Brother to Paris, he was the greatest of the Trojan warriors
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Hector - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan ... He acted as leader of the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, "killing 31,000 ... Hector commanded the Trojan army, with a number of subordinates including Polydamas, and his brothers Deiphobus, Helenus, and Paris.
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Heroes in the Trojan War - Timeless Myths  Sep 4, 2008 ... As he pursued the retreating Trojans back to the city gate, Paris shot an .... as the hero who did the greatest services to the Greek causes in the war. .... Ajax also fought side-by-side with his half-brother Teucer (), son...
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SparkNotes: The Iliad: Books 34  Hector, Paris's brother and the leader of the Trojan forces, chastises Paris for his ... While the rest of the Trojan army is forced to fight for the woman whom he ... Sorry, but that is cowardice (and he is the GREATEST of the Trojans... just saying.
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SparkNotes: The Iliad: Character List  Menelaus - King of Sparta; the younger brother of Agamemnon. ... Phoenix - A kindly old warrior, Phoenix helped raise Achilles while he himself was still a young man. ... Priam is the father of fifty Trojan warriors, including Hector and Paris. .... Sorry, but that is cowardice (and he is the GREATEST of the Trojans... just saying.
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Paris (mythology) - Wikipedia  Paris (Ancient Greek: ), also known as Alexander (, Alxandros), the son of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. ... Later in the war, he fatally wounds Achilles in the heel with an arrow, as...
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Allusion Research Jigsaw Flashcards | Quizlet  After Prince Theseus is old enough to meet his father, King Aegeus of Athens, and .... Hector is the son of Priam (King of Troy) and the bravest Trojan warrior. ... Paris, aided by Venus, persuaded her to elope with him and carried her to Troy, ... Under the spell of Aphrodite, Helen agreed to desert her husband and elope with...
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The Legend of the Trojan War  There is no one authoritative narrative of the whole war. ... and Athena (Zeus's daughter) all made a claim for the apple, and they appealed to Zeus for .... In the tenth year of the war the Amazons, led by Queen Penthesilea, joined the Trojan forces. ... Telamonian Ajax, the second greatest Greek warrior after Achilles, fought...
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Trojan War - Timeless Myths  Jun 28, 2011 ... Helen chose Menelas (Menelaus) as her husband. .... of Artemis, until she was rescued by her brother, Orestes, years later after the war. ... According to some versions, they say that Iphigeneia was killed in the sacrifice. ... The Greeks leaders would find out that Troy couldn't fall without the bow and arrows...
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Paris - Greek Mythology Link  And what brave Hector 1, though being the pillar of Troy, could not accomplish in ... Just before his birth, Hecabe 1 dreamt she had brought forth a firebrand that ... Paris took Oenone 1 to Mount Ida, where he had his home, and being very much ... in love with her, said that she knew that one day he would fall in love with an...
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Iliad Books 1-4 Summary and Analysis | GradeSaver  But although Homer's Achilles is an unmatched warrior, not once in the Iliad does ... He threatens to kill Chryses if the priest should ever come into Agamemnon's ... They will need his protection from Hector, the greatest of the Trojan warriors, .... of his friends and fellow soldiers, including his beloved companion Patroclus.
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Characters - SparkNotes  The daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest who defected to the Greek camp, she ... The greatest warrior on the Trojan sideand matched in might only by Achilles...
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The story about Achilles heel | Achilles Heel Myth | WordFocus  It is derived from the Greek myth of Achilles and his mother Thetis. ... in an effort to make him immortal, took Achilles to the Styx river and dipped him. ... Paris, Prince of the Trojans, shot an arrow in the heel of Achilles. ... Although Achilles became the hero of many battles during the Trojan War, he was killed when Paris,...
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Ask me a trivia question - Discussion on Topix  Nov 6, 2009 ... #166393 Nov 6, 2009. ______ THE TROJAN WAR ______. In "The Iliad", he's described as a huge, slow-witted warrior, not a foaming cleanser.
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MythNET - The Trojan War - Classics Unveiled  The story of the Trojan War, as written by Homer and Aeschylus. ... Instead he told them to go to Paris who Zeus claimed was a excellent judge of beauty. ... Somehow, Paris took Helen back to Troy and when Menelaus found out about this, he decided ... Both Achilles and Odysseus originally didn't want to go but both were...
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The Story of Troy by Clarke, Michael, 1844-1916 - Scribd  [Pg 7] Troy before the Siege The Judgment of Paris The League against Troy ... or ballads composed by himself, about the great deeds of heroes and warriors, and ... Alexander the Great was so fond of Homer's poems that he always had them ...... appearance and eloquence of Ulysses, which are thus described in the Iliad:...
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Hector - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Hector 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 ..... Priam returns to Troy with the body of his son, and it is given full funeral honors. ... The poem ends with Priam's declaration, 'I get down on my knees and do...
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Greek Mythology Flashcards | Quizlet  Iliad. One of the best Achaean warriors; embodies heroic values because he doesn't ... Iliad. King of Troy; convinces Achilles to give back Hector's body by evoking the ... Brother of Paris and Hector; leads seige at the Argive (Achaean) wall ..... Great Greek warrior, son of Zeus; gave Philoctetes his bow because P was the...
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Heroes in the Trojan War - Timeless Myths  Sep 4, 2008 ... Heroes II included references to Odysseus, Achilles and Hector. ... swiftest, the strongest and the bravest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War. ... Odysseus () was the hero of the epic poem, called The Odyssey. .... Together with Nestor, he pursued Hector and would have killed him, had not...
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Hector - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, names, war ...  A Trojan hero and warrior, he fought bravely against the Greeks in the Trojan ... Despite his feelings about Paris, Hector stood ready to defend Troy when the ... When the first Greek warrior set foot on Trojan land, it was Hector who killed him.
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Achilles vs Hector Greek mythology  Nov 13, 2013 ... They are similar in both being great warriors of their countries. ... One of their similarities is they both were warriors in the Trojan War. ... Hector made a deal with Ajax to kill Achilles for him. ... From the book [OH My Gods Greek Heroes], Achilles was a warrior to end the ... Story home  Your work  Glossary.
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Hector - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan ... Ajax gives Hector his girdle, which later was used to attach Hector's corpse to Achilles' .... It can be seen as another way of saying one will die. ... typical bit of fiction must mean that there was an old Theban hero Hector, a Greek,...