Benoît's Old French, Roman de Troie 5609. Latin initial h was not pronounced. The name appears medially, Tr V.12.


Benoît, Roman de Troie, ed. L. Constans, I: 288; Boccaccio, Tutte le opere, ed. V. Branca, II: 214.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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