Why Hector?

There are so many heroes from Gilgamesh to Don Quixote, from Aeneas to Meme Alan and İnce Mehmed.

If I’m going to pick just one hero out of this plethora, it’ll be Hector. Symbol of yesterday, today, the defeated and the victims, Hector!

Hector, the rebellious but also noble child of Troy!

Hector, the talented and charming son of the king and queen of Troy!

Hector, the future and protector of rich Troy!

Life is not a collection of desires, it is a collection of disappointments. In life, victories are numbered, defeats are innumerable… Hector’s drama is the best example of this… Although he has no guilt, he is condemned to defeat and death at a young age, with his beautiful wife, young son and peaceful city, at a time when he is living his happiest days, by the gods residing on Mount Ida. The story is long, even endless. Hector’s younger brother, Paris, smuggled the legendary Helena from the other side of the sea to Troy; this is the moment when the apocalypse broke out. All the Hellenic lords on the other side of the sea, like the horsemen of the apocalypse, united under the leadership of Agamemnon and declared war on Troy. It is a sudden, inevitable catastrophe that brings only death to all.

Son, husband, father and prince, Hector is now a commander. The sad, helpless commander of a pointless war he never desired, which will eventually take his life. An unfortunate commander who has to fight to protect his country, city, family, wife and child, honor and dignity, even though he knows he will perish.

And the extremely tragic end of this heroic commander; this is the advantage of the defeated over the victors, and what makes them immortal; they are both solid builders of good narratives and symbols of the good virtues we need as human beings.

Hero Hector; it was the same yesterday, and it is today.