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- Trojan hero, son of Priam
- LIMC headword
- Hektor
- Son of
- 👤 Apollo 👤 Hecabe 👤 Priam
- Father of
- 👤 Astyanax (Trojan)
- Husband of
- 👤 Andromache
- Has children with
- 👤 Andromache
- Leader of
- 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👥 the Lelegian Contingent (defenders)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👥 the Leleges of Asia Minor 👥 the Lelegian Contingent (defenders)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 the Harbor of the Achaians (Troad) 🌍 Cilicia (Troad) 🌍 Cebrene (Troad)
- Kills
- 👤 Amphimachos (Elian I) 👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) 👤 Schedios (Phocian I) 👤 Protesilaos 👤 Arcesilaos 👤 Eioneus (Greek at Troy) 👤 Menesthes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Anchialos (Greek at Troy I) 👤 Teuthras (Greek at Troy) 👤 Orestes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Trechos 👤 Oinomaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Helenos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oresbios 👤 Epeigeus 👤 Dolops (Greek at Troy) 👤 Asaios 👤 Autonoos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Opites 👤 Opheltios (Greek at Troy) 👤 Agelaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Aisymnos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oros (Greek at Troy) 👤 Hipponoos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Stichios 👤 Lycophron 👤 Schedios (Phocian II) 👤 Periphetes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Coiranos (charioteer)
- Wounded by
- 👤 Aias (the greater)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🏛️ the Walls of Troy
- Killed by
- 👤 Achilles 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Achilles
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Hector (Thebes) 🏛️ the Tomb of Hector (Troy)
- Buried by
- 👤 Priam
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Birthplace of Zeus (Thebes) 🌍 the Grove of Hector (Troad)
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Bones of Hector
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Helmet of Hector 🏺 the Shield of Hector 🏺 the Sword of Hector
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Aias (the lesser) 👤 Aineias 👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus) 👤 Alexander (Trojan) 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphimachos (Elian I) 👤 Amphios (Adrasteian) 👤 Andromache 👤 Antenor (Trojan) 👤 Antilochos (Pylian) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Asios (Percote) 👤 Asteropaios 👤 Astyanax (Trojan) 👤 Athena 👤 Balios (horse) 👤 Cassandra 👤 Cebriones 👤 Deiphobos (Trojan) 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Dolon 👤 Eetion (Cilician) 👤 Eris 👤 Euphorbos (Trojan) 👤 Eurypylos (Mysian) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Ouranos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus 👤 Glaucos (Lycian) 👤 Hecabe 👤 Helenos (Trojan) 👤 Hermes 👤 Idomeneus (Cretan) 👤 Iris 👤 Pandaros (Lycian I) 👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) 👥 the Gorgons 👤 Helen 👤 Philomela 👤 Phoinix (Dolopian) 👤 Polites (Trojan) 👤 Polydoros (s. of Laothoe) 👤 Polyxene 👤 Priam 👤 Procne 👤 Leitos 👤 Lycaon (Trojan) 👤 Meleagros 👤 Memnon 👤 Menelaos 👤 Nestor 👤 Nireus (Symian) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Sarpedon (Lycian) 👤 Sarpedon (Thracian) 👤 Schedios (Phocian I) 👤 Protesilaos 👤 Styx (Oceanid) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👤 Tereus 👤 Teucros (Salamian) 👤 Theano (Trojan) 👤 Thetis 👤 Troilos 👤 Xanthos (horse) 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🌍 River Scamandros (Troad) 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Troy 🏛️ the Walls of Troy 🏛️ the Temple of Athena at Troy 🏛️ the Springs of the River Scamandros (Troad) 🏛️ the Achaian Wall (Troy) 👤 Adrastos (Adrasteian) 👤 Chromios (Mysian) 🏺 the First Armour of Achilles 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🏛️ the Scaian Gates (Troy) 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy) 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated) 👤 Meriones 🏺 the Bow of Teucros 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Troizen (Argolid) 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🏺 the Aegis 👤 Arcesilaos 👤 Mynes (Lyrnessian) 👤 Panthoos 👤 Idaios (Trojan II) 👤 Agenor (Trojan) 👤 Eioneus (Greek at Troy) 👤 Menesthes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Anchialos (Greek at Troy I) 👤 Teuthras (Greek at Troy) 👤 Orestes (Greek at Troy) 👤 Trechos 👤 Oinomaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Helenos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oresbios 👤 Eniopeus (charioteer) 👤 Archeptolemos 👤 Automedon (charioteer) 👤 Alcimedon (Myrmidon) 👤 Poulydamas 👤 Epeigeus 👤 Dolops (Greek at Troy) 👤 Asaios 👤 Autonoos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Opites 👤 Opheltios (Greek at Troy) 👤 Agelaos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Aisymnos (Greek at Troy) 👤 Oros (Greek at Troy) 👤 Hipponoos (Greek at Troy) 🏺 the Helmet of Hector 👤 Stichios 👤 Lycophron 👤 Mecisteus (Greek at Troy I) 👤 Schedios (Phocian II) 👤 Dolops (Trojan) 👤 Melanippos (Trojan IV) 👤 Periphetes (Greek at Troy) 🏺 the Ship of Protesilaos 👤 Alastor (Pylian III) 👤 Imbrios (Trojan) 👤 Mentes (Ciconian) 👤 Podes 👤 Phainops (Trojan I) 👤 Coiranos (charioteer) 🏺 the Shield of Achilles 🏺 the Shield of Hector 👤 Altes 👤 Polydoros (s. of Hecabe) 🏛️ the Fig Tree (Troy) 🏺 the Sword of Hector 🏛️ the Tomb of Hector (Thebes) 🏺 the Bones of Hector 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo at Troy 🏺 the War-Belt of Aias 👤 Enyo (war-goddess) 🌍 the Harbor of the Achaians (Troad) 🏛️ the Spring at Troy 👤 Troon 👤 Rhodia 🌍 Cilicia (Troad) 👥 the Lelegian Contingent (defenders) 🌍 the Birthplace of Zeus (Thebes) 🏛️ the Tent of Achilles (Troy) 🌍 the Grove of Hector (Troad) 🌍 Cebrene (Troad) 🏛️ the Tomb of Hector (Troy)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.30 