·Direct
Hector’s horses were physically at Ilius beside Hector.
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“Down she went to strong Ilius from the crests of Ida, and found Hector son of Priam standing by his chariot and horses”
Animal · Collective
Hector’s horses
Published entity metadata
Read-only identity and editorial metadata.
- Canonical name
- Hector’s horses
- Disambiguator
- None
- Kind
- Animal
- Scope
- Collective
- Editorial note
- The recurrent team later addressed individually as Xanthus, Podargus, Aethon, and Lampus.
Aliases
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No aliases recorded.
Location presence
Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.
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Location presence
Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.
Troy1 observation
Scaean gates1 observation
·Direct
Hector’s horses wait with him inside the Scaean gates.
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“Hector was waiting with his horses inside the Scaean gates, in doubt whether to drive out again”
Claims
4
·Hypothetical
Ajax predicts Hector will pray for hawk-swift horses to carry him back to Troy.
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“your steeds may be swifter than hawks as they raise the dust on the plain and bear you back to your city.”
·Direct
Hector’s horses wait behind battle with driver and chariot, then form part of the conveyance carrying the pain-stricken Hector cityward.
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“his horses stood waiting for him at the rear of the fight with their driver and the chariot; these then took him towards the city groaning and in great pain.”
·Direct
Hector lays his whip across his horses’ shoulders, and the Trojan teams keep neck and neck with them.
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“he laid his whip about his horses’ shoulders and called to the Trojans throughout their ranks; the Trojans shouted with a cry that rent the air, and kept their horses neck and neck with his own”
·Direct
Hector’s fleet horses carry him and his armour out of the fight.
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“Hector’s fleet horses bore him and his armour out of the fight,”
Additional evidence
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
5
Additional evidence
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
·Direct
“Hector’s fleet horses bore down upon him”
·Direct
“Then he cried to his horses, ‘Xanthus and Podargus, and you Aethon and goodly Lampus”
·Direct
“standing by his chariot and horses”
·Direct
“he laid his whip about his horses’ shoulders”
·Direct
“Hector’s fleet horses bore him and his armour out of the fight”