Hector

Hector, in Greek mythology, hero prince of Troy, eldest son of the Trojan King Priam and Queen Hecuba and the husband of Andromache. In Homer's Iliad, Hector is the champion of the Trojans, killed in battle by the wrathful Achilles, who drags his body 3 times around the walls of Troy before Priam finally persuades him to give up the body to the Trojans. Hector is sometimes described as the son of Apollo.

See also: Mythology; Trojan War.