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The Iliad portrays the theme of heroism in a variety of different ways through different characters, mainly Achilles, Hector, Patroclus, etc. Though the traditional concept of heroism is often tied directly to the protagonist, who is meant to be written in a heroic light, the Iliad plays with this idea of heroism and does not make it explicitly ...
In Greek mythology, Hector (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ər /; Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, pronounced) is a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's Iliad, where he leads the Trojans and their
Polydamas (Πολυδάμας), a young Trojan commander, a lieutenant and friend of Hector. Priam (Πρίαμος), king of the Trojans, son and successor of Laomedon; husband of Queen Hecuba, father of Hector and Paris; too old to take part in the fighting; many of his fifty sons are counted among the Trojan commanders.
Ransom was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award. [2] It received the 2009 John D. Criticos Prize for Greek literature. [3] The book received positive reviews from the New York Times Book Review, the Dallas Morning News, the New Yorker, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Wall Street Journal and many other ...
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad is a novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee, and published (posthumously) by Frances Lincoln in 1993. Partly based on the Iliad , the book retells the story of the Trojan War , from the birth of Paris to the building of the Trojan Horse .
The poem very loosely echoes and references Homer and some of his major characters from the Iliad.Some of the poem's major characters include the island fishermen Achille and Hector, the retired English officer Major Plunkett and his wife Maud, the housemaid Helen, the blind man Seven Seas (who symbolically represents Homer), and the author himself.
The Iliad ends with "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"; later poets changed this to however it might fit their needs. Quintus used it as an opening line: "Such was the funeral of Hector. And now there came an Amazon..." The purpose of the story seems to be to complete the Iliad and give the characters a sense of closure. Many of ...
Jacques-Louis David, Andromache Mourning Hector 1783. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of the Trojan hero Hector and his wife Andromache. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of Hector and Andromache, which is mentioned in Book 22 of the Iliad. It describes Andromache's arrival in Troy, escorted by Hector and watched by the ...