fire of Hector

... roying the heroic ancestors of Greek civilization. The threat of such destruction will be signaled by references to the fire of Hector. The word loigos ‘devastation’ refers to the plight ... Continue reading

... akhos ‘grief’ that they will experience at the Battle for the Ships, when their very survival will be threatened by the fire of Hector. What Achilles had wished for has by now become the ... Continue reading

... lerated by the Achaeans, they will suffer—and keep on suffering—the akhos ‘grief’ of being on the losing side until the fire of Hector finally reaches the ships of the Achaeans at the cli ... Continue reading

... the Achaeans will be prolonged and difficult and painful, so that the Achaeans will now be on the losing side until the fire of Hector finally reaches the ships of the Achaeans at the Bat ... Continue reading

... c Battle for the Ships. And this moment will be in fact pivotal for the Will of Zeus, which will find expression in the fire of Hector. It will be a moment to be recorded by the poetic me ... Continue reading

... close, that is, to the beached ships of the Achaeans. We see here a premonition of the Battle for the Ships and of the fire of Hector, which will threaten to burn down the ships and thus ... Continue reading

The fear of the Achaeans is that Hector’s fire will reach their ships beached at the Hellespont, and such a disaster would surely destroy them. The fear of the Achaeans is that He ... Continue reading

... r would surely destroy them. Achilles now gives a biting response at I.09.347: let Agamemnon find a way to ward off the fire of Hector without the help of Achilles. The verb used here for ... Continue reading

... the fire of Hektor’s onslaught against the Achaean shipsPhoenix speaks here about the need for Achilles to prevent the fire of Hector from setting the beached ships of the Achaeans on fi ... Continue reading

... sis of the translation of the Will of Zeus into the fire of Hektor’s onslaught against the Achaean shipsOnce again, the fire of Hector looms as a threat to the salvation of the Achaeans. Continue reading

This time, Achilles himself declares that he will not concern himself with the Trojan War until Hector’s fire reaches the Achaean ships beached on the Hellespont.This time, Achille ... Continue reading

Now Agamemnon is asking Odysseus whether Achilles is willing to ward off the fire of Hector from the beached ships of the Achaeans. The obsession with this fire has lost none of its intensity.Now Agamemnon is asking Odysseus whether A ... Continue reading

Achilles is said here to be uncaring whether Hector sets fire to the ships of the Achaeans.Achilles is said here to be uncaring whether Hector sets fire to the ships of the Achaean ... Continue reading

... tens the beached ships of the Achaeans. From here on, further Iliadic mentions of (1) the Battle for the Ships, (2) the fire of Hector and his Trojans, and (3) the breakthrough of the Tro ... Continue reading

Most appropriately, Hector is the very first of the Trojan warriors to break through the Achaean Wall.Most appropriately, Hector is the very first of the Trojan warriors to break t ... Continue reading

... to the fire of Hektor’s onslaught against the Achaean shipsSee the anchor comment at I.12.198 on: Battle for the Ships, fire of Hector, breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans. See the ... Continue reading

See the anchor comment at I.12.198 on: Battle for the Ships, fire of Hector, breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans.See the anchor comment at I.12.198 on: Battle for the Ships, fire of Hector, breaking through the W ... Continue reading

...  kūdos ‘sign of glory’, see I.01.473 and I.12.255–257.See also the comment at I.12.198 on the Battle for the Ships, the fire of Hector, and the breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans.Z ... Continue reading

... tens to set on fire the beached ships of the Achaeans.See also the comment at I.12.198 on the Battle for the Ships, the fire of Hector, and the breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans.H ... Continue reading

... of all the Achaean ships to be beached on the shores of the bay of the Hellespont, now becomes the prime target for the fire of Hector. What follows is an epitome of further analysis from ... Continue reading

Ajax makes another strategic partial withdrawal, I.16.122. For an earlier reference to Ajax in the act of withdrawing, see I.15.727–732 and the comment on I.15.704–746. Meanwhile a ... Continue reading