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Hector of Troy is a Trojan prince and warrior. He is the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, making him a prince of the royal house and heir to his father's throne. Hector weds Andromache, who bore him a son, Scamandrius, whom the people of Troy know as Astyanax, and - according to some accounts - Laodamas.
In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. His elopement with Helen sparks the Trojan War, during which he fatally wounds Achilles . Name
An engraving showing the child Astyanax thrown from the walls of Troy as his mother Andromache looks on. In Greek mythology, Astyanax (/ ə ˈ s t aɪ. ə n æ k s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάναξ Astyánax, "lord of the city") was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and of his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. [1]
The Achaeans [171] threw Hector's infant son Astyanax down from the walls of Troy, [172] either out of cruelty and hate [173] or to end the royal line, and the possibility of a son's revenge. [174] They (by usual tradition Neoptolemus) also sacrificed the Trojan princess Polyxena on the grave of Achilles.
As Hector was fleeing Achilles, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus and goaded Hector to make a stand and fight. Hector, thinking it was his brother, listened and threw his spear at Achilles. When the spear missed, Hector turned around to ask his brother for another spear, but "Deiphobus" had vanished.
Paris (Πάρις), Trojan prince and Hector's brother; also called Alexander. His abduction of Helen is the casus belli of the Trojan War. He was supposed to have been killed as a baby because his sister Cassandra foresaw that he would cause the destruction of Troy; he was, however, raised by a shepherd.
Orlando Bloom has expressed discontent with his character Paris in the 2004’s Troy, admitting that he “didn’t want to play” the villainous prince.. The 47-year-old British actor starred in ...
Polydamas attempting to stop Hector attacking the Greeks, from John Flaxman's illustrations to The Iliad In Greek mythology , Polydamas ( / p ə ˈ l ɪ d ə m ə s / ; Ancient Greek : Πολυδάμας, gen. Πολυδάμαντος, Polydámas , Polydámantos ) was a lieutenant and friend of Hector during the Trojan War .