Sentence:  As rich as was the <WSD>ransom</WSD> Priam paid for Hektor, Hermes says, his remaining sons at Troy “'would give three times as much ransom / for you, who are alive, were Atreus' son Agamemnon / to recognize you.'” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.