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HECTOR

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 196 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HECTOR , in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba, the husband of Andromache. Like Paris and other Trojans, he had an Oriental name, Darius. In
Homer
  he is represented as an ideal warrior, the champion of the Trojans and the mainstay of the city. His
character
 . is
drawn
  in most favourable colours as a good son, a loving husband and father, and a trusty friend. His leave-taking of Andromache in the
sixth
  hook of the Iliad, and his departure to meet Achilles for the last time, are most touchingly described. He is an especial favourite of Apollo; and later poets even describe him as son of that god. His
chief
  exploits during the war were his defence of the wounded Sarpedon, his fight with Ajax, son of Telamon (his particular enemy), and the storming of the Greek ramparts. When Achilles, enraged with Agamemnon, deserted the Greeks, Hector drove them back to their ships, which he almost succeeded in burning. Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, who came to the help of the Greeks, was slain by Hector with the help of Apollo. Then Achilles, to revenge his friend's death, returned to the war, slew Hector, dragged his
body
  behind his chariot to the camp, and afterwards round the tomb of Patroclus. Aphrodite and Apollo preserved
it from corruption and
mutilation
 . Priam, guarded by
Hermes
 , went to Achilles and prevailed on him to give back the
body
 , which was buried with
great
  honour. Hector was afterwards worshipped in the Troad by the Boeotian tribe Gephyraei, who offered sacrifices at his grave.


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