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When did Hector die in the Trojan war?
It is believed that Hector died in a duel with Achilles, in the tenth year of the Trojan War. Achilles first stabbed Hector in the shoulder. Hector fell to his knees and Achilles went for his final stab in Hector's stomach. (This was all after a long fight between them that went for some time). After Hector had died, Achilles tied Hector's feet to Achilles' carriage and ridded off with Hector's dead body dragging behind him.
What color is Achilles's hair?
Sandy Athena came, sent by the white-armed goddessHera, who loved and watched over both men.She stood behind Achilles and grabbed his sandy hair. Homers, The Iliad, Book I, lines 205-207 More info: Achilles' son by Deidamia of Skyros was Neoptolemus. His "nickname" was pyrrhus, which literally means "red hair". So it is likely either Achilles or Deidamia had red hair.
Who is stronger Heracles or Achilles?
Heracles was definitely stronger than Achilles,because he is considered as the strongest man of antiquity. However, Achilles is considered as the greatest warrior of antiquity, which is why he was surrounded by the myth that he was invulnerable in all the parts of his body except his heels. The meaning of this myth is that he was such a skilled fighter that only an attack from behind ("on his heels") could result in victory over him. Achilles was the strongest man of his generation and one of the strongest men of antiquity, but not the strongest. When it comes to physical strength, Heracles is unmatched.
Achillies was a immortal why did he die?
Ok.He was NOT immortal. he was 'as immortal as mortals get'.He was dipped into the river Styx which will make you 'as immortal as mortals get'.If you survive it.WHich he did.His mom did it when he was a baby,holding him by his ankle.so he was unhurtable.Except his ankle.Now i will explain HOW he died.Basically the war of troy.He fought in it and while he and the leader took 2 girls prisoner.Achilles got 1,Brises.The leader got Chrysis,they were cousins.Chrysis was daughter of a priest of Apollo,and the priest told Apollo of his daughter getting took and Apollo demanded Chrysis returned.The leader did but wanted Brises to take her place so Achilles gave her up.This made him mad.He knew he had great influence over the soldiers so he said when the next fight is here i will not fight.So while he was gone one morning(I forgot where he went)His best friend put on his armor and led the troops to fight.He was killed by Hector,prince of troy.So Achilles very mad at the death of his best friend,goes to fight hector and kills him.He drags hector's body around and around troys walls,displaying Hectors dead body.After his best friend has a funeral he takes the body of Hector back to his tent.The king and his daughter,Hectors sister,COme to get Hectors body to have him a proper funeral.They bring gold but it isn't the same weight as Hector,the sister takes her gold chain necklace and lays it down.Now the gold is the same.Achilles moved by the girl,sits down and talks to them late in the night.The king offers his daughters hand in marrige.Later the girl and Achilles are talking and he tells her of his weak spot and then Paris steps out form behind a column and the Daughter says u killed my brother.and the Paris shot Achilles in the hell.Which is how he died.Want a much better detailed version of that?Read the Iliad.
Which two group are at war in the lliad?
