Hector

"Hector, the eldest of my brothers, then a strongly built young man with
a rather too soft disposition" (Pg. 32)

Hector with Priam
Hector and Priam. Detail from an Athenian red-figure clay vase, about 510 BC.
"Hector, for one, exercised restraint, his huge sluggish body preferred
to rest; that is why we all looked on with admiration at the way he
trained for the war then, completely against his inclination." (Pg. 57)

"They were grooming him  for the role of Chief Hero. Hector-Dim-Cloud!
A number of my brothers were better suited than he to lead the battle.
But Eumelos wanted to strike at the queen through her favorite son. If
he failed as a hero, he and along with him his mother would become the
laughing stock of the city." (Pg. 90)

Achilles slaying Hector
Detail from an Athenian red-figure clay vase, about 500-450 BC.
“All Troy stood along the wall watching the duel between our Hector and Ajax the Great—a particular pleasure because we saw that Hector’s tenacious training had paid off. As a fighter Hector-Dim-Cloud was a match for anyone.” (Pg. 110)



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