Hector You want me to look upon your army and tremble? I only see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.
Played by Eric Bana 
Troy (2004) · 116 quotes
Troy (2004) · 116 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Troy (2004): in 17 of its 116 quotes
Most scenes with: Achilles (3), Paris (3), Agamemnon (2)
All my life I have lived by a code and the code is simple. Honor the gods, love your woman, and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!
More lines from Hector
6 quotes Hector Hector Oh, and that makes you feel heroic, saying you're willing to die for love? Well you know nothing about dying, and you know nothing about love!
Hector Yesterday the Greeks underestimated us. We should not return the favor.
Hector [grabs Paris by the face]
Paris! You're my brother and I love you, but if you do anything to endanger Troy, I will rip your pretty face from your pretty skull.
Hector [to Paris, before his duel with Menelaus]
Make him swing and miss; he'll tire.
Hector [managing to get Paris to safety when the Greeks prepare to attack]
Get inside, Paris! ARCHERS!!!
Scenes with Hector
10 scenes
I see you're not hiding behind your high walls. Valiant of you. Ill-advised, but valiant.
Hector You come here uninvited. Get back to your ships and leave.
We've come too far to stop now, Prince Hector.
Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, then steal his wife in the middle of the night?!
The sun was shining when your wife left you.
She's up there watching, isn't she? Good. I want her to watch you die.
Not yet, brother. Look around you, Hector. I brought all the warriors of Greece to your shores.
You can still save Troy, young prince.
I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call.
Hector You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.
Careful boy, my mercy has limits.
Hector And I've seen the limits of your mercy, and I tell you now: no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler.
Then every son of Troy... shall die!
Hector Fight me!
Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no one here to see you fall?
Hector Do you know what you've done? Do you know how many years our father worked for peace?
I love her.
Hector Oh, it's all a game to you, isn't it? You roam from town to town, bedding merchants' wives and temple maids and you think you know something about love? What about your father's love? You spat on him when you brought her onboard this ship! What about the love for your country? You'd let Troy burn for this woman?! I will NOT let you start a war for her!
What you say is true, I've wronged you. I've wronged our father. If you want to take Helen back to Sparta, so be it... but I go with her.
Hector To Sparta, they'll kill you!
Then I'll die fighting.
Hector Oh, and that's sounds heroic to you, to die fighting? Have you ever killed a man?
No.
Hector Ever seen a man die in combat?
No.
Hector I've killed men. I've heard them dying, I've watched them dying and there's nothing glorious about it! Nothing poetic! You say you're willing to die for love, but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!
All the same, I go with her. I won't ask you to fight my war.
Hector You already have.
Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war.
Hector You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again?
Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives.
Hector I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday, and I wish it had been you. But I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved.
You gave him the honor of your sword! You won't have eyes tonight, you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know...this is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles.
Tis a beautiful morning. Poseidon has blessed our voyage.
Hector Sometimes the gods bless you in the morning and curse you in the afternoon.
Do you love me brother? Would you protect me against any enemy?
Hector [intrigued]
The last time you spoke to me like this, you were ten years old, and had just stolen father's horse... what have you done now?
I must show you something.
[Paris leads Hector into the bottom deck of the ship to reveal Helen, who he brought from Sparta]
Hector If I die...
No...
Hector If I die I don't know how much longer Troy will stand.
I can't ask anyone to fight for me. I'm no longer queen of Sparta.
Hector You're a princess of Troy now.
Hector [discussing Paris and Helen]
Father, I know this is the last thing we need.
It is the will of the gods. Everything is in their hands. But I'm surprised you let him bring her.
Hector If I'd let him fight Menelaus for her, you'd be burning a son's body instead of welcoming a daughter.
We could send peace envoys to Menelaus.
Hector You know Menelaus, he'd spear their heads to his gate.
What would you have me do?
Hector Put her on a ship, and send her home.
Women have always loved Paris, and he has loved them back, but this is different. Something has changed in him. If we send her home to Menelaus, he will follow her.
Hector This is my country, and these are my countrymen. I don't want to see them suffer so my brother can have his prize. And it's not just the Spartans coming after her. By now Menelaus has gone to Agamemnon, and Agamemnon has wanted to destroy us for years. Once we're out of the way, he controls the seas.
Enemies have been attacking us for centuries. Our walls still stand.
Hector Father...we can't win this war.
Apollo watches over us. Even Agamemnon is no match for the gods.
Hector [sarcastically]
And how many battalions does the sun god command?
[sternly]
Do not mock the gods! When you were very young, you came down with scarlet fever. Your little hand was so hot. The healer said you would not last the night. I went down to Apollo's temple, and I prayed until the sun came up. That walk back to the palace was the longest of my life. When I went into your mother's room, and you were sleeping in her arms, the fever had broken. I promised that day to dedicate my life to the gods, I will not break my promise. For thirty years I have worked for peace, thirty years. Paris is a fool sometimes, I know that, but I will fight a thousand wars before letting him die.
Hector Forgive me, father, but you won't be the one fighting.
