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Hector takes the armor from his parents Priam and Hekabe.
Hekabe (Hecuba) was the daughter of Dymas or Kisseus, the wife of Priam the king of Troy and mother of Paris and Hector (and of many more other children, some stories say she had up to 50 children. Euripides wrote Hekabe, a story about her children Poylxena and Polydoros). Many of her chilldren died in the war. She knew that Troy will soon or later be taken by the Greeks. It was this story that inspired the modern Greek poet Kavafis (Cavafy) for writing his poem Trojans:
Our efforts are those of the unfortunate;
our efforts are like those of the Trojans.
Somewhat we succeed; somewhat
we regain confidence; and we start
to have courage and high hopes.
But something always happens and stops us.
Achilles in the trench before us
emerges and with loud cries terrifies us.--
Our efforts are like those of the Trojans.
We believe that with resolution and daring
we will alter the blows of destiny,
and we stand outside to do battle.
But when the great crisis comes,
our daring and our resolution vanish;
our soul is agitated, paralyzed;
and we run around the walls
seeking to save ourselves in flight.
Nevertheless, our fall is certain. Above,
on the walls, the mourning has already begun.
The memories and the sentiments of our days weep.
Bitterly Priam and Hecuba weep for us.
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