Hector actually had divine heritage too. It just wasn't as close in generation as Achilles. Hector's great-great-great-great grandfather was a man named Dardanus who was a son of Zeus and Electra (the latter of whom is daughter of Atlas and Pleione). Both of these ladies are numbered among the Pleiades. Dardanus' wife Batea was a daughter of a man named Teucer whose father was Scamander (the God of the River Scamander) and a nymph named Idaea. So Hector actually has quite a few deities in his family. It helps to remember that basically every mythic Greek hero has family trees that look like this. Pretty much the Greeks believed that every royal family at this point in time were semi-divine super people. This is one of the reasons why so many city-states had their leaders claim descent from these heroes as it essentially brings divine legitimacy to whoever can prove he had some connection to the race of godlike heroes that once reigned. This is also why most of the heroes went on to be worshipped after death as communal ancestors with powers that could affect the whole community (and yes, such honors were paid to Hector too).
There is a Theban tradition regarding Hector's bones and ashes being taken to Thebes in Boiotia and worshiped there as the result of consulting the Oracle.
0:00 Now that was fearsome alright. That man was Hector! His warriors follow him. 0:33 I'm so happy to see Hector had a family wonderful life. 1:05 That was great skill as a warrior Hector. 1:40 He want to see his family one last time. 2:46 Hector and his warriors are ready to fight. 3:51Ajax and Hector are fighting with strength and skills. 4:48 He tell them to stop the dual it nightfall and shaking hands. Greek forces returned to base. 5:41 Achilles arrive and ready to face him. They see Hector was defeated and killed. 7:05 At night King Priam of Troy went Greek camp and tell Achilles to give return of his son's body. Achilles agree to return Hector's body. 8:05 Achilles watch at ocean sea. King Priam got his son's body Hector people clapping for him. 8:41😢 They burn his body at Troy city to pay his respects. I hope may Hector's soul finally rest in peace and went to Underworld 👏👍 Well done. Well done indeed. This is true story of Hector The Great Hero Who Defended Troy.
Scholars have noted that the Iliad is essentially a poem about having a good death (in contrast to the Odyssey which is supposed to be about having a good life). This is why the Iliad ends in a funeral whereas the Odyssey ends with a wedding. Hector's death is exemplary in how he faced his doom with courage. He went out gloriously and all the world remembers it
Countless time he adviced his father tonreturn Helen back to the greek. Even long before the war started at the very first day helen arrived he already urged Priam to returned helen back to menelaus. From the moment the rumours heard he had urged the same yet met with the deaf ears of Priams Had priams listened to him, onky paris who would be killed I always modeled Hector when I served both of my late parents thiught I intent to be successful as Aeneas instead fail in the nission like Hector
I feel like achiles victory over hector is always romanticized as a dominant victory but I’m sure in reality it was a Pyrrhic victory. Hector was a lot bigger, a lot more experienced and a lot older than Achilles. It would be nice if Achilles were depicted as the underdog and hector as Goliath, then Achilles victory and hectors death would be more worthy.
Hector, the coward who ran away when Achill confronted him for the third and last time! And chased around the city three times! And, when he finally stopped fleeing because Athene tricked him, Achill took him out with ONE well-placed trust with his spear, thus ending the fight in less than 5 seconds!
@kusichris3788 @kusichris3788 We already did 👍 Here is the link - Memnon: The Great Black Hero of the Trojan War - Greek Mythology - th-cam.com/video/YUA79BWub80/w-d-xo.html
Hector was a great honorable warrior he fight and die for his country and for his family and he sacrificed himself to protect them and he was unselfish that’s why his people loved him
Between Hector and Diomedes? Diomedes might give Hector a run for his money. Against Agamemnon? I feel like Hector would win. This is all based on my gut
Héctor>>>> diomedes Héctor>>>> agamenon Héctor>>>> menelao Héctor>>>> odiseo Héctor>>>> idomeneo Héctor>>>> Meriones Héctor>>>> antiloco Héctor>>>> ayax el menor Héctor - Ayax el grande seria un empate Aquiles>>> Héctor.
