# Hector — Discourses character guide

> Hector in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

Trojan prince, exemplar of duty and family in Homeric epics.

## In the story

### [To (Or Against) a Person Who Was One of Those Who Were Not Valued (Esteemed) by Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxiv-to-or-against-a-person-who-was-one-of-those-who-were-not-valued-esteemed-by-him)

Mentioned as the enemy Achilles should be fighting instead of quarreling with Agamemnon.

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