Priam

In Greek legend Priam was king of Troy during the Trojan war. He was portrayed in Homer's Iliad as a gentle, revered old man, the father of many sons and daughters, whose most famous act was the attempt to ransom the body of his son Hector, slain by Achilles. Moved by Priam's grief, Achilles yielded the body. When the Greeks sacked Troy, Priam was killed by Neoptolemus, Achilles' son.