The Heroic Age of Achilles and Hector

Dominique 2022-03-22 09:01:05

In Greek mythology, why is the character "Achilles" so famous. Let’s analyze this reason today.
First of all, he is an important figure in the Battle of Troy, and the Battle of Troy is similar to the list of gods. It is a battle between gods and gods and a representative battle of wars between people. The story of the Trojan horse is well-known to every family. Credit to such a famous battle.

He has a famous allusion. "Achilles’ Heel" Any strong man will have his own fatal wounds. There is no immortal god of war.

He is the product of a man and a god. Whether it is ancient and modern myths and stories at home and abroad, he always combines mortals and gods. As the most important thing, pass it as a good story. It seems that with this combination, man has the energy of God and also possesses the characteristics of man.
The root of this is this. Zeus, a cosmic emperor with a bad personality, married his lover, the sea goddess, Thetis, to one of the Greek kings Peleus, because it was predicted that the goddess’ son would surpass his father. , And Zeus himself, including his father, was the one who killed his father and seized the throne, so he was afraid that his son would also come, so he married the lover of the ocean goddess Thetis to a mortal, so no matter how strong her son was, he was only a mortal.

Regarding Achilles' invulnerability, there are two theories: her mother burned her son in a sky fire to burn the human ingredients inherited from his father to make him holy. Because his mother was holding his heels in her hand, she was invulnerable except for the heels. This Monkey King looked a bit like. Another way of saying is that Achilles’ mother took him to the Styx when he was a child, and because his mother was holding his heels to shake them down, Achilles had nothing to do with his heels. The whole body is invulnerable.

So he is invulnerable and has a fatal weakness, which is the most necessary characteristic of being a hero.
Weaknesses appear to be closer to humans. I feel that Hollywood likes this theme the most. It seems that it has the power of God and the weakness of humanity, joy, anger, sorrow, emotions, aging and death. It also retains God's yearning for mankind. It seems that the Chinese and Western God Realms have examples of yearning for human beings.

Achilles is also one of the greatest heroes on the Greek battlefield, so his half-man and half-god, his Achilles heel makes him the most famous hero.
In Homer's epic, Achilles is undoubtedly one of the most successful heroes portrayed. Flesh and flesh, unruly.
He is brave and good at fighting, values ​​friendship, affection and righteousness, values ​​glory and dignity, and hopes that his name will last forever.
He was also impulsive and arrogant, brutal and reckless.

I have to mention his opponent, another hero who has the same prince status as him, Hector, who is the country's first warrior,
is different from Achilles who fought for honor, friendship, and immortality.
Huck Thor is indeed fighting for his own country and clan. He loves his father, protects his younger brother, loves his wife and children even more, guards his country, devotes himself to his beliefs, and respects his opponents. Hector seems to be more awe-inspiring, close to the perfect image of a warm man, and is also the most dedicated man in the Greek story.
Hector and Achilles are both heroes and tragic heroes. Achilles knew that he would die in the Trojan War and still participated in the war. But Hector knew it was an unwinnable war, so he still fought.

There is no shortage of literary works about Achilles, because he has distinct and complicated characteristics. He is a kind of legend.
And Hector is the heroism that represents another kind of value. It's more like a kind of image, a kind of spiritual leader.

The heroism characteristic under the literary color always carries the love of our personal taste, has a long history, and loves to hear it.

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Extended Reading

Troy quotes

  • Hector: If I die...

    Andromache: No...

    Hector: If I die I don't know how much longer Troy will stand.

  • Achilles: At night I see their faces. All the men I've killed. They're standing there on the far bank of the river Styx. They're waiting for me. They say, 'Welcome, brother'.