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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 196 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HECTOR , in See also:

Greek See also:mythology, son of See also:Priam and See also:Hecuba, the See also:husband of See also:Andromache. Like See also:Paris and other Trojans, he had an See also:Oriental name, See also:Darius. In See also:Homer he is represented as an ideal See also:warrior, the See also:champion of the Trojans and the mainstay of the See also:city. His See also:character. is See also:drawn in most favourable See also:colours as a See also:good son, a loving husband and See also:father, and a trusty friend. His leave-taking of Andromache in the See also:sixth See also:hook of the Iliad, and his departure to meet See also:Achilles for the last See also:time, are most touchingly described. He is an especial favourite of See also:Apollo; and later poets even describe him as son of that See also:god. His See also:chief exploits during the See also:war were his See also:defence of the wounded See also:Sarpedon, his fight with See also:Ajax, son of Telamon (his particular enemy), and the storming of the Greek ramparts. When Achilles, enraged with See also:Agamemnon, deserted the Greeks, Hector drove them back to their See also:ships, which he almost succeeded in burning. Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, who came to the help of the Greeks, was slain by Hector with the help of Apollo. Then Achilles, to revenge his friend's See also:death, returned to the war, slew Hector, dragged his See also:body behind his See also:chariot to the See also:camp, and afterwards See also:round the See also:tomb of Patroclus. See also:Aphrodite and Apollo preserved it from corruption and See also:mutilation. Priam, guarded by See also:Hermes, went to Achilles and prevailed on him to give back the body, which was buried with See also:great See also:honour.

Hector was afterwards worshipped in the See also:

Troad by the Boeotian tribe Gephyraei, who offered sacrifices at his See also:grave.

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