Hector Chiding Paris, c1792. By John Flaxman (1755-1826). In the tenth year of the Trojan War, observing Paris avoiding combat with Menelaus, Hector scolds him with having brought trouble on his whole country and now refusing to fight. An illustration from the Iliad. The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.

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