Son of Priam and Hecuba whom the old king chid among the nine sons when he dared the ransom of Hector — named by Homer in the roll beside Helenus, Paris, and Polites, and by Apollodorus among Hecuba's children.1
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When Priam resolved to go to the Achaean ships for Hector's body, he called aloud to nine sons and gave command: haste, base children that were his shame — would that they had all perished in Hector's stead. Among them stood Pammon, named with Helenus, Paris, goodly Agathon, Antiphonus, Polites, Deïphobus, Hippothous, and lordly Dius.2
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the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story