The story of the Iliad is as follows: Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greek ("Achaean") army sacks Chryse, a town allied with Troy. During the battle, the Achaeans capture a pair of beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean forces, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles, the Achaeans' greatest warrior, claims Briseis. Chryseis's father, Chryses, who serves as a priest of the god Apollo, offers an enormous ransom in return for his daughter, but Agamemnon refuses to give Chryseis back. Chryses then prays to Apollo, who sends a plague upon the Achaean camp. After many Achaeans die, Agamemnon consults the prophet Calchas to determine the cause of the plague. When he learns that Chryseis is the cause, he reluctantly gives her up but then demands Briseis from Achilles as compensation. Furious at this insult, Achilles returns to his tent in the army camp and refuses to fight in the war any longer. He vengefully yearns to see the Achaeans destroyed and asks his mother, the sea-nymph Thetis, to enlist the services of Zeus, king of the gods, toward this end. The Trojan and Achaean sides have declared a cease-fire with each other, but now the Trojans breach the treaty and Zeus comes to their aid. With Zeus supporting the Trojans and Achilles refusing to fight, the Achaeans suffer great losses. Several days of fierce conflict ensue, including duels between Paris and Menelaus and between Hector and Ajax. The Achaeans make no progress; even the heroism of the great Achaean warrior Diomedes proves fruitless. The Trojans push the Achaeans back, forcing them to take refuge behind the ramparts that protect their ships. The Achaeans begin to nurture some hope for the future when a nighttime reconnaissance mission by Diomedes and Odysseus yields information about the Trojans' plans, but the next day brings disaster. Several Achaean commanders become wounded, and the Trojans break through the Achaean ramparts. They advance all the way up to the boundary of the Achaean camp and set fire to one of the ships. Defeat seems imminent, because without the ships, the army will be stranded at Troy and almost certainly destroyed. Concerned for his comrades but still too proud to help them himself, Achilles agrees to a plan proposed by Nestor that will allow his beloved friend Patroclus to take his place in battle, wearing his armor. Patroclus is a fine warrior, and his presence on the battlefield helps the Achaeans push the Trojans away from the ships and back to the city walls. But the counterattack soon falters. Apollo knocks Patroclus's armor to the ground, and Hector slays him. Fighting then breaks out as both sides try to lay claim to the body and armor. Hector ends up with the armor, but the Achaeans, thanks to a courageous effort by Menelaus and others, manage to bring the body back to their camp. When Achilles discovers that Hector has killed Patroclus, he fills with such grief and rage that he agrees to reconcile with Agamemnon and rejoin the battle. Thetis goes to Mount Olympus and persuades the god Hephaestus to forge Achilles a new suit of armor, which she presents to him the next morning. Achilles then rides out to battle at the head of the Achaean army. Meanwhile, Hector, not expecting Achilles to rejoin the battle, has ordered his men to camp outside the walls of Troy. But when the Trojan army glimpses Achilles, it flees in terror back behind the city walls. Achilles cuts down every Trojan he sees. Strengthened by his rage, he even fights the god of the river Xanthus, who is angered that Achilles has caused so many corpses to fall into his streams. Finally, Achilles confronts Hector outside the walls of Troy. Ashamed at the poor advice that he gave his comrades, Hector refuses to flee inside the city with them. Achilles chases him around the city's periphery three times, but the goddess Athena finally tricks Hector into turning around and fighting Achilles. In a dramatic duel, Achilles kills Hector. He then lashes the body to the back of his chariot and drags it across the battlefield to the Achaean camp. Upon Achilles' arrival, the triumphant Achaeans celebrate Patroclus's funeral with a long series of athletic games in his honor. Each day for the next nine days, Achilles drags Hector's body in circles around Patroclus's funeral bier. At last, the gods agree that Hector deserves a proper burial. Zeus sends the god Hermes to escort King Priam, Hector's father and the ruler of Troy, into the Achaean camp. Priam tearfully pleads with Achilles to take pity on a father bereft of his son and return Hector's body. He invokes the memory of Achilles' own father, Peleus. Deeply moved, Achilles finally relents and returns Hector's corpse to the Trojans. Both sides agree to a temporary truce, and Hector receives a hero's funeral.
What happened to Hector's body in The Iliad?
Hector was beheaded by Achilles and after that Achilles dragged his body behind his chariot in front of the walls of Troy. Hector's body was later returned to his father who burned him ceremoniously.
Who kills hector in Trojan the war?
Achilles killed Hector in a sword fight then he dragged Hector's body behind his chariot around the city of Troy. Minor point: he killed him with a spear.
What did Achilles have to do with the Trojan war?
Achilles was the Greek champion and king of the Myrmidons, a warrior tribe known for its efficiency and ruthlessness. Achilles rage over the death of his friend Patroklos caused him to fight so violently that the Trojans, who had been near victory, were pushed back to the walls of their city. There, Achilles called out Hector, who at first stood to fight, then ran at the sight of Achilles. Eventually, Achilles caught Hector, killed him, and dragged his body behind his chariot for 12 days. Hectors death was a tremendous factor in the defeat of Troy, since without him, the Trojan army was far less effective. He, also, would likely have not fallen for the ploy of the Trojan horse.
Whose body does Achilles abuse and defile?
