16  Hecuba

He cuba's life was one of grief and sorrow．She saw withher own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted by Achilles．She saw her son Polites  slain  in front of her by Pyrrhus．And she saw her husband，the aged Priam，dragged towards the household altar and ruthlessly  butchered there．After the fall of Troy she was carried into  slavery ．Shehad the misfortune to witness her daughter Polyxena，her soleconsolation in  bondage ，sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles．She had the sa