< Hector, son of Priam >

1 Origin

Hector was born in Ilium, Troad, in 1270 BC.

Hector' father was Priam, son of Laomedon. [Apo.3.12.5, Diod.4.75.4]

Hector' mother was Hecuba (or Hecabe), daughter of Cisseus (or Dymas). [Apo.3.12.5, Diod.4.75.4]

2 Family

Hector married Andromache, daughter of Eetion. [Apo.3.12.6]

Hector and Andromache had a son, Astyanax (or Scamandrius). [Home.Il.6.402, Strabo.13.1.52, Hyginus.109, Dictys.3.20, TzeAdLyco.1226]

Hector and Andromache had a son, Laodamas. [Dictys.6.12, MalaChro.5.123]

Hector and Andromache had a son, Saperneios. [TzeAdLyco.1226]

3 Others

In 1188 BC, the sons of Antenor occupied Ilium.

Hector, who had been expelled from Ilium, sought the aid of the Achaeans and tried to retake the city.

In 1186 BC, Hector was killed in battle, and Andromache and his sons, along with Achilles' son Neoptolemus, emigrated to the land of the Molossians. [Apo.E.5.23, Apo.E.6.12, Just.17.3, Paus.2.23.6]