Hector - Mythopedia
Jul 13, 2023 · Virgil: Hector makes a brief appearance in Book 2 of Virgil’s Aeneid (19 BCE), where Aeneas reports that as Troy was burning, Hector came to him in a dream and warned …
Iliad: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail. Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the …
Achilles - Mythopedia
Jul 31, 2023 · Achilles has also been portrayed in film and television. In the 2004 film Troy, Achilles was played by Brad Pitt. More recently, David Gyasi played Achilles in the 2018 …
Astyanax – Mythopedia
May 24, 2023 · Astyanax (also called Scamandrius) was the son of Hector and Andromache, a prince and princess of Troy. During the sack of Troy, Astyanax—still a small child—was …
Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Achilles pursues him thrice round the walls of Troy. The gods debate concerning the fate of Hector; at length Minerva descends to the aid of Achilles. She deludes Hector in the shape of …
Helen of Troy - Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband …
Iliad: Book 20 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
After a long conversation, these two heroes encounter; but AEneas is preserved by the assistance of Neptune. Achilles falls upon the rest of the Trojans, and is upon the point of killing Hector, …
Agamemnon - Mythopedia
Jul 12, 2023 · The Iliad ends with Hector’s funeral in Troy. The Fall of Troy. After Hector fell, the Trojan War dragged on a bit longer, with both sides suffering important losses (e.g., …
Aeneas - Mythopedia
Jun 6, 2023 · At Buthrotum, they found two other survivors of the sack of Troy—Hector’s widow Andromache and the seer Helenus. Helenus told Aeneas more about his destiny and his …
Patroclus – Mythopedia
Jul 5, 2023 · But he made the mistake of fighting Hector, the strongest of the Trojan warriors. Hector killed Patroclus and stripped Achilles’ armor from the body. Roman statue of Menelaus …