Achilles Vs. Hector: Who Is The Better Epic Hero?

It's a bird... It's a plane... No, it's Superman! Growing up, all children were typically given two basic super hero icons: Batman or Superman. Often boys fought over who was the better hero. Although, they were great heroes and gave young boys the idea to want save lives, they weren't the only heroes spoken about. Greek mythology also has heroes and their own hero criteria, but Achilles and Hector are two important ones. Now the question remains... Who is the better epic hero? Stay tuned and find out.
Being classified as an Epic Hero comes with big responsibilities; such as being a strong leader, performing brave deeds and facing enormous obstacles. Prince Hector gave the readers wonderful examples on each of these responsibilities. In the Illiad, right before Hectors death, he said tells Achilles, "I would not die without delivering a stroke, or die ingloriously, but in some action memorable to men in days to come (Homer 71)." Hector knew he was going to die, and he …show more content…
The consequence may be death, which happens to be one of the Epic Hero checkpoints. Unfortunately, Hector also falls under this category. As explain in the previous paragraph, Achilles murdered Hector. In a battle, Hector as well as the other men mistook Patroclus as Achilles, and Hector murdered Patroclus. Patroclus meant a lot to Achilles; Achilles as the finding of this situation set forth the life of Hector to avenge for his cousin. In the battle, Hector tries to fend for his own, but Achilles is the obvious greater warrior and won. After Hector's death, Achilles ties a rope around Hectors feet and drags him around in front of all of Troy to see (Troy). Death is a scary thing, but there could not possibly be any scarier or more tragic death than that of Hector. He was embarrassed and ashamed at the dragging in front of Troy, making this the tragic death to fit him into an Epic