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- Hector – Mythopedia
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
- Astyanax – Mythopedia
Overview 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 [1] Who were Astyanax’s parents? A: Astyanax’s father was Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and thus
- Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
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 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 flies Achilles pursues him thrice round
- Iliad: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Embassy to Achilles Agamemnon, after the last day’s defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and return to their country Diomed opposes this, and Nestor seconds him, praising his wisdom and resolution He orders the guard to be strengthened, and a council summoned to deliberate what measures are to be followed in this emergency Agamemnon pursues this advice, and
- 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
- Iliad: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight The battle relaxing during the absence of
- Aeneid: Book 2 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The Argument — Æneas relates how the city of Troy was taken, after a ten years’ siege, by the treachery of Sinon, and the stratagem of a wooden horse He declares the fix’d resolution he had taken not to survive the ruins of his country, and the various adventures he met with in the defense of it At last, having been before advis’d by Hector’s ghost, and now by the appearance of
- Iliad – Mythopedia
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 War, the poem describes the events following a quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon
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