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.2 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.5 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.6 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.8 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.23 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.784-16.867 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 168-201 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 258-280 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 439-478 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 494-534 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1189-1213 📖 Pausanias 3.18.16 📖 Pausanias 9.18.5 📖 Pausanias 10.4.2 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 34.2 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 271-273 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 491-497 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 568-576 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 657-660 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1129-1133 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.816-2.818 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.795-2.806 📖 Homer, Iliad 3.85-3.110 📖 Homer, Iliad 3.267-3.323 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.8-7.16 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.244-7.282 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.303-7.312 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.72-6.115 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.237-6.310 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.369-6.389 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.390-6.439 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.607-5.626 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.703-5.710 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.97-8.129 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.114-16.121 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.487-16.553 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.569-16.580 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.181-11.209 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.712-16.725 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.295-11.315 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.726-16.744 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.349-11.367 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.521-11.530 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.236-15.270 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.326-15.342 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.343-15.366 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.414-15.470 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.429-15.441 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.130-8.159 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.310-8.335 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.461-15.470 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.515-15.517 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.344-8.359 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.545-15.559 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.572-15.591 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.630-15.652 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.704-15.746 📖 Homer, Iliad 10.313-10.327 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.37-7.53 📖 Homer, Iliad 12.195-12.250 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.169-13.194 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.195-13.205 📖 Homer, Iliad 14.402-14.420 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.70-17.81 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.119-17.139 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.304-17.318 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.516-17.539 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.567-17.581 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.582-17.590 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.597-17.625 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.715-17.734 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.148-18.164 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.165-18.180 📖 Homer, Iliad 20.438-20.454 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.131-22.213 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.167-22.173 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.247-22.363 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.355-22.360 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.405-22.515 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.14-24.21 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.184-23.192 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.141-24.188 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.200-24.216 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.552-24.590 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.723-24.775 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.782-24.804 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.25-22.98 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.36-15.44 📖 Pausanias 5.19.1-5.19.6 📖 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.6-4.8 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 34.1-34.2 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most 📖 Sophocles, Aias 646-690 📖 Sophocles, Aias 992-1035 📖 Sophocles, Aias 1266-1315 📖 Little Iliad fr. 29-30 West 📖 Cypria Argumentum 10 West 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 13 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.1-28.