Hector

Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, and father of Astyanax (Scamandrius), appears in Homer's Iliad as the ideal of a warlike hero, brave to the last degree, yet faithful and tender alike as husband, father, and son. One of the noblest passages in the Iliad describes his parting with Andromache. He holds the same rank among the Trojans as Achilles among the Greeks, and, after bearing the main burden of the war, falls at length by the hand of Achilles enraged at the death of his beloved companion Patroclus. His body was dragged in triumph by the conqueror round the tomb of Patroclus, but was afterwards ransomed by Priam, who caused it to be burned with great pomp.