Hektor

Hektor is an inkjet printer made out of a can of spraypaint and a series of clever, machine-controlled pulleys.

Boing Boing: June 29, 2003 - July 5, 2003 Archives 2003

Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son Hektor, and the dread Helikaon who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands.

Books in the Mail (W/E 03/14/2009) RobB 2009

Odysseus, warrior king of Ithaka, is famed across the great green for ability as a tale spinner & few others remember him as warrior to be afraid of as well, while Andromache is the Theban princess who is going to Troy to be married to Hektor.

The Trojan War - A Reinterpretation: "The Troy Trilogy" by David and Stella Gemmell (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo) Liviu 2009

He now needs the last piece in place to guarantee that Troy will stand for 1000 years and be remembered forever, the woman known as "Shield of Thunder" as a bride for Hektor and mother for the "golden son" of prophecy of his line.

The Trojan War - A Reinterpretation: "The Troy Trilogy" by David and Stella Gemmell (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo) Liviu 2009

Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son Hektor, and the dread Helikaon who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands.

Archive 2009-03-01 RobB 2009

His feminine counterpart, Andromache raised as an Artemis priestess on the women-only island of Thera, intended bride to Hektor when her sister dies.

The Trojan War - A Reinterpretation: "The Troy Trilogy" by David and Stella Gemmell (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo) Liviu 2009

Venus is the only planet mentioned by Homer, who in the Iliad calls it Eosphorus when describing the funeral of Patroklos, and Hesperos when telling of the battle between Achilles and Hektor.

'Aladdin's Lamp' 2009

And Achilles and Hektor meeting in the arena prior to their infamous duel on the battlefield may strike some as sacrilege, but it builds up their distant rivalry and thirst to clash in battle all the more effectively.

Troy: Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell Adam Whitehead 2008

Back in the Golden City, we are soon reacquainted with the central characters from the first book, such as Andromache and Helikaon, and soon meet important new characters, most notably Achilles, the great hero of Thessaly, who burns to pit his skills of war against Hektor, Prince of Troy.

Troy: Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell Adam Whitehead 2008

Hektor is leading the effort to dislodge their armies to the south, whilst Banokles - very reluctantly - is commanding forces to the north.

Archive 2008-04-01 Adam Whitehead 2008