#hector's name

[katerinaaqu]

Helloo I hope you're doing well :) I was reading about Hector and realised I've never seen him outside of the Iliad. Does he appear in other texts ?

Hello and thank you very much for your sweet words and your ask! Oh yes of course. Hector appears in a plethora of ancient Greek and Roman texts but the real test is to see him outside the context of the Trojan war! Hahaha!

For example Hector appears in plenty of texts by Apollodorous in various contexts and he even mentions how Hector was the one to kill Protesilaus and that is mentioned in several sources more I believe Hyginus included as well as a writer called Philostratus mentions the death of Protesilaus by the hands of Hector. Pausanias mentions Hector in one painting or image sitting in a mourning manner next to the Ethipian king Memnon after the Thracian Thamyris. Plutarch also mentions Hector in various of his texts in the context of Trojan War. Eurypedes mentions Hector in many of his tragedies. Strabo makes mentions to Hector during his geographical expeditions. Plato mentions Hector a lot in his work (even in Apology), Pindar as well as Diodorus Siculus. Last but not least we have Aristotle who mentions Hector in various of his works.

For other roman sources we have of course the Aenead by Virgil and Ovid. Even Pliny the Elder makes mentions to Hector and of course P. Virgilius Maro as he makes commentary on Virgils' Aenead. P. Ovidius Naso also mentions him in his work among other written roman sources including Horace

For his physical description we again have the classic cases of Malalas and Dares the Phrygian. And of course again we have kinda contradictory accounts on him:

Dares the Phrygian: Hector spoke with a slight lisp. His complexion was fair, his hair curly. His eyes would blink attractively. His movements were swift. His face, with its beard, was noble. He was handsome, fierce, and high-spirited, merciful to the citizens, and deserving of love. Malalas: dark-skinned, tall, very stoutly built, strong, good nose, wooly-haired, good beard, squinting, speech defect, noble, fearsome warrior, deep-voiced.

To name a few writers who mention him! Happy to provide the passages you want in the future. Most of the contexts in which Hector is being mentioned is around the trojan war and the epic cycle or used as an example for rethorics. ^_^

And of course do not forget how Hector's name is being mentioned to Linear B tablets! ;)

I hope this helps!

[zipsunz]

every day, sunrise to sunset 🌇

[literallyjusttoa]

"Sunny!" you cry, "Why did you draw the entire Trojan royal family from oldest to youngest in two days? That seems wildly unhealthy!"

"hurghhhhhhhh" I reply.

Anyways here's the full family portrait

(Only four of these people survive the Trojan war btw :D)

[reallyhardydraws]

💙❤️💜it's their time!!! 💙❤️💜

commissions open!

[chilling-in-the-void-alone]

Offers Tangled doodles

Finally finished the show so its time to unleash the fanart (there's a couple other drawings I've done but those will get their own posts later, but for now, doodles)

These were all done when I watched season 2 (and then I was unable to watch season 3 for like a month). Anyway point is, I love the brotherhood's designs so so much, they are so fun to draw.

[namedforvalor]

I am never not thinking about Achilles screaming Hector’s name across the battlefield. Because Paris loved Helen enough to start a war in her name, and Hector loved Paris enough to be the face of that war in his place, and Patroclus loved Achilles enough to die for him, and Achilles loved Patroclus enough to kill a man that he knew would bring his own death. It was a culmination of love and all of it ended in blood.

[dve]

the saint of duty + an iliad's hector of troy

An Iliad, Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare, p. 480 / Harrow the Ninth, p. 124, 133, 191, 193, 194, 204, 228, 267 292, 469 / Nona the Ninth, p. 30, 399, 402

[hikicomic]

HIKI ARCHIVE - page 56 to 65

[kebriones]

I cannot get the image of Hector pretending to be a monster and chasing a squealing Scamandrius all over the palace gardens out of my head actually

[alien-shmalien]

designs for the main guys in the eclipse au <3 teeeheee

[cassowariess]

I'm sure it's been written to death at some point in this fandom, but I'm new, so I'm thinking of all the ways Nacho Varga's ghost haunts Breaking Bad.

The most obvious one- Hector in the chair.

Tuco screaming: "You never, NEVER trust the ones you love!!!" When he thinks Gonzo has betrayed him. (Also, side note- We all know Tuco's aggression gets worse on drugs, but I bet Nacho's betrayal made him even more paranoid).

Fring's "I don't find fear to be a very effective motivator" said word for word to him by Mike when he's trying to argue Varga's corner.

Also the reason Fring takes Jesse in.

I think the main reason Gus killed Victor was he got himself seen at the crime scene in BB but I think BCS probably added an additional layer because Gus was probably pissed Victor shot a hole in Nacho's stomach. I know he ordered them to shoot him in the shoulder, but I find it difficult to believe someone as careful as Gus would order something as risky as a stomach wound which would kill his valuable mole. Victor getting caught at Gale's apartment was probably the Final Straw.

Jimmy yelling: "It wasn't me, it was Ignacio!" at Walt and Jesse when they kidnap him. (Yeah, I know this one is backwards because Nacho and Lalo's characters were born from this line, but I'm still including it).

Mike's reluctant attachment to Jesse, even though he initially tries to be aloof towards him. But then Jesse starts stomping around in his leather jacket with his shaved head and acting very bitchy and Mike is like 🙃 🥲

Mike getting shot in the side, in a car, just like Nacho was.

The one instance everyone quotes that I don't think is about Nacho, even retroactively: Mike's "I had a guy" line. I think Mike is just pissed because Victor was a more efficient/ patient coworker than Jesse.

On a lighter note, I find it funny that during the whole tragic Nacho arc, Walt was probably at home eating meatloaf.

[katerinaaqu]

Consequently to this his rival Hector also seems to appear to the tablets hahaha 😆

E-ko-to

Also "Hector" could potentially come from the verb "εχειν" aka "to have". Hector had happiness once had a city and had a family. The verb also means "to hold together". So Hector is the steadfast warrior who held Troy together!

More suffering coming right up!

Thank you @venomspecs for reminding me!

Other names rescued in mycenaean greek also correspond to homeric poems such as Idomeneus and Perimedes

Achilles is actually a Mycenaean Name

For the Achilles fans out there I wanna drop the random fact that his name actually appears in the Linear B tablets

A-ki-re-u

So the name of the hero is at least as old as the Mycenaean Greeks!

You're welcome!

PS: "Achilles" probably comes from the word "ἄχος" (achos) which means "pain" or "suffering" or "sighing" or "grief" and "λαός" (laos) which means "people".

So basically "Achilles" means "the suffering of people" or "grief from the people", which indicates both the character's profound grief as well as the rest of Iliad greeks who suffered by his rage

Suffer now!

[a-big-chicken-nerd]

round soft body. big soulful eyes. relaxed attitude. calming aura. this right here my friends is the only thing that matters. dont even bother thinking about anything else ever again

[sugarcube-stillabookworm]

did you never recover from the tragic fate of astyanax son of hector and andromache of troy or are you normal

[theriverpointace]

this might legitimately be the funniest i've been, ever

[sutekiredux]

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