Adversity Quote by Ovid

“With him died a story That will not be retold: How, forsaking glory, Achilles grows old While Hector dusts his trophies Behind high walls-…

— R.S. Gwynn

Now you know who your fighting Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles.

— Kevin McCarty

“Hector had no virtue?” “Of course he did. He won all his battles, till the last one.” “We all do,” Aeneas remarked.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“I recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, 'To my beloved…

— George MacDonald Fraser

After so many years even the fire of passion dies, and with it what was believed the light of the truth. Who of us…

— Umberto Eco

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

— Homer

“warrior hero such as Ajax, Hector or Achilles must be willing to fight in hand-to-hand combat day after day. He must be able, physically…

— C. D. C. Reeve

“And let Apollo drive Prince Hector back to battle, breathe power back in his lungs, make him forget the pain that racks his heart.…

— Homer

“A town, a single town, and often small, and yet it was for this that Hector courted death, for this that the Spartan considered…

— Gustave Glotz

Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue.

— Roger Ebert

“is it just me or does it seem like the gods have a vendetta against us?" Hector "They want us dead" Aricles "Ah, good.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Quid confert animae pugna Hectoris, vel disputatio Platonis, aut carmina Maronis, vel neniae Nasonis? Of what benefit to the soul are the struggles of…

— Honorius Augustodunensis