Ilione
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Ilione or Iliona () was a Trojan princess who later became a queen of Thrace. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid: Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido.
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- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Polymestor
- Child
- Deipylus
- Father
- Priam
- Mother
- Hecuba
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In Greek mythology, Ilione or Iliona () was a Trojan princess who later became a queen of Thrace. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid: Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido.
== Family == In the Fabulae by Hyginus, Ilione is listed among the children of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her husband was the Thracian king Polymestor.
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