Hector
Greek · scion · trojan war · Recorded classification
Scion (the divine Dardanid blood much diluted by Priam's generation) — eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, heir and great defender of Troy, the noblest of the Trojans and the tragic counterweight to Achilles. Husband of Andromache and father of Astyanax; the wall-farewell of Iliad 6 is the poem's domestic heart. He killed Patroclus and took Achilles' armour, and was himself killed by Achilles before the Scaean Gate, his body dragged round the walls and ransomed by Priam in Iliad 24. The existing figure greek_achilles is his slayer (see UPDATE-NEEDED).
Parentage
Children
Domains
- war
- martial excellence
- civic defense
Powers
- Foremost martial prowess among the Trojans
Epithets
- κορυθαίολος Of-the-glancing-helm / of-the-flashing-helmet — Homer's recurring epithet for Hector.Hom. Il. 6.263, 6.359, 6.440, 22.232 (passim) (primary)
- ἱππόδαμος Tamer of horses; the epithet on which the Iliad closes.Hom. Il. 24.804 (the final line); 7.38 (primary)
- χαλκοκορυστής clad/helmeted in bronzeHomer, Iliad 5.699 and passim (primary)
- ἀνδροφόνος man-slayingHomer, Iliad 1.242, 9.351 (primary)
Relations
- spouse: AndromacheHom. Il. 6.390-502, 22.437-515, 24.723-746 (primary)
- father of: AstyanaxHom. Il. 6.399-403, 466-481, 22.500-507 (primary)
- sibling: ParisWires to the existing figure greek_paris — reciprocal sibling needed on greek_paris.Hom. Il. 3.38-57, 6.280-285, 24.248-251 (primary)
- sibling: CassandraHom. Il. 24.699-706; Apollod. 3.12.5 (primary)
- sibling: HelenusHom. Il. 6.76-101; Apollod. 3.12.5 (primary)
- sibling: DeiphobusHom. Il. 22.226-247; Apollod. 3.12.5 (primary)
- sibling: TroilusApollod. 3.12.5 (primary)
- sibling: PolyxenaApollod. 3.12.5; Eur. Hec. (primary)
- sibling: Creusa of TroyApollod. 3.12.5 (primary)
- enemy: AchillesWires to the existing figure greek_achilles — reciprocal enemy + killer-of needed (Achilles is killer-of Hector).Hom. Il. 22.247-404 (primary)
- sibling: Polydorus