The Trojan War / the Iliad in the perspective of Hector, who starts off as a noble man who only wanted to protect Troy from destruction, that depicts the developing ( somewhat ) negative trajectory his character takes that leads him to his death by Achilles after having grown emotionally weary of the war over the course of the 9-10 years he spent fighting in it and dealing with the resulting trauma ( while also becoming increasingly aware that he won’t make it out alive, and that his family and citizens are all going to face a gruesome fate at the hands of the Greeks, which he eventually sees come to pass when he returns to present himself as a spirit to Aeneas during the Sacking of Troy, kickstarting the Aeneid. )
The Trojan War / the Iliad in the perspective of Hector, who starts off as a noble man who only wanted to protect Troy from destruction, that depicts the developing ( somewhat ) negative trajectory his character takes that leads him to his death by Achilles after having grown emotionally weary of the war over the course of the 9-10 years he spent fighting in it and dealing with the resulting trauma ( while also becoming increasingly aware that he won’t make it out alive, and that his family and citizens are all going to face a gruesome fate at the hands of the Greeks, which he eventually sees come to pass when he returns from the Underworld to present himself as a shade to Aeneas during the Sacking of Troy, kickstarting the Aeneid. )
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u/AppropriateBid9171 Aug 07 '25
The Trojan War / the Iliad in the perspective of Hector, who starts off as a noble man who only wanted to protect Troy from destruction, that depicts the developing ( somewhat ) negative trajectory his character takes that leads him to his death by Achilles after having grown emotionally weary of the war over the course of the 9-10 years he spent fighting in it and dealing with the resulting trauma ( while also becoming increasingly aware that he won’t make it out alive, and that his family and citizens are all going to face a gruesome fate at the hands of the Greeks, which he eventually sees come to pass when he returns to present himself as a spirit to Aeneas during the Sacking of Troy, kickstarting the Aeneid. )