In Greek mythology, Hector was the Trojan prince and husband of Andromache.
Hector is Troy’s greatest defender and the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. Andromache is presented as his devoted wife, and their family life provides one of the Iliad’s most affecting contrasts with the violence outside the city.
The couple have a son named Astyanax. Before Hector returns to battle, Andromache begs him to remain near the city walls because she fears losing both her husband and her child. Their farewell is among the best-known scenes in Homer’s poem.
Achilles later kills Hector in single combat outside Troy. Andromache becomes a captive after the city’s fall in later traditions, while Astyanax is killed according to several post-Iliad accounts. These later stories are not narrated in the Iliad itself.