--- title: "2 Glorious Hector Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 2 Glorious Hector quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Glorious Hector sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/homer-357_famous_so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-bat_342050.png" --- > [“so evenly was strained their war and battle, till the moment when Zeus gave the greater renown to Hector, son of Priam, who was the first to leap within the wall of the Achaians. In a piercing voice he cried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-battle-till-the-moment-when-zeus/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/homer-357_famous_so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-bat_342050.png) > [“And let Apollo drive Prince Hector back to battle, breathe power back in his lungs, make him forget the pain that racks his heart. Let him whip the Achaeans in headlong panic rout and roll them back once more, tumbling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/and-let-apollo-drive-prince-hector-back-to-battle-breathe-power-back/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/homer-357_classical-literature_and-let-apollo-drive-prince-hector-back_979124.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glorious-hector/#itemlist", "name": "Glorious Hector Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“so evenly was strained their war and battle, till the moment when Zeus gave the greater renown to Hector, son of Priam, who was the first to leap within the wall of the Achaians. In a piercing voice he cried aloud to the Trojans: \"Rise, ye horse-taming Trojans, break the wall of the Argives, and cast among the ships fierce blazing fire.\" So spake he, spurring them on, and they all heard him with their ears, and in one mass rushed straight against the wall, and with sharp spears in their hands climbed upon the machicolations of the towers. And Hector seized and carried a stone that lay in front of the gates, thick in the hinder part, but sharp at point: a stone that not the two best men of the people, such as mortals now are, could lightly lift from the ground on to a wain, but easily he wielded it alone, for the son of crooked-counselling Kronos made it light for him. And as when a shepherd lightly beareth the fleece of a ram, taking it in one hand, and little doth it burden him, so Hector lifted the stone, and bare it straight against the doors that closely guarded the stubborn-set portals, double gates and tall, and two cross bars held them within, and one bolt fastened them. And he came, and stood hard by, and firmly planted himself, and smote them in the midst, setting his legs well apart, that his cast might lack no strength. And he brake both the hinges, and the stone fell within by reason of its weight, and the gates rang loud around, and the bars held not, and the doors burst this way and that beneath the rush of the stone. Then glorious Hector leaped in, with face like the sudden night, shining in wondrous mail that was clad about his body, and with two spears in his hands. No man that met him could have held him back when once he leaped within the gates: none but the gods, and his eyes shone with fire. Turning towards the throng he cried to the Trojans to overleap the wall, and they obeyed his summons, and speedily some overleaped the wall, and some poured into the fair-wrought gateways, and the Danaans fled in fear among the hollow ships, and a ceaseless clamour arose.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Homer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-battle-till-the-moment-when-zeus/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/homer-357_famous_so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-bat_342050.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/homer-357_famous_so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-bat_342050.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/homer-357_famous_so-evenly-was-strained-their-war-and-bat_342050.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“so evenly was strained their war and battle, till the moment when Zeus gave the greater renown to Hector…” — Homer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And let Apollo drive Prince Hector back to battle, breathe power back in his lungs, make him forget the pain that racks his heart. Let him whip the Achaeans in headlong panic rout and roll them back once more, tumbling back on the oar-swept ships of Peleus' son Achilles. And he, will launch his comrade Patroclus into action and glorious Hector will cut him down with a spear in front of Troy, once Patroclus has slaughtered whole battalions of strong young fighting men and among them all, my shining son Sarpedon. But then - enraged for Patroclus - brilliant Achilles will bring Prince Hector down. 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