Editing Hecuba (section)

=== Parentage ===
Ancient sources vary as to the parentage of Hecuba.<ref>[[James George Frazer|Frazer]]'s note 21 on [[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'', 3. 12. 5. In: Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.</ref> According to Homer, Hecuba was the daughter of King [[Dymas (king of Phrygia)|Dymas]] of [[Phrygia]],<ref>''Iliad'', 16. 715</ref> but [[Euripides]]<ref>Euripides, ''Hecuba'', 3</ref> and [[Virgil]]<ref>Virgil, ''[[Aeneid]] 7. 320; 10. 705'',</ref> write of her as the daughter of the [[Thrace|Thracian]] king [[Cisseus]]. The mythographers [[Pseudo-Apollodorus]] and [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]] leave open the question which of the two was her father, with Pseudo-Apollodorus adding a third alternative option: Hecuba's parents could as well be the river god [[Sangarius (mythology)|Sangarius]] and [[Metope (mythology)|Metope]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.12.5</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 91, 111, 249</ref>

Some versions from non-extant works are summarized by a [[scholia]]st on Euripides' ''[[Hecuba (play)|Hecuba]]'':<ref>Scholia on Euripides, ''Hecuba'' 3</ref> according to those, she was a daughter of Dymas or Sangarius by the [[Naiad]] [[Evagore (mythology)|Euagora]], or by [[Glaucippe]] the daughter of Xanthus ([[Scamander]]?); the possibility of her being a daughter of Cisseus is also discussed. A scholiast on Homer relates that Hecuba's parents were either Dymas and the [[nymph]] Eunoe or Cisseus and [[Telecleia]];<ref>Scholia on ''Iliad'', 16. 718, referring to [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] and [[Athenion of Maroneia|Athenion]] for the two versions respectively</ref> the latter option would make her a full sister of [[Theano]], which is also noted by the scholiast on Euripides cited above.

According to [[Suetonius]] in ''[[The Twelve Caesars]]'', the emperor [[Tiberius]] pestered scholars with obscure questions about ancient mythology, with one of his favorites being "Who was Hecuba's mother?"<ref>Suetonius, ''The Twelve Caesars'', Chapter 2 (Tiberius), paragraph 72</ref>