Who said this line all my life I have lived by a code and the code is simple honor the gods love your woman and defend your country Troy is mother to us all?
6 Who says this, “Honour the Gods, love your woman, defend your country.” This was part of Hector’s speech to the Trojans before the battle with the Greeks. This speech was after Paris had forfeited the one-to-one battle with Menelaus, and also after Hector had defended Paris by killing Menelaus.
What code does Hector live by?
Hector : All my life I’ve lived by a code and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman and defend your country.
What was the purpose of Paris and Hector’s trip to Sparta?
Then Paris decided to pay a visit to the Queen of Sparta, Helen, and ended up taking her with him when they left for Troy. Hector was furious when he found her in the cabin of their ship. He told Paris that he had no choice but to send her back to Sparta, for Hector wanted to avoid war.
Who said this line Menelaus was a great man he lived for fighting?
48 “It’s no insult to say dead man… is dead.” Which king or soldier spoke these words to Agamemnon? Odysseus said these words when Agamemnon was having a meeting with some of the kings. Odysseus was talking about Agamemnon’s brother, Menelaus, who died by Hector’s hands.
Whose love does Hector say is more important than the love of Helen?
Whose love does Hector say is more important than the love of Helen? Love for his country & his father. What two nations are fighting in the Trojan War?
Who is Hector’s wife and crown princess of Troy?
In Ancient Greek Mythology, Astyanax was the son of the King Priam of Troy’s oldest son, Hector, the Crown Prince of Troy, and Hector’s wife Princess Andromache.
Who was Achilles mother?
Thetis
Achilles/Mother
Achilles: Early Life His father was Peleus, the mortal king of the Myrmidons–a people who, according to legend, were extraordinarily fearless and skilled soldiers. His mother was Thetis, a Nereid.
What does Achilles say is beyond the beach?
Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are lions! Do you know what’s there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality!
How was Paris accepted by Menelaus and Agamemnon?
Stung by Hector’s insult, Paris finally agrees to a duel with Menelaus, declaring that the contest will establish peace between Trojans and Achaeans by deciding once and for all which man shall have Helen as his wife. Hector presents the terms to Menelaus, who accepts.
What happened to the survivors of Troy?
As for the Trojans, most of the men were killed, and most of the women were taken as captives by the invading Greeks. The rest were taken prisoner and brought back to Greece with Agamemnon and his army.
Who was killed right in front of Apollo’s temple?
from earlier traditions, I propose, is the late version of the death of Achilles in which he is ambushed in the temple of Thymbraean Apollo. Achilles’ infancy and death do not seem to involve the invulnerability of Achilles. summarized at Thordarson 117-19 (see Baldrick 9 and Littleton/Malcor passin on Ossetian myth).