HECTOR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: HEK-tor (English) [key]
Latinized form of Greek ‘Εκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ‘εκτωρ (hektor) "holding fast", ultimately from εχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess". In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles' friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about.
. . .looks like i have bloody history. . .
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