Editing Priam (section)

==Etymology==
Most scholars take the etymology of the name from the [[Luwian]] 𒉺𒊑𒀀𒈬𒀀 (Pa-ri-a-mu-a-, or “exceptionally courageous”),<ref>Frank Starke, “Troia im Kontext des historisch-politischen und sprachlichen Umfeldes Kleinasiens im 2. Jahrtausend”, ''Studia Troica'' 7 (1997), 458, n. 114, referring to the author's previous work, ''Untersuchungen zur Stammbildung des keilschrift-luwischen Nomens'' (1990), 455, n. 1645: “Priya-muwa- ‘der hervorragenden, vortrefflichen Mut hat’”.</ref><ref>Haas, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KWgD-s23RcEC&dq=Priya-muwa&pg=PA5 ''Die hethitische Literatur: Texte, Stilistik, Motive''] (2006), 5.</ref> attested as the name of a man from Zazlippa, in [[Kizzuwatna]]. A similar form is attested transcribed in Greek as ''Paramoas'' near Kaisareia in [[Cappadocia]].<ref>Calvert Watkins, "The Language of the Trojans", ''Troy and the Trojan War: A Symposium Held at Bryn Mawr College, October 1984'', ed. Machteld Johanna Mellink (Bryn Mawr, Penn: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1986), 57, citing L. Zgusta, ''Kleinasiatische Personennamen'' (Prague 1964), 417:1203-1 and ''Anatolische Personennamensippen'' I (Prague 1964), 157.</ref>
Some have identified Priam with the historical figure of [[Piyama-Radu]], a warlord active in the vicinity of [[Wilusa]].<ref>S.P. Morris, "A Tale of Two Cities", ''American Journal of Archaeology'' 93 (1989), p. 532.</ref> However, this identification is disputed, and is highly unlikely, given that he was known in Hittite records as being an ally of the [[Ahhiyawa]] against Wilusa.

A popular folk etymology derives the name from the Greek verb {{Transliteration|grc|priamai}}, meaning 'to buy'. This in turn gives rise to a story of Priam's sister Hesione ransoming his freedom with a veil, from [[Heracles]], thereby 'buying' him.<ref>Jenny March, ''The Penguin Book of Classical Myths'' (London: Penguin Books, 2008), p. 300</ref> This story is attested in the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' and in other influential mythographical works dated to the first and second centuries AD.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.6, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Library:book=2:chapter=6&highlight=priam#note15 f.n. 15]</ref> These sources are, however, dated much later than the first attestations of the name Priamos or Pariya-muwas, and thus are more problematic.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}