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Comparison of Hector and Achilles

Comparison of Hector and Achilles

In book VI,  Hector returns to battle despite the pleas of those he loves.  Compare Hectors  behavior with Achilles' refusal to fight after he has been shamed.  Both are heroes.  What is heroic about each decision?  Do you approve of one more than the other?  Why?  If so, what values do they have that you do not?

Both Hector and Achilles are noble warriors.  These two men are skilled in the ways of war and the politics surrounding war.  These brave warriors are considered by many to be heroes, but they both have the same driving flaw.  This flaw shared by many other heroes of the Illiad, is the reason I see these two men as cursed, not heroic.

In the beginning of the Illiad, Agamemnon has been counseled by the seer to return the priests daughter to him at once.  Agamemnon will not give up his prize with out receiving compensation for his loss.  "But fetch me another prize, and straight off too, else I alone of the Argives go without my honor." (Homer 81)  With this Achilles points out that all the "plunder" has

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