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what gods did hector receive help from in the Iliad?

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  • Tam
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    1 decade ago
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    er, wasn't Euphorbus one of the Trojan warriors? Didn't Menelaus kill him? Apollo did have a soft spot for the Trojans and Hector in particular though. For instance at the attack on the Greek wall that defended their ships, Apollo breathed his glory into Hector so that he could lead his men to reach the Greek ships. Zeus also favored Hector though he tried to stay out of the conflict - sending Apollo to him when he had been struck down and weighing Hector's Fate to see if he could let him escape death by Achilles. Ares wasn't necessarily helping Hector specifically but he did fight for the Trojans and Diomedes, fighting Hector, saw the god of war doing so and pulled his men back - which meant he broke from fighting Hector and made a run for it. Mercury helped Hector's father, Priam, find his way safely into the Greek camp to get back Hector's body after he was dead but Zeus is the one that instructed him to do so. And Aphrodite had given Andromache, Hector's wife, a diadem, I believe. I think that's about the list.

  • 1 decade ago

    Apollo and Euphorbus, but mostly Apollo. Apollo helps out in battle, and he and Euphorbus help Hector kill Patroclus after the fall of Troy.

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