Hector

Hector , oris, m.: son of Priam, and chief defender of Troy, 1.99, et al.

Hectoreus eus, a, um: adj. (Hector), of Hector, 2.543; Hectorean, Trojan, 1.273.

Hector, ŏris (Hectōris, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 = Trag. v. 25 Vahl.; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll. = Trag. v. 130 Vahl.; acc. Hectorem, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 = Trag. v. 129 Vahl.; cf. Varr. L. L. l. l.), m., = Ἕκτωρ,

• son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, the bravest of the Trojans, slain and dragged three times around Troy by Achilles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Verg. A. 1, 483; 2, 270; 282; 522; 6, 166; Hor. C. 2, 4, 10; 4, 9, 22; id. Epod. 17, 12; id. S. 1, 7, 12.—
• II Deriv. Hectŏrĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hector; in poet. transf., of the Trojans, and, as descended from the latter, of the Romans; Hectorean; Trojan; Roman: conjux, i. e. Andromache, Verg. A. 3, 488: hasta, Hector's, Ov. M. 12, 67; so, corpus, Verg. A. 2, 543; and, tumulus, id. ib. 3, 304: Mars, i. e. Hector in battle, Ov. M. 13, 275: gens, i. e. Trojan, Verg. A. 1, 273: amnes, Xanthum et Simoënta, id. ib. 5, 634: socii, id. ib. 5, 190: flammae, Ov. M. 13, 7: opes, Hor. C. 3, 3, 28: spes et fiducia gentis Regulus Hectoreae, i. e. of the Romans, Sil. 2, 343.

Hector, oris, Akk. orem u. ora, m. (Ἕκτωρ), des Priamus Sohn, Gemahl der Andromache, der tapferste der trojanischen Helden, von Achilles getötet, Cic. Tusc. 1, 105. Verg. Aen. 2, 270 sqq. Ov. art. am. 1, 441: Genet. usw. auch Hectōris gemessen, Enn. fr. scen. 82 u. 172, Hectōrem, ibid. 101. – Dav. Hectoreus, a, um (Ἑκτόρεος), hektorëisch, Verg. u.a.: sonent Hectoreas poëtae veteres pugnas, Amm. – (poet.) meton.: a) = trojanisch, Verg. – b) (weil die Römer von den Trojanern abstammen wollten) = römisch, Sil.

Hectŏr, (9) ŏris, m. (Ἕκτωρ), fils de Priam, tué par Achille : Cic. Tusc. 1, 105 ; Virg. En. 1, 483 || -rĕus, a, um, dʼHector, Troyen : Virg. En. 2, 543.

Hector

(Ἕκτωρ). The son of Priam and Hecuba and the most valiant of all the Trojan chiefs that fought against the Greeks. He married Andromaché, daughter of Eëtion, by whom he became the father of Astyanax. Hector was appointed commander of all the Trojan forces, and for a long period proved the bulwark of his native city. He was not only the bravest and most powerful, but also the most amiable, of his countrymen, and particularly distinguished himself in his conflicts with Aiax, Diomedes, and many other of the most formidable leaders. The fates had decreed that Troy should never be destroyed as long as Hector lived. The Greeks, therefore, after the death of Patroclus, who had fallen by Hector's hand, made a powerful effort under the command of Achilles; and, by the intervention of Athené, who assumed the form of Deïphobus, and urged Hector to encounter the Grecian chief, contrary to the remonstrances of Priam and Hecuba, their effort was crowned with success. Hector fell, and his death accomplished the overthrow of his father's kingdom. The dead body of the Trojan warrior was attached to the chariot of Achilles, and insultingly dragged away to the Grecian fleet; and thrice every day, for the space of twelve days, was it also dragged by the victor around the tomb of Patroclus (Il. xxii. 399 foll.; xxiv. 14 foll.). During all this time the corpse of Hector was shielded from dogs and birds, and preserved from corruption, by the united care of Aphrodité and Apollo. The body was at last ransomed by Priam, who went in person for this purpose to the tent of Achilles. Splendid obsequies were rendered to the deceased, and with these the action of the Iliad terminates. Vergil makes Achilles to have dragged the corpse of Hector thrice round the walls of Troy (Aen. i. 483). Homer, however, is silent on this point. According to the latter, Hector fled thrice round the city-walls before engaging with Achilles; and, after he was slain, his body was immediately attached to the car of the victor, and dragged away as stated above. The incident, therefore, alluded to by Vergil must have been borrowed from one of the Cyclic poets, or perhaps some tragic writer.