Hector's. In the early part of the Iliad, Achilles has a dispute with Agamemnon (commander in chief of the Greek army) and refuses to continue fighting. While Achilles is sulking in his tent, Achilles' best friend Patroclus is killed by Hector. Achilles rejoins the assault, kills Hector in retaliation, and then drags the dead body around the city behind his chariot. Perhaps Achilles does this from pure rage, or perhaps he is undoing Hector's magical protection of Troy. Homer leaves it open in the poem.
Where does the Greek phrase 'To Hector a Person' come from?
Hector was the Trojan hero in the Iliad whose body was dragged around the city walls behind the chariot of Achilles. To hector means to bully or torment, especially with a loud voice.
What are the parts on a chariot?
there is two wheels on each side of the ladder in behind the chariot and a symbol would usually be on the front.
What does Achilles do with hector after he kills him?
Achilles cuts holes in Hector's heels, laces a girdle Ajax gave him through them and fastens Hector's body to his chariot. He drives around the city and all through the Greek camp with Hector in tow. For twelve days he abuses Hector's body, but Aphrodite and Apollo keep the body from being damaged. Eventually the gods intervene and Thetis asks her son to allow Priam to retrieve his son's body. Priam is protected by Hermes as he enters the Greek camp and Achilles, moved by a father's devotion, allows Hector to return to Priam and offers a truce of twelve days for Hector's funeral. This is the end of the Iliad.
What are differences in Achilles' character in Troy and Iliad?
In Iliad, they make it seem like Achilles is a horrible person, who kills hector but in the movie, Brad Pitt, who is playing Achilles is a good person and kills Hector because Hector kills Achilles's cousin..Hi,Just adding to the said above.In the Iliad, Homers portrayed Achilles as a God, who was as if he was immortal. As well as a disturbed, human being.Where in The Movie Troy, Achilles was believed to show "Human like emotions", As well as being a godlike creature who is Immortal.These Differences are shown in the scene in both the poem and the movie, where Priam King of Troy, goes to Achilles at the Greek WAR camp as for Prince Hectors Dead Body back.In the Iliad- Achilles says, that Hectors Body is for the dogs and the bird, to feed on. Where he shows NO emotion. King Priam Offered a ransom, for hectors body which was hectors weight in gold and one on Priams own Daughters hand in marriage.In the Movie- Achilles shows great emotion toward Priam, and even cried over Hectors body while wrapping Hectors body for Priam to Take back to Troy for His funeral.I hope I have helped!Eryn.Oh, by the way Achilles Cousin name was Patroculus who died in both the movie and the book. However, He wasn't only Achilles's cousin, he was also Achilles's Lover!
What did Achilles do in the Trojan war?
Achilles led the Greeks in the battle and because everybody knew who his parents were, they rallied behind him and seemed to be braver with him around.
Can you walk after a cut Achilles tendon?
Most likely not. When your Achilles tendon is cut, your calf muscle will probably jump up behind your knee. As you can imagine, this is not very comfortable. Plus, you will be losing a lot of blood.
What did the greek god called Apollo do?
He is the mythical god of light and carried the sun behind his chariot to light the world.
How does Apollo help Hector kill Patroclus in The Iliad?
Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him don Achilles' armor and lead the Myrmidons into combat. In his lust for combat, Patroclus pursued the Trojans all the way back to the gates of Troy, defying Achilles' order to break off combat once the ships were saved. Patroclus killed many Trojans and allies including the Lycian hero Sarpedon (a son of Zeus), and Cebriones (the chariot driver of Hector and illegitimate son of Priam). Patroclus was stunned by Apollo, wounded by Euphorbos, then finished off by Hector. After retrieving his body, which had been protected on the field by Menelaus and Ajax (Telamonian Aias), Achilles returned to battle and avenged his companion's death by killing Hector. Achilles then desecrated Hector's body by dragging it behind his chariot instead of allowing the Trojans to honorably dispose of it by burning it. Achilles' grief was great and for some time, he refused to dispose of Patroclus' body; but he was persuaded to do so by an apparition of Patroclus, who told Achilles he could not enter Hades without a proper cremation. Achilles cut a lock of his hair, and sacrificed horses, dogs, and twelve Trojan captives before placing Patroclus' body on the funeral pyre.
