Hector, Prince of Troy

Hector is a character in the Iliad, the eldest son of King Priam's Queen Hecuba, the heir to his father's throne, husband to Andromache father to an infant son, Astyanax and Troy's greatest hero and fighter like Achilles was for the Greeks, his exploits leading to the deaths of 31,00 Greeks fighters. His streak ended however, when he did battle with Achilles, were he was slain, Achilles having avenged his cousin Patroclus. His body later was then dragged around Troy's walls.

He was noted in the Middle Ages by Jacques de Longuyon as one of the Nine Worthies, known for his courage and also for his courtly nature. James Redfield writes Hector as 'a martyr of loyalties'.

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