Hector

Reading notes

• The Odes §2.4 Hector

  Troy's champion, whose death left Pergamum 'easier to be brought down.'

• The Odes §3.3 Hector's

  By his strength Troy had withstood the Greeks until the war died down.

• The Odes §4.9 Hector

  'Fierce Hector,' not the first to die for chaste wives and children.

• The Epodes §17 Hector

  The Trojan champion slain by Achilles; his body, given to dogs and birds, was at last ransomed and anointed by the Trojan women.

• The Satires §1.7 Hector son of Priam

  Hector, champion of Troy and son of King Priam, killed by Achilles; the pair exemplify that only well-matched brave men fight to the death.