The Iliad
Achilles and Hector are both great warriors, but Hector is the more heroic. According to Encarta Encyclopedia, heroic means "Nobly or selflessly brave." Based on this definition, Hector is definitely more heroic than Achilles. Hector fights selflessly for his people, even to the end. For example, even when Hector learns that the collective will of the gods is against him, he keeps fighting. Achilles, when wronged by Agamemnon, stops fighting because of personal issues. If Achilles was truly selfless, he would not let his pride and anger get in the way of serving his people. Regardless of his heroism, Hector is not without faults of his own. When outside of the city gates, Hector's family pleads with him to come inside the city gates. Hector refuses, not only because he is brave, but als
Also, even though Achilles is godlike in his fighting prowess and immortal, he is childish and immature. Before the assembled Greek leaders, Achilles complains that he never gets his fair share of the prizes, "that the Achaeans do not give him sufficient honor, and that he has grown weary of fighting the Trojans, since to me they have done nothing." Achilles unarguably is indeed the best of the Achaeans in combat, but since he is the son of a goddess and blessed with invulnerability in battle, heroism is not the quality that makes him a great warrior. His counterpart among the Trojans, Hector, in truth, is a much nobler character-- loving to his parents, wife and children, fearless in battle, and willing to sacrifice everything for his people. In comparison with Hector, Achilles resembles somethi
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