Hector died at the hands of Achilles. Evaggelos Vallianatos, Ph.D., studied history and biology at the University of Illinois; earned his Ph.D. in Greek and European history at the University of ...

I brought some of my team members from the Amsterdam Troy Project to sit and react to the 2004 epic Troy with me! Even though we can't get to Troy this year to carry out our excavations, we can still ...

Unsurprisingly, you take on the role of the iconic warrior Achilles during the cataclysmic siege of Troy. After vanquishing Hector in a rather underwhelming show-down, Achilles is quickly ...

Achilles is more like a petulant teenager than the Terminator, lounging in his room and playing his lyre while comrades suffer against prince Hector and the high-spirited Trojan warriors.

Before they battle to the death, Hector offers Achilles a deal: whoever wins won’t disrespect the other’s body. In response, Achilles belows: “Curse you, Hector, and don’t talk of oaths to me.

The Anger of Achilles by Jacques-Louis David, 1819 (Credit: Getty Images) ... The Trojans – led by Hector – have resisted for 10 years.