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By far the most important source for Hector’s mythology is Homer’s Iliad. Though Hector continued to appear in literature after the Iliad—for example, in Aeschylus’ Achilles trilogy (which, unfortunately, no longer survives)—these works did not add anything substantial to our understanding of Hector. Some of the surviving sources in ...
Led by Hector, the Trojans advanced into the Greek camp and started burning the Greeks’ ships. Achilles’ close friend Patroclus pitied the Greeks and begged Achilles to help them. Achilles refused, but agreed to let Patroclus put on his terrifying armor and lead the Myrmidons against Hector.
The list below names some of the most notable heroes of Greek mythology, including great warriors as well as artists, healers, and founders of cities. Achilles Though destined to die young, he achieved much fame and glory during his short life, killing Hector and many other Trojan champions during the Trojan War.
Astyanax (also called Scamandrius) was the son of Hector and Andromache, a prince and princess of Troy. During the sack of Troy, Astyanax—still a small child—was viciously killed by either Neoptolemus or Odysseus , who hurled him from the city walls.
Achilles and Agamemnon are reconciled and Achilles returns to battle so that he can kill Hector and avenge Patroclus (Book 19). Achilles goes on a rampage, killing many Trojans (Book 20) and even fighting the River Scamander and Apollo (Book 21). In Book 22, the Trojans retreat behind their walls but Hector remains outside to face Achilles.
But he made the mistake of fighting Hector, the strongest of the Trojan warriors. Hector killed Patroclus and stripped Achilles’ armor from the body. Roman statue of Menelaus holding the body of Patroclus (or Achilles holding the body of Achilles), 1st century CE copy after a Greek original from the 3rd century BCE
The name “Polydeuces” also seems to be related to a Greek word for an animal—specifically, a “foal” or “filly” (Greek πῶλος, translit. pôlos ). The second part of the name, the stem deuk- , is trickier etymologically: it may mean “to care for” but could also be related to the Indo-European * dewk- , meaning “to lead ...
Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes, was the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax. A devoted wife and mother, she lost her husband and son in the Trojan War, after which she herself was taken to Greece as a captive.
The Death of Hector. The Trojans being safe within the walls, Hector only stays to oppose Achilles. Priam is struck at his approach, and tries to persuade his son to re-enter the town. Hecuba joins her entreaties, but in vain. Hector consults within himself what measures to take; but at the advance of Achilles, his resolution fails him, and he ...
After Hector, the leader of the Trojan army, was killed in the final year of the war, Penthesilea arrived with a small but highly skilled troop of Amazon warriors to help the doomed city against the Greeks. Penthesilea slew many Greeks before being killed in turn by Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors at Troy. But when Achilles ...