Hector

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.9 Hector

  Troy's champion, son of Priam, who went straight from Andromache's embrace to the war.

• The Art of Love §1.1 Hector

  Foremost Trojan hero, son of Priam, fated to fall to Achilles.

• The Art of Love §2.29 Hector

  The great Trojan champion, husband of Andromache, who saw only beauty in her.

• The Heroides §1 Hector

  Eldest son of Priam and the foremost Trojan warrior; his name alone made Penelope pale with fear for her husband.

• The Heroides §3 Hector

  Foremost Trojan warrior, son of Priam; in Achilles' absence he ravages the Greek army.

• The Heroides §5 Hector

  Eldest son of Priam, Paris's brother and the chief Trojan warrior, named among the counselors to consult.

• The Heroides §7 Hector

  The dead champion of Troy; with him alive the city's greatness would have been worth recovering.

• The Heroides §13 Hector

  The chief Trojan warrior, whom Laodamia bids Protesilaus above all avoid.

• The Heroides §16 Hector

  Paris's brother, the matchless Trojan warrior, 'the equal of countless soldiery.'

• The Heroides §17 Hector

  Paris's brother, the true warrior, whom Helen bids fight in Paris's stead.

• Letters from the Black Sea §2.11 Hector to Iulus

  Hector, the Trojan champion and protector of his house and kin (here of the young Iulus/Ascanius); a figure of the guardian Rufus is to Ovid's wife.

• Metamorphoses §11.349 Hector's brother

  The greatest Trojan warrior, son of Priam and Hecuba; named here to place his lesser-known brother Aesacus.

• Metamorphoses §12.351 Hector

  The greatest Trojan warrior, son of Priam; his death is deferred to the war's tenth year.

• Metamorphoses §13.384 Hector

  The greatest Trojan warrior, son of Priam, slain by Achilles.