Hector of Chios

Hector ( Greek: Ἕκτωρ ) is the legendary king of Chios .

The great-great-grandson of Amfikl , the founder of the Achaean dynasty on Chios, ruled, presumably, in the XI-X centuries BC. e., or later. The last Achaean king of Chios, whose name has been preserved by the local historical tradition ^[1] .

He fought with the Karians and Abantes who lived on the island, killed some of them in battles, and forced the rest to leave Chios by agreement. After this victory, Chios was accepted into the Ionian Union , Hector brought sacrifices along with the Ionians to the sanctuary in Panionia and received a tripod as a reward for his services ^{[2] [3]} .

Presumably, in his reign a certain Egerty brought to Chios a mixed population, including the Ionians ^{[4] [5]} .

The figure of Hector of Chios interested researchers in connection with the problem of the origin of the image of Hector , the hero of the Iliad . Some suggested that the hero of the epic is named for the king of Chios, since Chios claimed to be considered the homeland of Homer , and there existed a clan of Homerids. Others, including Wilamowitz-Mellendorf , who attributed the reign of Hector to the VIII century BC. e., believed that the king was named for the character of the Iliad, although this is contrary to Greek tradition ^[6] .