Jul 13, 2023 · See Odette Touchefeu-Meynier, “Hektor,” in Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, Vol. 4 (Zurich: Artemis, 1988), 482–98. ↩; This version is most famously attributed …

May 24, 2023 · Overview. Astyanax (also called Scamandrius) was the son of Hector and Andromache, a prince and princess of Troy.

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Feb 9, 2023 · Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes, was the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax. A devoted wife and mother, she lost her husband and son in the …

Jul 31, 2023 · Etymology. The name Achilles (“Achilleus” is the Greek pronunciation) is an old one, found on tablets from the Mycenaean Period (ca. 1700–1100 BCE).

Jul 5, 2023 · Patroclus was a Greek hero and the closest friend of Achilles. After Hector killed Patroclus during the Trojan War, Achilles was quick to avenge him.

Argument The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail.

Jun 6, 2023 · Titles and Epithets. As one of the most impressive Trojan heroes in Homer’s Iliad, Aeneas was endowed with a number of equally impressive epithets, including μεγαλήτωρ …

Argument The Battle at the Grecian Wall. The Greeks having retired into their intrenchments, Hector attempts to force them; but it proving impossible to pass the ditch, Polydamas advises …

Argument The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon. Agamemnon, having armed himself, leads the Grecians to battle; Hector prepares the Trojans to receive them, while Jupiter, Juno, …