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 12 📖 Lucian, Nigrinos 18 📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 17 📖 Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 7 📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 40 📖 Lucian, The Parasite 44-45 📖 Lucian, The Parasite 46 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 25 📖 Lucian, The Dance 76 📖 Lucian, How to Write History 14 📖 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 33 📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83 📖 Pindar, Nemean 2 1-15 📖 Pindar, Nemean 9 37-55 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 5 26-50 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 7 20-39 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 8 49-60 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.590-5.600 📖 Ovid, Ibis 333-334 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 12.231 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 13.1 📖 Ovid, Amores 1.9 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.1 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.6 📖 Strabo 13.1.7 📖 Strabo 13.1.27 📖 Strabo 13.1.33 📖 Strabo 13.1.52-13.1.53 📖 Strabo 13.3.1 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 1-58 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 281-306 📖 Callimachus fr. 588 Pfeiffer 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.1-13.42 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.399-13.454 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.455-13.507 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-13.674 📖 Euripides, Andromache 1-25 📖 Euripides, Andromache 91-116 📖 Euripides, Andromache 642-690 ⚒️ Captions on Wall Paintings from Rock-Cut Tomb at Zawiet Asgafa el Abiar (SEG 45.2150)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Lycophron, Alexandra Cypria Euripides, Trojan Women Little Iliad Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Hesiod, Ehoiai Sophocles, Aias Strabo Bacchylides, Odes Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead Lucian, Parliament of the Gods Lucian, Nigrinos Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess Lucian, The Parasite Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended Lucian, The Dance Lucian, How to Write History Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects Pindar, Olympian 2 Pindar, Nemean 2 Pindar, Nemean 9 Pindar, Isthmian 5 Pindar, Isthmian 7 Pindar, Isthmian 8 D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores Euripides, Hecuba Euripides, Andromache
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.784-16.867 📖 Istros BNJ 334 fr. 7 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.819-2.823 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.824-2.827 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.828-2.834 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.835-2.839 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.816-2.818 📖 Homer, Iliad 4.488-4.516 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.244-7.282 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.390-6.439 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.295-11.315 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.545-15.559 📖 Homer, Iliad 14.440-14.457 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.788-13.802 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.304-17.318 📖 Homer, Iliad 19.282-19.300 📖 Homer, Iliad 21.82-21.89 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.131-22.213 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.466-22.479 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.543-24.551 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.163-11.167 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.46-16.100 📖 Aristodemos FGrHist 383 fr. 7 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 22 📖 Homer, Iliad 22.367-22.404
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2) 🎨 Attic Red-figure Amphora attributed to the Kleophrades Painter (MvW HA119; Beazley 201658; LIMC Aias I 43) 🎨 Athenian Red-Figure Kantharos attributed to the Eretria Painter (MArTA 177009; Beazley 8063; LIMC Agenor II Suppl.) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa della Grata Metallica I 2, 28, Pompeii (MANN 111476; PALP r1-i2-p28-space-i) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Sacello Iliaco I 6, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p4-space-e) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Caecilius Iucundus V I, 23.26, Pompeii (MANN 111439; LIMC Iphigeneia 52; PALP r5-i1-p26-space-i) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Meleagro VI 9, 2.13, Pompeii (PALP r6-i9-p2-space-27) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 7, 16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i7-p16-space-c) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di D. Octavius Quartio II 2, 2, Pompeii (LIMC Achilleus 458; PALP r2-i2-p2-space-h) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (Otago E48.227; Beazley 6731) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-17) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Tempio di Apollo VII 7, 32, Pompeii (ADS 696; PALP r7-i7-p32-space-a) 🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 2465; ASR III, no. 3, no. 423) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cinque Scheletri VI 10, 2, Pompeii (ADS 365; PALP r6-i10-p2) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cinque Scheletri VI 10, 2, Pompeii (ADS 362; PALP r6-i10-p2) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B5007) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8373) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1896) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B2191) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B968) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1647) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Rock-Cut Tomb at Zawiet Asgafa el Abiar ( In Situ)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219) 🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6) 🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)