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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 08.526–541

Greg Nagy

Last updated at March 12, 2020, 4:44 p.m.

Read in Context

The words spoken by Hector here reveal an overweening desire to be an immortal god, not a mortal human. By speaking this way, the hero is challenging the cosmic order.