Jul 13, 2023 · Hector was a prince and hero of Troy who defended his city during the Trojan War. In the end, he was slain by Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors.

Argument 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 …

Jul 31, 2023 · Hector, the oldest son of Priam and the commander of the Trojan army, was virtually invincible without Achilles to keep him in check. Eventually, Agamemnon became desperate and …

May 24, 2023 · 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 …

And thunders after Hector; Hector flies, Patroclus shakes his lance; but fate denies. Not with less noise, with less impetuous force, The tide of Trojans urge their desperate course, Than when in autumn …

Argument The Redemption of the Body of Hector The gods deliberate about the redemption of Hector’s body. Jupiter sends Thetis to Achilles, to dispose him for the restoring it, and Iris to Priam, to …

And Hector’s force, and Jove’s own aid, be vain.” Then with his sceptre, that the deep controls, He touch’d the chiefs, and steel’d their manly souls: Strength, not their own, the touch divine imparts, …

Here Hector, plunging through the thickest fight, Broke the dark phalanx, and let in the light: (By the long lance, the sword, or ponderous stone. The ranks he scatter’d and the troops o’erthrown:) Ajax he …

Mar 1, 2023 · The Iliad, said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem that was probably originally put into writing during the middle of the eighth century BCE. Set during the famous Trojan …

Hector advancing, Menelaus retires; but soon returns with Ajax, and drives him off. This, Glaucus objects to Hector as a flight, who thereupon puts on the armour he had won from Patroclus, and …