ABSTRACT
Among all the personalities who populate the world of heroic epic, there is only one pure hero, once and for all: Hector, son of Priam, the King of Troy, and the city’s last defense against the genocidal tide which the Greeks have set in motion. Hector is both patriot and father, patriot and pater: two words that ring with a similar sound, and nearly-as will soon grow clear-with the same meaning.