@@C9316he's depicted as a coward because he's an archer, yet characters like Teucer and Pandarus are seen as honourable heroes. I think I sniff some ancient bias
@@irotr53It was considered cowardly if your primary weapon is your bow because basically it implies you aren't willing to face your enemies in hand-to-hand combat. If you know about how among Latinos there is a concept called Machismo, it helps to remember that Greeks and later Romans had their own version of Machismo.
@@johno1544 Now that you mention it, it only makes sense Achilles beat him head up. Hector had fought everyone. Achilles was chillin the whole time until the end.
What makes Hector an even better hero is that he wasn't a demigod but could still hold his own against Achilles
Hector actually had divine heritage too. It just wasn't as close in generation as Achilles. Hector's great-great-great-great grandfather was a man named Dardanus who was a son of Zeus and Electra (the latter of whom is daughter of Atlas and Pleione). Both of these ladies are numbered among the Pleiades. Dardanus' wife Batea was a daughter of a man named Teucer whose father was Scamander (the God of the River Scamander) and a nymph named Idaea. So Hector actually has quite a few deities in his family.
It helps to remember that basically every mythic Greek hero has family trees that look like this. Pretty much the Greeks believed that every royal family at this point in time were semi-divine super people. This is one of the reasons why so many city-states had their leaders claim descent from these heroes as it essentially brings divine legitimacy to whoever can prove he had some connection to the race of godlike heroes that once reigned. This is also why most of the heroes went on to be worshipped after death as communal ancestors with powers that could affect the whole community (and yes, such honors were paid to Hector too).
Hector was fire and Achilles water
Thank you for taking your time writing this.@@WildMen4444
There is a Theban tradition regarding Hector's bones and ashes being taken to Thebes in Boiotia and worshiped there as the result of consulting the Oracle.
@@hectormercado3736Yes. He was worshipped as a hero. The cults of heroes were kinda like how Catholics honor saints today
Achilles was always the coolest but Hector was always the one I found myself resonating the most with. Man went out standing on business.
Achilles wasn’t real my boy
Hector was a true hero he kept it together even at the very end
His tale is the most tragic and sadest in the whole story
The man who did everything right but yet paid the price for the actions of others.
That last line was really what made this a great video. Well done.
0:00 Now that was fearsome alright. That man was Hector! His warriors follow him.
0:33 I'm so happy to see Hector had a family wonderful life.
1:05 That was great skill as a warrior Hector.
1:40 He want to see his family one last time.
2:46 Hector and his warriors are ready to fight.
3:51Ajax and Hector are fighting with strength and skills.
4:48 He tell them to stop the dual it nightfall and shaking hands. Greek forces returned to base.
5:41 Achilles arrive and ready to face him. They see Hector was defeated and killed.
7:05 At night King Priam of Troy went Greek camp and tell Achilles to give return of his son's body. Achilles agree to return Hector's body.
8:05 Achilles watch at ocean sea. King Priam got his son's body Hector people clapping for him.
8:41😢 They burn his body at Troy city to pay his respects. I hope may Hector's soul finally rest in peace and went to Underworld
👏👍 Well done. Well done indeed. This is true story of Hector The Great Hero Who Defended Troy.
Hector is a badass
Some talk about Alexander, and some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these
All four were great men. Alexander, Hercules, and Lysander were given divine honors and Hector was given heroic honors
@@WildMen4444 but of all the worlds great heroes, there’s none that can compare
@@miscellaneoussarnian5282None that can compare to...?
You might have to spell this one out for me. You know I don't really get pop culture stuff
Meanwhile, he's a three star servant in FGO, a chronic smoker, and gives deadbeat uncle vibes.
Thank you for the video
In the illiad, Héctor received the last line(Tamer of Horses)
Scholars have noted that the Iliad is essentially a poem about having a good death (in contrast to the Odyssey which is supposed to be about having a good life). This is why the Iliad ends in a funeral whereas the Odyssey ends with a wedding. Hector's death is exemplary in how he faced his doom with courage. He went out gloriously and all the world remembers it
In the movie Troy Brad Pitt said "HECTOR! HECTOR! HECTOR!!"
