Comparison of the Illiad's Achilles and Hector

Two of the main characters in Homer’s The Iliad, Achilles and Hector, compare very differently in many ways. Although they were both war heroes, they came from different sides of the battle and fought each other under different beliefs. These two brave warriors fought to the death in Book 22, where Hector eventually lost to Achilles. Even though Hector lost the fight, the war still raged on, even less merciful than before. These two warriors …

…opposing warriors were definitely very different. Overall, the two Iliad warriors were extremely different. Although they were similar in a few ways, the differences much out-weighed the similarities. Even though they were both warriors in the same war, and were both “famous” fighters for their own sides, the similarities pretty much stopped there. They had different beliefs, different strengths and weaknesses, and almost a whole different mindset. In the end, their differences killed them both.