Rereading Iliad and it hit me in the heart, that was a good man who deserved so much more.
>>24867946He killed the twink boywife. He deserved to die.
>>24867975What were his options? Just let his and his brother's wives become whores of his enemy?
>early books contain detailed descriptions of bloody, bone-jarring, close-quarters combat>builds up to the smackdown between Achilles and Hector>Hector shits a brick and runs awayMust admit, I was hoping for more.
>>24867946He is certainly the greatest and most memorable character in the poem, that Hector and his flashing helmet. I do wonder what the ancient Greeks thought of him. Naturally, the Trojans were the enemy, but Homer portrays him as honourable and sympathetic.
>>24867946Hector was always based. As a rule of thumb in Greek stories whoever Apollo favours is usually based
>>24867996Appollo himself is based.
>>24867983Well, his real option (ignoring the sway of Zeus over things) was to heed Polydamas' advice and retreat after killing Patrocles, but Hector, a bit overly excited about the possible glory he could gain by pressing his apparent advantage, dismisses him.
>>24867983>Tfw you know the fate of Andromache
>>24868029>just disregard god bro it'll be fineThe last time a guy did that he was tortured for eternity.
>>24867994To me Homer appears above him countrymen. Any non Homer poem is not as good, narratively speaking (no poetry survived), and its portrayal of gods led to Greek immorality, which was clearly not the intention of Homer, who clearly also preferred Hector to the rest and wrote them as such.
>>24867975These gay niggas are completely unlikable. Alexander and Achilles both.
>>24868056Hector = cucked oriental domesticityAchilles = virile Aryan homosexuality
>>24867975This
>>24867989Hector was a tamed city boy, whose devotion and piety only earned him a quick death.
>>24867946Yes I even mention him in the epilogue of my novel
>>24868327>my novelThat is?
