Tusculan Disputations · Character
Hector
Trojan prince and hero from Homer's Iliad; exemplar of courage and grief.
minor
Also known as Hector
First appearance: tusculan disputations
Hector's tie to Achilles is one of the pressures that moves Tusculan Disputations—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Achilles (rivalry): Achilles and Hector are mortal enemies on the battlefield of the Trojan War, with Achilles killing Hector in revenge for the death of Patroclus. With Ajax (rivalry): Ajax and Hector are Trojan…
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Homeric heroes and poet
- Diverse historical and philosophical figures
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- Achilles
rivalry · negative
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- Ajax
rivalry · negative
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