Hector - Mythopedia
WEBJul 13, 2023 · Hector was a prince and hero of Troy, the firstborn son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and thus the heir to the Trojan throne. He married the princess Andromache, with whom he had a son named Astyanax. Hector was a great warrior, much admired not only for his military skill and bravery but also for his nobility and sense of duty.
Achilles - Mythopedia
WEBJul 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 television series Troy: Fall of a City. Achilles also appears in Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze (1998–), an ongoing graphic novel series that retells the myth of the Trojan War.
Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
WEBAchilles 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 Deiphobus; he stands the combat, and is slain. Achilles drags the dead body at his chariot in the sight of Priam and Hecuba. Their lamentations, tears, and despair.
Iliad: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
WEBThe 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 city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight.
Astyanax – Mythopedia
WEBMay 24, 2023 · A: Astyanax’s father was Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and thus the heir to the throne. He was a great warrior who led the Trojan forces against the Greeks during the Trojan War. Astyanax’s mother was Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes. In Greek mythology, she was often …
Agamemnon - Mythopedia
WEBJul 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., Penthesilea, Memnon, and Paris on the Trojan side, and Achilles and Ajax the Greater on the Greek side).
Patroclus – Mythopedia
WEBJul 5, 2023 · Patroclus, son of Menoetius, was a Greek hero from northern Greece and the closest companion of the famous Achilles. Patroclus accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War and stood loyally by his side when Achilles withdrew from the fighting due to a quarrel with the Greek general Agamemnon. The Trojans took advantage of Achilles’ anger to …
Helen of Troy - Mythopedia
WEBDec 8, 2022 · Overview. The woman who came to be known as Helen of Troy was actually born Helen of Sparta. She was the daughter of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Leda, a mortal woman and the wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus. Helen’s siblings included the heroic twins Castor and Polydeuces (also known as the Dioscuri) and the murderous …
Aeneas - Mythopedia
WEBJun 6, 2023 · Aeneas, son of Aphrodite and Anchises, was a Trojan hero who bravely fought against the Greeks during the Trojan War. Though the Greeks eventually sacked Troy, Aeneas managed to escape and settle in the West, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Though originally a figure from Greek mythology, Aeneas was …
Penthesilea – Mythopedia
WEBMar 10, 2023 · After Hector, the leader of the Trojan army, was killed in the final year of the war, Penthesilea arrived with a small but highly skilled troop of Amazon warriors to help the doomed city against the Greeks. Penthesilea slew many Greeks before being killed in turn by Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors at Troy. But when Achilles ...