For how many days did Achilles drag Hector’s body around Troy? Achilles dragged Hector’s body for nine days.
After killing Hector, Achilles ties the corpse behind his chariot and repeatedly drags it around the funeral pyre of Patroclus. The act is presented as an expression of Achilles’ grief and rage, as well as an insult to Hector and the Trojans.
The number twelve is related but answers a different detail. After Priam asks for Hector’s body, Achilles agrees to a twelve-day truce so Troy can mourn and conduct the funeral rites. Some summaries also describe twelve days passing before Priam’s visit, but the dragging itself is traditionally counted as nine days.
Thus, the correct quiz answer is nine days, not twelve.