People/Characters Hector
Works (179)
- The Iliad by Homer
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton
- The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
- The End by Lemony Snicket
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- The Iliad / The Odyssey by Homer
- Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
- Ilium by Dan Simmons
- The Liar's Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr
- The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
- The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
- “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” by Lemony Snicket
- Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
- Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
- The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
- Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
- Troy: The Greek Myths Reimagined by Stephen Fry
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| Description | 1.) n Greek mythology and Roman Mythology, Hector (or Hektor) (Ἕκτωρ Hektōr, pronounced [héktɔːr]) was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, who was a descendant of Dardanus and Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the heir apparent to his father's throne. He was married to Andromache, with whom he had an infant son, Scamandrius (whom the people of Troy called Astyanax). He acted as leader of the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, "killing 31,000 Greek fighters", offers Hyginus. During the European Middle Ages, Hector figures as one of the Nine Worthies noted by Jacques de Longuyon, known not only for his courage but also for his noble and courtly nature. Indeed, Homer places Hector as peace-loving, thoughtful as well as bold, a good son, husband and father, and without darker motives. James Redfield writes of Hector as a "martyr to loyalties, a witness to the things of this world, a hero ready to die for the precious imperfections of ordinary life." Hector in Wikipedia 2.) In Perish from the Earth by Jonathan F. Putnam, Hector is a very large Spanish sailor on the riverboat War Eagle. He is very loyal to his captain, Richard Pound. |








































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