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Hector is Jack of DIAMONDS REST IN Power Happy Father's Day Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜
When are you doing a video on Aeneas and Virgil's epic poem Aeneid
That would make sense for the next series
Countless time he adviced his father tonreturn Helen back to the greek. Even long before the war started at the very first day helen arrived he already urged Priam to returned helen back to menelaus. From the moment the rumours heard he had urged the same yet met with the deaf ears of Priams
Had priams listened to him, onky paris who would be killed
I always modeled Hector when I served both of my late parents thiught I intent to be successful as Aeneas instead fail in the nission like Hector
I feel like achiles victory over hector is always romanticized as a dominant victory but I’m sure in reality it was a Pyrrhic victory. Hector was a lot bigger, a lot more experienced and a lot older than Achilles. It would be nice if Achilles were depicted as the underdog and hector as Goliath, then Achilles victory and hectors death would be more worthy.
I wouldn't say it was a pyrrhic victory. Dude was just fine after the battle. Both were the champions of their respective armies.
Hector was the Captain America of Troy
Captain Troy ☝🏻
Hector of Troy❤
8:06! Something mankind should have.
My boy! That's my boy! ❤😢
Lots of respect from Pakistan ❤❤❤🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
Hector, the coward who ran away when Achill confronted him for the third and last time! And chased around the city three times! And, when he finally stopped fleeing because Athene tricked him, Achill took him out with ONE well-placed trust with his spear, thus ending the fight in less than 5 seconds!
Hello can you please make a video about Memnon, the African God King who fought and defended Troy against the greeks? Thanks
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@kusichris3788 We already did 👍
Here is the link - Memnon: The Great Black Hero of the Trojan War - Greek Mythology - th-cam.com/video/YUA79BWub80/w-d-xo.html
Hector was a great honorable warrior he fight and die for his country and for his family and he sacrificed himself to protect them and he was unselfish that’s why his people loved him
Who would win in a fight between Hector and Diomedes?Or Hector and Agamemnon?
Between Hector and Diomedes? Diomedes might give Hector a run for his money. Against Agamemnon? I feel like Hector would win. This is all based on my gut
Héctor>>>> diomedes
Héctor>>>> agamenon
Héctor>>>> menelao
Héctor>>>> odiseo
Héctor>>>> idomeneo
Héctor>>>> Meriones
Héctor>>>> antiloco
Héctor>>>> ayax el menor
Héctor - Ayax el grande seria un empate
Aquiles>>> Héctor.
If it wasnt for intervetion of Athena and Achilles devine protection ....he will have lied dead ....to Hector's spear
I don't understand how Paris was able to beat Hector and then show such weakness to Menoleaus.
I think it's because Paris was afraid of Menelaus
I'm thinking it's just a clash of source material. In the Illiad Paris was portrayed as a coward through and through.
@@C9316he's depicted as a coward because he's an archer, yet characters like Teucer and Pandarus are seen as honourable heroes. I think I sniff some ancient bias
@@irotr53It was considered cowardly if your primary weapon is your bow because basically it implies you aren't willing to face your enemies in hand-to-hand combat. If you know about how among Latinos there is a concept called Machismo, it helps to remember that Greeks and later Romans had their own version of Machismo.
How and when did Paris fight Hector? They were on the same side
He was good until Brad Pitt showed up.
Another great story, the amazing man Hector
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It was unfair fighthing somebody with srmour made from Gods
Truth be told Hector was out there holding it down while Achilles was in a tent the whole time crying over a girl.
Achilles still owned him 1 v 1
@@johno1544Doesn’t change the fact that he was in the tent crying over a girl the whole time.
@@johno1544 Now that you mention it, it only makes sense Achilles beat him head up. Hector had fought everyone. Achilles was chillin the whole time until the end.
@@TLGIII nah Achilles was just the more skilled warrior.
@@johno1544 His true skill was crying to his mom who cried to other gods on his behalf. It’s not like it was all him out there.
This made me hate Paris even more.
What'd he do?
Hector did not deserve to die just because Paris wanted to clap secondhand cheeks.
Yes but if PARIS didn't Abducted HELEN from Sparta there will be no WAR and HECTOR will never be remembered in WORLD HISTORY