Introduction
Hector was the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, and Troy's foremost warrior and commander through the long siege depicted in the Iliad.
Family
Champion and Casualty
Hector leads the Trojan defense with skill and honor throughout Homer's epic, killing many Achaeans including, crucially, Achilles's beloved companion Patroclus while wearing Achilles's own armor. This act draws Achilles back into the war specifically to kill Hector, which he does in single combat outside Troy's walls before dragging his body behind his chariot. Priam's ransoming of Hector's body from Achilles forms the emotional climax of the Iliad.
As with all figures of Greek heroic legend, sources diverge on many particulars; the account above follows the most widely transmitted classical tradition.