Epic heroes are those who are recognized for their heroic actions in the culture that made them. In Homer s epic poem The Illiad, he created two classic heroes, hector and Achilles. They both posses many different qualities an Epic Hero endores, but there can only be one Epic hero of The Illiad. Hector, Prince of Troy, has several different characteristics that are important to an Epic Hero. The gods favored him and this included: Zeus, Lord of the Sky; Ares, God of war; Aphrodite, Goddess of love and beauty; Apollo, God of light and truth. There was only one god who favored him greatly, Apollo. Hector puts his family and people before his needs. Hector was brave and stood up to his and others problems because he wanted to protect the
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His Final Goodbye to his wife Andromache shows his bravery and honor to the City of Troy. Andromache knew the outcome of what might happen in the war and couldn't bare losing him so she ask him to stay with her, but hector knew because he told her “He could not be a coward, he said. It was for him to fight always in the forefront of the battle” (Hamiltion 268). Hecror led the nation, but just like everyone else, he is still only a human. During the fight with Achilles, Achilles had a Magical schield, and there is only one way Achilles can be killed. Hector, out of fear, ran around the walls of troy three times before he finally stopped because Athena had tricked him into thinking Deiphobus had appeared. Hector ran because he knew his death would also mean the hopes of the people and troy would die along with him. He understood that as a leader of troy his survival would bring back Faith and inspire the young warriors. But even then, hector came to the conclusion his fate was to …show more content…
hector accepted the fact he was about to die “The gods have summoned me to death” right before fighting the Greeks warrior Achilles. Hector, still humble about it and spoke to Achilles before the fight about the loser gets a proper funeral. Hector put the differences aside so they could still have the proper and honorable funereal he well knew they both deserved. Fighting Achilles, hector knew no matter the circumstances, he will die as a well known hero “At least I will not die without a struggle, but in some great deed of arms which men yet to be born will tell eachother” (hamiltion
His Final Goodbye to his wife Andromache shows his bravery and honor to the City of Troy. Andromache knew the outcome of what might happen in the war and couldn't bare losing him so she ask him to stay with her, but hector knew because he told her “He could not be a coward, he said. It was for him to fight always in the forefront of the battle” (Hamiltion 268). Hecror led the nation, but just like everyone else, he is still only a human. During the fight with Achilles, Achilles had a Magical schield, and there is only one way Achilles can be killed. Hector, out of fear, ran around the walls of troy three times before he finally stopped because Athena had tricked him into thinking Deiphobus had appeared. Hector ran because he knew his death would also mean the hopes of the people and troy would die along with him. He understood that as a leader of troy his survival would bring back Faith and inspire the young warriors. But even then, hector came to the conclusion his fate was to …show more content…
hector accepted the fact he was about to die “The gods have summoned me to death” right before fighting the Greeks warrior Achilles. Hector, still humble about it and spoke to Achilles before the fight about the loser gets a proper funeral. Hector put the differences aside so they could still have the proper and honorable funereal he well knew they both deserved. Fighting Achilles, hector knew no matter the circumstances, he will die as a well known hero “At least I will not die without a struggle, but in some great deed of arms which men yet to be born will tell eachother” (hamiltion