[Footnote 122: Ajax and Hector, Greek and Trojan heroes in the Trojan … — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 122: Ajax and Hector, Greek and Trojan heroes in the Trojan War. See Homer's _Iliad_. Achilles slew Hector and, lashing him to his chariot with the belt which Ajax had given Hector, dragged him round the walls of Troy. Ajax committed suicide with the sword which Hector had presented to him.]

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