Hector

many leaders. The Greeks lead by Agamemnon and the Trojans lead by Hector have been at war for nine years previous to the Iliad. There are many leaders in the Iliad that are great and there are some that are terrible. Great leaders are ones that have courage, the respect of their men and enemies, and are inspirational. Terrible leaders are cowardly and selfish when faced with great challenges. The best leader in the Iliad is Hector and the worst is his brother Paris. Being courageous in the…

In Homer’s Illiad, a scene takes place in which the hero Hector is being chased around Troy by the warrior Achilles. Just prior to this event, a battle between the Greeks and Trojans resulted in the death of Patroclus, fueling Achilles anger and forcing him to re-enter the fight to avenge him by killing Hector. Once Hector sees anger Achilles, he runs away in fear. On Olympus, Zeus and the other gods decide the fate of the men and they alter the course of the fight. This results in Hector’s…

Patroclus out. Apollo then incites Hector to fight Patroclus and a big fight scene breaks out between both Hector and Patroclus. They continue on fighting for quite some time, until Apollo steps in and slams Patroclus in between the shoulders to knock him down, knocked his helmet off his head, and stripped him of the armor so that he lay there defenseless. A Dardan fighter then spears Patroclus in the back and he lay on the ground arriving closer to his death. Hector approaches Patroclus and…

warrior Hector. In the Iliad Antilochus informs Achilles. As said in the Iliad “A mist of black grief enveloped Achilles” ( Iliad book XVIII, 159, 23). Due to this incident Achilles is faced with the ultimate dilemma, whether to avenge his friend's death or to continue his fleet home, Achilles of course chooses to kill Hector with the help of his mother Thetis. Achilles choice to kill Hector leads to the hope for the Greeks to win the war. The fight between the greatest…

This isn’t an act of hero. Compare to Achilles, I think Hector is a hero. Different from Achilles, Hector put national benefit in the first place. Hector fight in the battleground for his country and his citizens. In my point of view, Achilles only fight for several friends and his family. In another hand, Hector also respected all his opponent on the battleground, Hector promise if he killed his opponent, he would send the body back to Achaean’s ship and let Archaean…

alone, and when he wears no armor in battle. He acts as if he is invincible. Achilles portrays narcissism when he gets angry and threatens not to fight because he knows they need him in battle, and when he is talking to Hector Achilles speaks as though he is above him even though Hector is a prince. Another way these heroes are similar…

For example, after Achilles kills Hector, he takes Hector’s body, drags it around his dead companions tombstone, refusing to return the body to Hector’s father, Priam. The proper ritual after death is to return body to father and mother, so they can have a proper funeral, but Achilles is…

Summary: Achilles discovers that his friend Patroclus’ body is being fought over and how Hector stole the armor from the corpse. While mourning his loss, Thetis is told about the loss of Patroclus and the conflict over his body. Achilles refuses to return to his mother unless he can kill Hector for the dishonor he has done to Patroclus’ memory. Thetis warns Achilles how he won’t outlive Hector by long but Achilles’ only goal is to end Hector’s life. Thetis has Hephaestus make armor for Achilles.…

The rage are the first words in book one of Homer’s Iliad, which is appropriately titled “The Rage of Achilles”. Rage makes up the theme of the Iliad and guides the path in which the epic follows. In the Iliad, there are specific instances in which Achilles’ shows himself to be selfish and immoral when he is angry. Two specific instances occur when Achilles refuses to fight in the war, and when he mistreats Hector’s body. Achilles’ selfish and immoral rage begins after Agamemnon demands that…

Homer, the author of this epic poem, expresses both positive and negative sides of heroism throughout his poem in the form of three warriors: Hector, Achilles, and Paris, who each fight for different purposes and beliefs. Hector, the best warrior of Troy, represents aspects of heroism. He is the prince of Troy who is a dedicated warrior. In fact, Hector is the most heroic character in the poem, because he has all the traits of a Homeric hero. He is also very loyal to his country, and the…