Achilles

Achilles pursued Hector around the walls of Troy three times, then killed him with a spear thrust to the throat. He dragged Hector's body behind his chariot back to the Greek camp, refusing burial.

Paris, guided by Apollo, shot an arrow that struck Achilles in his only vulnerable spot, the heel. This wound proved fatal, ending the life of the greatest Greek warrior.

After Patroclus was killed by Hector, Achilles returned to battle seeking revenge. He slaughtered many Trojans, fought the river god Scamander, and finally confronted and killed Hector outside the walls of Troy.

Achilles withdrew from the Trojan War after Agamemnon seized his war prize Briseis. He remained in his tent while the Greeks suffered heavy losses, until Patroclus's death brought him back to battle.

King Priam of Troy came secretly to Achilles' tent at night, kissed his hands, and begged for his son's body. Achilles, moved by Priam's grief, agreed to return Hector's body and granted a twelve-day truce for burial.