In contrast, Hector is eager to return there, even though Andromache, his wife, pleads with him to stay behind with her and their infant son, Astyanax. ... Although Hector has been warned by Apollo not to fight Achilles alone, he cannot contain himself when the Greek hero kills his brother. ... When Achilles charges back, Hector must be continually aided by Apollo, who wraps the Trojan in a protective mist. Achilles realizes that he cannot yet fight Hector, for it is not fated by the gods at this point. ... In truth, Achilles' real opponents are not Aeneas and Hector, bu...

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The gods are associated with "godlike Achilles" frequently when he is in his prime and upholding the ethical principle of justice through his abstention from war, but when fighting "inhumanely", the gods are no longer associated with him as they reassume their anthromorphic status. ... The upholders of justice in the poem are mortals such as Achilles. ... The gods are used for dramatic purposes to invoke and enhance images of terror and grandeur, for example, in Achilles aristeria, to be guardians of fate " I am afraid that he may reach beyond his fate and storm the wall"(pg 323). ... "Hephaei...

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