- Hector – Mythopedia
Hector Taking Leave of Andromache: The Fright of Astyanax by Benjamin West (1766) Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Though Hector and Ajax fought long and hard, neither could gain the upper hand, and the two warriors were finally separated by heralds Hector and Ajax exchanged gifts as a token of respect for one another’s skill
- Achilles – Mythopedia
Hector stripped the armor from Patroclus, but after a fierce battle, the Greeks managed to carry his body back to their camp When Achilles saw his fallen friend, he was heartbroken He wanted to fight Hector immediately, but Thetis made him wait until she could bring him a new set of armor fashioned by the smith god Hephaestus
- Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
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
- Astyanax – Mythopedia
A: Astyanax’s father was Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and thus the heir to the throne He was a great warrior who led the Trojan forces against the Greeks during the Trojan War Astyanax’s mother was Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes
- Andromache – Mythopedia
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
- Patroclus – Mythopedia
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
- Iliad: Book 15 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Hector (this said) rush’d forward on the foes: With equal ardour Melanippus glows: Then Ajax thus —“O Greeks! respect your fame, Respect yourselves, and learn an honest shame: Let mutual reverence mutual warmth inspire, And catch from breast to breast the noble fire, On valour’s side the odds of combat lie; The brave live glorious, or
- Iliad: Book 16 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Stern Hector waved his sword, and standing near, Where furious Ajax plied his ashen spear, Full on the lance a stroke so justly sped, That the broad falchion lopp’d its brazen head; His pointless spear the warrior shakes in vain; The brazen head falls sounding on the plain
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