Hector

Hector was the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. He was married to Andromache and they had one son,Astyanax. Hector's brother, Paris and Paris' lover Helen are the cause of the Trojan war. He was a great fighter in the Trojan War and was the stronghold of Troy. Hector killed Achilles’ best friend Patroclus and in doing so, enraged Achilles. Achilles comes back into the war and avenges Patroclus’ death by killing Hector.

Works Cited

“The Iliad”. Trans. Robert Fagles. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Sarah Lawall. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.

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