It is a matter you little know of, king. Do you see this corpse, for whom my tears now flow? Agamemnon I do; but what is to follow, I cannot guess. Hecuba He was once my child; I bore him in my womb. Agamemnon Which of your sons is he, poor sufferer? Hecuba Not one of Priam’s race who fell beneath Ilium ’s walls. Agamemnon Did you indeed have another son besides those, lady? Hecuba Yes, the one you see here, of whom it seems I have small gain. Agamemnon Where then was he, when his city was being destroyed? Hecuba His father, fearful of his death, conveyed him out of Troy .