Deiphobus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hecuba(parent),Priam(parent),Cassandra(sibling),Hector(sibling),Helenus(sibling),Paris(sibling)— Marriage

  Priam and Hecuba, king and queen of Troy, bore Hector, Paris, Cassandra, Deiphobus, and Helenus. Hecuba dreamed Paris would destroy Troy, but Priam welcomed him back.

• Helen of Troy(spouse)— Marriage

  After Paris's death, Deiphobus married Helen in Troy. When the city fell, Helen betrayed Deiphobus to Menelaus, who killed and mutilated him.

Enemy of

• Helenus

  Deiphobus and Helenus both claimed Helen after Paris's death. Deiphobus prevailed, and Helenus, furious at being passed over, abandoned Troy and defected to the Greeks.

Slain by

• Menelaus

  On the night Troy fell, Menelaus killed and savagely mutilated Deiphobus after Helen betrayed her second husband by removing his weapons and opening the door to the Greeks.

Associated with

• Aeneas

  In the Aeneid, Aeneas encounters the mutilated shade of Deiphobus in the underworld. Deiphobus bitterly recounts how Helen betrayed him to Menelaus on the night Troy fell.